Michigan City-La Porte, IN

195 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 33140.

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
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,520
Retail Salespersons	1,460
Cashiers	1,040
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	930
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	870
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	850
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	790
Stockers and Order Fillers	790
Office Clerks, General	750
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	700
Waiters and Waitresses	680
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	620
General and Operations Managers	580
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	530
Cooks, Restaurant	490
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	470
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	470
Food Batchmakers	460
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	440
Construction Laborers	430

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
Food Batchmakers	10.13	460
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	9.53	170
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	7.67	300
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.15	130
Highway Maintenance Workers	3.96	160
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	3.89	390
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	3.23	140
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.76	180
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.63	470
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2.44	280
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2.41	380
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2.31	850
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	2.09	140
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2.04	220
Recreation Workers	1.96	170
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1.94	270
Machinists	1.88	140
Firefighters	1.81	160
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1.77	380
Driver/Sales Workers	1.76	190

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$354,700
Pharmacists	$148,110
Sales Managers	$140,630
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$131,760
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$128,900
Veterinarians	$126,500
Nurse Practitioners	$124,520
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$121,750
Lawyers	$116,060
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$106,380
Administrative Services Managers	$103,640
Electrical Engineers	$102,630
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$102,620
Management Analysts	$101,460
Medical and Health Services Managers	$100,620
Construction Managers	$100,320
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$98,740
Software Developers	$98,510
Physical Therapists	$98,420
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$98,120

All 195 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	310	$72,550	0.80
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	50	$103,640	0.71
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	80	$27,210	0.79
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	100	$29,680	1.48
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	60	$131,760	1.12
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$48,230	1.04
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	250	$50,400	1.36
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	60	$33,680	2.27
Bakers `51-3011`	100	$39,840	1.62
Bartenders `35-3011`	250	$22,430	1.23
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	90	$45,960	0.83
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	340	$46,650	0.94
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	170	$49,760	1.65
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	30	$46,910	0.72
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	110	$59,340	1.43
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	30	$37,040	0.94
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$64,980	1.15
Carpenters `47-2031`	260	$91,970	1.46
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,040	$28,520	1.28
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	70	$63,830	1.27
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	80	$50,690	2.07
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	80	$49,970	0.82
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	70	$28,970	0.52
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	70	$72,720	0.77
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	90	$30,880	0.93
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	90	$46,300	2.14
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	50	$73,130	1.36
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	140	$47,100	3.23
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$80,500	0.28
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	120	$47,260	0.64
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$121,750	0.29
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	430	$58,240	1.48
Construction Managers `11-9021`	70	$100,320	0.75
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	30	$59,910	0.88
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	120	$36,100	1.06
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	490	$29,860	1.32
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	40	$28,390	1.11
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$69,000	0.99
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	80	$36,380	0.72
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	40	$46,170	0.78
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	420	$41,880	0.62
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	90	$44,410	2.09
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	80	$48,920	0.77
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$80,640	1.03
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	50	$60,100	1.62
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	130	$26,020	0.88
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$28,330	1.00
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$50,840	0.67
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	190	$29,270	1.76
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	110	$96,590	1.29
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	130	$46,640	1.41
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	60	$102,630	1.20
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	180	$43,390	2.76
Electricians `47-2111`	130	$65,270	0.67
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	470	$59,480	1.29
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	40	$59,330	0.30
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	40	$35,770	0.48
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9041`	40	$47,360	2.84
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	70	$102,620	1.61
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,520	$28,250	1.50
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	110	$128,900	0.48
Firefighters `33-2011`	160	$65,230	1.81
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	220	$79,130	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	380	$45,230	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$49,320	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$62,390	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	190	$75,840	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$77,590	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	240	$61,840	0.63
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$77,890	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	470	$63,240	2.63
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	390	$45,240	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	180	$58,520	1.08
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	460	$43,390	10.13
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	240	$28,640	1.01
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	60	$70,540	0.93
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	580	$95,370	0.63
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$54,290	0.62
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand `51-9022`	30	$35,480	11.88
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	170	$39,050	9.53
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	90	$30,820	1.10
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	30	$64,100	0.63
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	90	$60,810	0.87
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	620	$58,240	1.14
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$43,720	0.84
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	160	$48,780	3.96
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	930	$35,170	0.82
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	150	$25,720	1.29
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	60	$28,830	0.88
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	160	$67,690	0.68
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	130	$97,360	1.39
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	280	$62,690	2.44
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	140	$106,380	2.09
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	170	$46,990	0.83
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	40	$40,940	1.02
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	380	$45,370	2.41
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	40	$50,120	0.66
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	70	$58,000	0.52
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	700	$34,880	1.20
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	30	$58,990	1.15
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	870	$37,820	1.12
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	340	$37,130	1.37
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$116,060	0.34
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	150	$65,250	0.87
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	40	$30,960	0.85
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	250	$46,490	0.98
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$59,700	0.83
Machinists `51-4041`	140	$51,700	1.88
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists `29-2035`	30	$98,740	2.83
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	110	$29,730	0.47
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	530	$47,050	1.31
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$101,460	0.24
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	60	$69,320	0.35
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	120	$59,500	0.51
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	60	$37,020	1.58
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	110	$93,060	1.44
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	240	$44,520	1.13
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	220	$39,640	0.89
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	120	$100,620	0.76
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	30	$37,170	0.78
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders `51-4051`	70	$46,960	16.27
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	170	$59,640	1.05
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	850	$41,060	2.31
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	130	$42,980	5.15
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	50	$62,770	1.08
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	300	$45,600	7.67
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	30	$84,450	0.42
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	100	$124,520	1.17
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	340	$38,400	0.90
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$77,840	1.47
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	750	$41,480	1.15
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	170	$98,120	1.39
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$38,070	2.06
Order Clerks `43-4151`	30	$43,260	1.77
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	390	$37,790	3.89
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	160	$35,490	1.06
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$49,430	0.69
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	40	$49,090	0.38
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	100	$37,190	1.41
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$50,150	1.05
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	60	$60,490	0.85
Pharmacists `29-1051`	60	$148,110	0.75
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	140	$45,290	1.13
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	30	$51,000	1.08
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$98,420	0.69
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	50	$354,700	0.57
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	90	$82,200	0.70
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	200	$66,460	1.12
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	110	$60,550	1.24
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	50	$36,840	0.43
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	90	$58,820	0.84
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	70	$89,790	0.24
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	50	$48,000	0.63
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	30	$54,450	0.41
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	70	$75,280	1.11
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	200	$36,390	0.83
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	170	$35,990	1.96
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	790	$82,300	0.89
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	30	$46,890	1.24
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	30	$30,730	1.37
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	50	$82,990	1.46
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,460	$29,840	1.43
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4023`	50	$37,130	6.83
Sales Managers `11-2022`	100	$140,630	0.61
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	190	$54,940	0.57
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	440	$74,430	1.36
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	30	$28,910	1.54
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	330	$61,690	1.17
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	280	$44,100	0.62
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	60	$59,730	0.44
Security Guards `33-9032`	120	$38,370	0.36
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	40	$31,200	1.44
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	50	$93,350	1.67
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	380	$45,880	1.77
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	60	$34,090	0.85
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$39,860	0.77
Software Developers `15-1252`	70	$98,510	0.15
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	60	$58,960	0.87
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$60,550	1.04
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	30	$79,250	0.63
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	790	$34,540	1.07
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	100	$60,430	0.75
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	270	$31,530	1.94
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	40	$62,980	1.22
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	350	$30,480	0.95
Tellers `43-3071`	110	$38,200	1.32
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	90	$67,650	6.35
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	60	$52,870	0.48
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	40	$97,920	0.68
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$126,500	1.43
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	70	$35,880	2.02
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	30	$47,230	0.91
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	680	$28,260	1.14
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	80	$53,340	2.25
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	220	$53,420	2.04