Mankato, MN

247 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 31860.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	3,170
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,860
Retail Salespersons	1,780
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,570
General and Operations Managers	1,180
Cashiers	1,140
Office Clerks, General	1,080
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,080
Customer Service Representatives	1,030
Nursing Assistants	930
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	900
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	790
Waiters and Waitresses	770
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	770
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	740
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	660
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	630
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	570
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	530
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	530

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Prepress Technicians and Workers	12.79	110
Printing Press Operators	8.24	430
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	7.21	100
Marriage and Family Therapists	6.09	150
Social Workers, All Other	4.85	110
Residential Advisors	4.78	150
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	3.36	130
Bus Drivers, School	3.10	450
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	2.80	500
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	2.66	350
Helpers--Production Workers	2.48	150
Social and Community Service Managers	2.30	170
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	2.20	230
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.05	120
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	2.04	3,170
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1.84	280
Coaches and Scouts	1.78	160
Nursing Assistants	1.77	930
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	1.70	180
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	1.70	150

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$421,630
Family Medicine Physicians	$314,060
Dentists, General	$207,000
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$171,460
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$158,750
Pharmacists	$157,010
Marketing Managers	$155,360
Human Resources Managers	$147,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$142,390
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$142,020
Nurse Practitioners	$138,580
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$134,710
Veterinarians	$134,110
Sales Managers	$131,330
Lawyers	$130,020
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$128,220
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$127,590
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$122,830
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$116,320
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$116,010

All 247 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	400	$76,660	0.77
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	70	$113,570	0.75
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors `25-3011`	100	$60,820	7.21
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	30	$60,050	0.91
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	70	$48,520	6.74
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	120	$29,060	0.83
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$34,320	0.54
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$158,750	0.59
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1121`	Not available	$76,320
Athletic Trainers `29-9091`	30	$61,670	3.11
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$56,790	1.42
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	290	$48,450	1.15
Bakers `51-3011`	70	$33,080	0.87
Bartenders `35-3011`	450	$24,710	1.63
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	60	$50,790	0.44
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1042`	Not available	$82,130
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	490	$50,750	0.99
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys `27-3011`	30	$42,550	4.44
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	450	$46,580	3.10
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	30	$44,730	0.59
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	180	$62,170	1.70
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	360	$66,600	0.91
Business Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1011`	Not available	$102,450
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$37,110	0.98
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	200	$73,390	1.15
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	30	$74,620	0.80
Carpenters `47-2031`	230	$61,150	0.94
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,140	$33,530	1.02
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	40	$61,590	0.59
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	30	$60,050	0.46
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	120	$171,460	1.65
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	130	$61,500	0.89
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	300	$34,590	1.61
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	50	$78,690	1.84
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$128,220	0.39
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	130	$36,200	0.92
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	40	$116,320	1.56
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	160	$41,220	1.78
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	120	$47,220	2.05
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1122`	Not available	$80,670
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	130	$55,300	3.36
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	90	$81,830	0.57
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	50	$71,140	0.91
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	40	$49,330	0.59
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	40	$80,370	0.28
Computer Programmers `15-1251`	40	$84,710	1.06
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1021`	Not available	$84,240
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	80	$96,250	0.45
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	170	$61,150	0.66
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$142,390	0.30
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers `49-2011`	30	$50,710	1.27
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	340	$59,350	0.86
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$102,880	0.56
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	150	$40,410	0.95
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	510	$37,190	1.00
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	60	$59,240	0.41
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$74,660	0.95
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$44,070	0.60
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	100	$56,940	1.54
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,030	$47,320	1.10
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	60	$57,850	0.99
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$61,010	0.88
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$100,260	1.05
Dentists, General `29-1021`	60	$207,000	1.24
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$28,730	0.60
Dishwashers `35-9021`	170	$30,690	0.96
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	70	$47,300	0.95
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	180	$29,640	1.19
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	30	$78,820	1.59
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	50	$127,590	0.42
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	Not available	$104,400
Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1081`	Not available	$78,500
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	30	$54,950	0.72
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$62,440	0.78
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	80	$98,430	1.07
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	40	$99,170	0.76
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	40	$71,770	1.11
Electricians `47-2111`	260	$83,120	0.93
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	350	$63,070	0.70
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	60	$62,770	1.13
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1123`	Not available	$75,530
Environmental Engineers `17-2081`	50	$107,120	3.33
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$82,350	1.18
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	80	$74,880	0.49
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	110	$37,390	0.97
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	60	$109,160	1.00
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	Not available	$314,060
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	50	$54,230	3.46
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,860	$30,000	1.34
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	210	$134,710	0.70
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	30	$96,480	0.26
Firefighters `33-2011`	120	$34,190	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	260	$83,430	0.88
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	30	$49,110	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	530	$43,300	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$44,500	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$63,770	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	190	$82,570	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$70,580	0.51
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	360	$71,310	0.69
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	60	$52,450	1.48
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	30	$107,310	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	330	$78,270	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	510	$46,110	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	170	$63,450	0.75
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	390	$33,440	1.22
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	230	$34,760	2.20
Fundraisers `13-1131`	40	$66,850	1.11
Gambling Service Workers, All Other `39-3019`	50	$31,760	10.28
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,180	$86,890	0.93
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	120	$54,150	1.66
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	130	$35,010	1.18
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	50	$116,010	0.63
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$50,520	0.64
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	90	$78,800	1.35
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$39,230	1.23
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	120	$76,670	0.83
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	740	$60,070	0.99
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	150	$41,530	2.48
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	80	$63,650	1.51
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	3,170	$37,560	2.04
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	90	$35,900	0.93
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	50	$53,910	1.44
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	60	$147,830	0.72
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	260	$72,410	0.79
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	90	$73,150	3.29
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	350	$96,110	2.66
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	90	$65,830	0.55
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	110	$104,470	1.21
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	240	$51,910	1.12
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$76,760	0.55
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$65,200	0.69
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	50	$47,750	0.96
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	900	$37,380	1.12
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	50	$63,890	1.37
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	790	$44,500	0.74
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	330	$45,400	0.95
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	60	$36,850	0.86
Lawyers `23-1011`	140	$130,020	0.52
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$79,420	0.86
Library Technicians `25-4031`	30	$56,310	1.36
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	360	$64,400	1.55
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	480	$45,440	1.36
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$49,210	0.92
Loan Officers `13-2072`	130	$94,850	1.27
Machinists `51-4041`	160	$61,120	1.51
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	210	$34,590	0.68
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service `43-9051`	40	$47,050	1.85
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	630	$56,690	1.14
Management Analysts `13-1111`	90	$77,020	0.26
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	80	$43,870	1.36
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	230	$73,020	0.72
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	70	$155,360	0.51
Marriage and Family Therapists `21-1013`	150	$83,100	6.09
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	30	$37,190	0.63
Mechanical Drafters `17-3013`	50	$67,250	3.38
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	80	$101,350	0.77
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	200	$48,530	0.67
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$53,040	0.66
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	350	$49,160	1.01
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	250	$111,560	1.17
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	40	$57,130	0.68
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	90	$83,530	1.85
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	140	$61,850	0.64
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	770	$45,650	1.52
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	70	$81,990	1.04
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$95,720	0.42
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	30	$45,700	2.34
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	150	$138,580	1.25
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	930	$46,430	1.77
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	90	$79,050	3.07
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$87,270	0.73
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$87,770	0.79
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,080	$47,890	1.21
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	150	$78,560	0.87
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	120	$47,360	0.85
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	120	$35,720	0.61
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$46,470	0.63
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	100	$59,490	0.74
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	160	$47,750	1.67
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$58,860	1.01
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$82,380	0.47
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$157,010	0.86
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	130	$48,400	0.78
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	90	$44,210	1.83
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	100	$101,260	1.01
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	70	$142,020	1.25
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	80	$421,630	0.63
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$74,450	0.77
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	150	$83,670	0.63
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	100	$57,700	0.87
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators `43-5053`	40	$60,530	1.03
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	Not available	$77,080
Prepress Technicians and Workers `51-5111`	110	$45,430	12.79
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	230	$41,820	1.34
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	430	$44,980	8.24
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	130	$64,480	0.93
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	220	$80,970	0.57
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	120	$57,830	1.04
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1066`	Not available	$79,420
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	100	$63,740	1.00
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	30	$70,190	0.92
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	30	$44,750	0.50
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	190	$37,950	0.59
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	190	$36,440	1.55
Recreational Therapists `29-1125`	30	$81,950	5.95
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	70	$61,440	1.36
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,570	$103,400	1.29
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	150	$46,720	4.78
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,780	$35,350	1.27
Roofers `47-2181`	40	$50,250	0.78
Sales Managers `11-2022`	170	$131,330	0.75
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	220	$60,850	0.48
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	530	$69,100	1.19
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	60	$28,930	1.84
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	260	$63,220	0.69
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	660	$51,410	1.06
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	90	$80,310	0.50
Security Guards `33-9032`	150	$39,760	0.32
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	110	$43,310	0.92
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	50	$59,840	1.27
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	300	$46,580	1.01
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	150	$39,710	1.70
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1113`	Not available	$80,110
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	110	$77,990	4.85
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	170	$86,630	2.30
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	190	$44,320	1.21
Software Developers `15-1252`	160	$100,630	0.27
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	70	$61,010	0.69
Special Education Teachers, Preschool `25-2051`	30	$77,310	3.25
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	80	$62,260	1.32
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$83,920	0.86
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators `51-8021`	40	$78,610	3.62
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,080	$39,360	1.06
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	500	$63,460	2.80
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	30	Not available	1.25
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	570	$37,850	1.11
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$72,100	1.22
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	40	$71,290	1.05
Tellers `43-3071`	120	$38,570	0.98
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	120	$74,180	0.73
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$122,830	0.59
Veterinarians `29-1131`	50	$134,110	1.54
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	50	$48,470	1.04
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	770	$23,330	0.94
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$69,830	1.34
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	280	$52,940	1.84