Mayaguez, PR

197 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 32420.

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
Retail Salespersons	2,610
Sewing Machine Operators	2,370
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	2,070
Cashiers	1,990
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,730
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,520
Office Clerks, General	1,310
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,220
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,120
Customer Service Representatives	1,060
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	930
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	910
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	850
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	820
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	730
Security Guards	690
Waiters and Waitresses	680
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	620
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	600
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	600

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
Sewing Machine Operators	67.30	2,370
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	12.17	140
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	8.98	340
Pharmacy Aides	8.44	110
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	8.25	300
Couriers and Messengers	5.29	120
Helpers--Electricians	5.29	110
Surgical Technologists	5.27	210
Family Medicine Physicians	4.43	160
Butchers and Meat Cutters	4.07	190
Highway Maintenance Workers	4.02	210
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	3.47	510
Data Entry Keyers	3.40	140
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	3.39	170
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	3.31	110
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	3.03	100
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	3.03	150
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	2.98	160
Parts Salespersons	2.83	260
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	2.82	910

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$229,760
Family Medicine Physicians	$131,870
Pharmacists	$111,950
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$103,610
School Psychologists	$97,210
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$90,220
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$86,200
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$84,480
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$81,630
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,580
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$75,380
Medical and Health Services Managers	$73,850
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$73,780
Construction Managers	$72,800
Sales Managers	$71,750
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$69,990
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$69,990
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$67,010
Administrative Services Managers	$63,730
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$63,280

All 197 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	420	$38,490	0.86
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	160	$63,730	1.81
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians `53-3011`	40	$22,510	10.61
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	30	$26,720	0.35
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	220	$22,400	0.93
Bakers `51-3011`	190	$22,170	2.41
Bartenders `35-3011`	190	$22,090	0.75
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	140	$23,560	2.61
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	280	$26,470	2.08
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	380	$26,000	0.82
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	60	$41,460	0.59
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	220	$44,700	0.61
Business Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1011`	Not available	$67,010
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	190	$22,780	4.07
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$39,410	0.93
Calibration Technologists and Technicians `17-3028`	70	$36,200	13.17
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	90	$45,210	2.31
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	80	$59,140	2.20
Carpenters `47-2031`	130	$33,160	0.58
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,990	$21,870	1.92
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	30	$26,440	0.49
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	60	$45,000	3.13
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	90	$90,220	1.34
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	150	$51,170	1.11
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	120	$21,850	0.68
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	90	$47,070	0.72
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	80	$35,220	0.74
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	60	$21,840	0.48
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	250	$35,930	2.25
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	40	$30,200	1.96
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	140	$52,790	1.00
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	330	$34,640	1.38
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	500	$23,820	1.37
Construction Managers `11-9021`	40	$72,800	0.28
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	280	$21,930	1.31
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	510	$23,820	3.47
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	570	$23,090	1.21
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	50	$22,690	0.35
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	120	$22,230	5.29
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,060	$26,920	1.22
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	140	$23,420	3.40
Demonstrators and Product Promoters `41-9011`	40	$31,530	1.77
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	230	$29,330	1.80
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	50	$69,990	1.71
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	30	$45,750	1.21
Dishwashers `35-9021`	70	$22,660	0.45
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	30	$23,960	0.50
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	130	$22,220	0.94
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	70	$81,630	0.64
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	90	$103,610	1.56
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	40	$29,960	0.96
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	70	$52,860	0.58
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	30	$42,040	1.08
Electricians `47-2111`	80	$37,800	0.33
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	210	$52,120	0.44
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	50	$73,780	0.89
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	190	$38,000	1.25
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	160	$131,870	4.43
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,730	$21,840	1.34
Financial Examiners `13-2061`	30	$50,660	1.38
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	120	$75,380	0.41
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	30	$49,100	0.28
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	230	$40,100	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	510	$27,390	1.23
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$23,620	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	140	$44,750	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$45,060	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	820	$35,980	1.71
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	260	$35,560	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	850	$29,040	2.26
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$23,070	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	240	$32,980	1.14
Floral Designers `27-1023`	30	$22,690	2.21
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	80	$21,840	1.30
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	300	$22,050	1.00
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	60	$21,840	0.66
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$37,860	0.82
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	330	$54,140	0.28
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	60	$31,550	0.83
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	90	$22,220	0.87
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	50	$41,980	2.33
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	40	$84,480	0.54
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	90	$28,660	1.37
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	70	$29,530	0.52
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	600	$25,270	0.86
Helpers--Carpenters `47-3012`	40	$23,390	5.89
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	110	$27,190	5.29
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	100	$21,840	3.03
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	120	$21,970	2.20
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	210	$21,840	4.02
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	930	$21,840	0.65
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	50	$21,840	0.37
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	120	$21,840	1.35
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	30	$25,690	1.15
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	160	$35,000	0.53
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	50	$37,900	2.07
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	60	$63,280	0.46
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	160	$31,260	1.09
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	40	$86,200	0.50
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	80	$27,180	0.32
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	110	$23,440	2.47
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	240	$22,240	1.18
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$34,440	0.67
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	130	$34,600	0.84
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	170	$21,840	3.39
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,520	$21,960	2.06
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	300	$60,860	8.25
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	600	$23,570	0.61
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	280	$21,840	0.87
Lawyers `23-1011`	40	Not available	0.16
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	100	$21,840	1.85
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	90	$50,770	1.98
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	150	$30,970	0.67
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	300	$22,930	0.90
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	30	$35,630	0.61
Loan Officers `13-2072`	70	$35,890	0.78
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	210	$21,840	0.73
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	620	$22,040	1.20
Management Analysts `13-1111`	70	$59,540	0.23
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	110	$60,200	0.55
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	80	$30,000	0.26
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	140	$24,760	2.15
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	910	$28,010	2.82
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	60	$73,850	0.31
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	40	$25,830	0.93
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	260	$59,150	1.25
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	600	$23,570	1.28
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	Not available	$21,840
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	50	$78,580	1.94
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$43,330	1.29
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,310	$22,120	1.58
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	90	$30,970	0.55
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	60	$28,370	2.30
Orderlies `31-1132`	60	$21,930	3.20
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	100	$22,810	0.76
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	330	$21,840	1.73
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	30	$26,480	0.42
Paramedics `29-2043`	90	$29,690	2.63
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	50	$21,890	0.99
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	260	$22,310	2.83
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$33,170	1.08
Pharmacists `29-1051`	140	$111,950	1.32
Pharmacy Aides `31-9095`	110	$26,220	8.44
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	340	$36,100	2.12
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	60	$29,080	1.15
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$30,950	1.64
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	30	$59,540	0.35
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	40	$229,760	0.34
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	30	$30,120	0.21
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	190	$61,440	0.82
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	120	$29,330	2.45
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	200	$35,620	1.24
Print Binding and Finishing Workers `51-5113`	140	$27,460	12.17
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	60	$36,060	1.27
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	60	$37,290	3.09
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	160	$23,600	1.86
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	60	$33,220	0.47
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	60	$56,750	0.18
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	120	$31,220	1.53
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	180	$22,220	0.60
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	60	$21,840	0.58
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	150	$21,840	3.03
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	2,070	$39,280	1.83
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	60	$26,910	1.33
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,610	$22,090	2.00
Roofers `47-2181`	80	$24,380	1.84
Sales Managers `11-2022`	60	$71,750	0.30
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	100	$24,340	0.25
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	120	$27,020	0.30
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	30	$28,980	1.09
School Psychologists `19-3034`	50	$97,210	2.35
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	330	$52,220	0.93
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,120	$23,300	1.96
Security Guards `33-9032`	690	$21,840	1.59
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	2,370	$21,840	67.30
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	210	$24,630	0.75
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	30	$21,840	0.39
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$46,060	2.04
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$58,070	0.68
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	180	$30,820	1.19
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	40	$51,040	3.12
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	80	$57,490	0.96
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	110	$58,170	3.31
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	100	$57,360	1.89
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,220	$22,720	1.28
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	210	$31,200	5.27
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	340	$61,830	8.98
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	730	$23,140	1.54
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary `25-9044`	160	$49,020	2.98
Tellers `43-3071`	160	$30,250	1.43
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-6062`	50	$22,330	18.14
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	60	$34,450	0.38
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$69,990	0.43
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	40	$22,490	0.84
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	680	$21,840	0.89
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	70	$30,230	0.48
Word Processors and Typists `43-9022`	80	$39,580	6.93