Midland, MI

174 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 33220.

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)	2,700
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,380
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,060
Retail Salespersons	790
Cashiers	660
Office Clerks, General	630
General and Operations Managers	620
Customer Service Representatives	620
Nursing Assistants	600
Stockers and Order Fillers	550
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	500
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	490
Accountants and Auditors	450
Waiters and Waitresses	430
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	420
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	370
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	350
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	330
Medical Assistants	320
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	320

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
Chemists	11.92	240
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations)	4.54	270
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	3.72	200
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	2.90	110
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	2.76	110
Medical Records Specialists	2.67	120
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	2.62	2,700
Coaches and Scouts	2.20	130
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.17	110
Dental Hygienists	2.12	110
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	1.94	170
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1.93	180
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1.82	420
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	1.79	110
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1.78	330
Nursing Assistants	1.73	600
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1.70	1,380
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations)	1.69	210
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	1.63	120
Medical Assistants	1.62	320

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$587,950
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$212,130
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$173,080
Human Resources Managers	$170,710
Dentists, General	$167,770
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$166,460
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$154,070
Pharmacists	$147,830
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$129,860
Sales Managers	$128,280
Administrative Services Managers	$123,690
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$114,330
Medical and Health Services Managers	$112,320
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$110,310
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$109,230
Information Security Analysts	$105,830
Chemists	$105,710
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$104,700
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations)	$102,840
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$102,280

All 174 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	450	$91,790	1.30
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$123,690	0.97
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	100	$28,080	1.06
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$30,220	0.85
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	110	$166,460	2.17
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	190	$48,490	1.11
Bakers `51-3011`	40	$31,820	0.69
Bartenders `35-3011`	130	$38,170	0.73
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$45,730	1.38
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	370	$46,500	1.12
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	110	$47,050	2.76
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	40	$61,380	0.60
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	110	$76,660	0.41
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	30	$31,200	0.92
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	170	$76,500	1.42
Carpenters `47-2031`	250	$63,380	1.55
Cashiers `41-2011`	660	$30,280	0.90
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	70	$59,840	1.37
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	30	$59,700	0.71
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	50	$82,780	3.86
Chemists `19-2031`	240	$105,710	11.92
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$587,950	1.17
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	180	$50,890	1.93
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	110	$29,880	0.88
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$96,730	0.61
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$27,830	1.14
Clergy `21-2011`	30	$45,450	2.23
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	130	$38,890	2.20
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	60	$69,610	2.25
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$68,440	0.78
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	30	$102,280	0.29
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	210	$102,840	1.69
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	160	$62,460	0.91
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	270	$48,790	1.03
Construction Managers `11-9021`	110	$95,540	1.23
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	150	$27,090	1.00
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	140	$36,870	1.30
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	260	$36,540	0.76
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$69,990	1.03
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	70	$39,320	0.77
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	30	$35,900	1.97
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	620	$48,250	0.99
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	70	$84,520	1.17
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	130	$48,360	1.36
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	110	$82,160	2.12
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$167,770	1.19
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	100	$33,020	0.75
Dishwashers `35-9021`	70	$30,320	0.60
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	150	$35,790	1.50
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	80	$110,310	1.04
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	60	$55,120	0.75
Electricians `47-2111`	210	$51,310	1.13
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	290	$61,540	0.86
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	60	$77,060	0.57
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4021`	30	$48,750	2.34
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$114,330	1.24
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,060	$28,480	1.14
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	310	$173,080	1.52
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$82,340	0.50
Firefighters `33-2011`	60	$52,800	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	220	$79,390	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	320	$37,400	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	110	$74,580	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	240	$60,200	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	150	$76,470	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	220	$45,380	0.82
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	70	$58,460	0.50
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	140	$27,290	0.66
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$63,820	1.17
Fundraisers `13-1131`	40	$64,150	1.48
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	620	$98,270	0.73
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$46,330	0.75
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	50	$35,580	0.71
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	30	$41,910	2.11
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	80	$40,350	1.90
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	50	$66,760	1.01
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	90	$56,490	0.94
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	280	$49,380	0.57
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	50	$57,900	1.25
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	2,700	$36,950	2.62
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	70	$29,300	0.71
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	80	$170,710	1.60
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	240	$72,630	1.09
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	30	$76,930	1.70
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	170	$104,700	1.94
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	110	$75,120	1.09
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	110	$154,070	1.79
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	330	Not available	1.78
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	60	$105,830	1.33
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	110	$43,310	0.77
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	30	$62,080	0.72
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$81,220	0.78
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	30	$49,030	0.29
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	300	$35,670	0.57
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	30	$56,960	2.22
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	350	$37,600	0.49
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	230	$37,450	1.03
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$36,170	1.40
Lawyers `23-1011`	100	Not available	0.54
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$60,530	1.66
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$38,720	1.89
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	120	$64,100	0.79
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	110	$42,850	0.48
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$48,610	0.89
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$66,880	0.93
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	270	Not available	4.54
Machinists `51-4041`	50	$55,380	0.69
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	250	$36,840	1.23
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	280	$46,850	0.77
Management Analysts `13-1111`	120	$99,590	0.57
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	200	$71,490	0.94
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	120	$109,230	1.63
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	320	$39,360	1.62
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	120	$52,050	2.67
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	420	$40,400	1.82
Medical Transcriptionists `31-9094`	40	$42,220	4.25
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	230	$112,320	1.59
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	70	$60,440	2.16
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	60	$68,920	1.36
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	60	$49,270	1.71
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	60	$212,130	2.21
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$81,540	0.82
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	600	$39,340	1.73
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	90	$77,580	2.70
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians `19-5012`	40	$83,320	5.07
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$74,670	1.62
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	630	$43,780	1.06
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	120	$65,710	1.06
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	140	$34,750	1.01
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	Not available	0.84
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$63,760	1.29
Pharmacists `29-1051`	90	$147,830	1.21
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	150	$44,150	1.34
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$92,620	1.46
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	110	$129,860	2.90
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$63,930	1.12
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	80	$75,370	0.49
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	90	$59,990	1.09
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	90	$36,600	0.76
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	40	$44,250	1.12
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	50	$68,880	0.55
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	200	$100,190	0.77
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	40	$64,900	0.51
Public Relations Managers `11-2032`	60	Not available	3.43
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	80	$70,440	1.19
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	240	$36,940	1.08
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	80	$30,890	1.07
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,380	$86,360	1.70
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	790	$33,260	0.85
Sales Managers `11-2022`	80	$128,280	0.53
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	130	$57,970	0.42
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	230	$75,010	0.78
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	160	$64,420	0.63
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	500	$49,010	1.21
Security Guards `33-9032`	120	$40,880	0.38
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	110	$30,370	1.39
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	130	$46,540	0.66
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	80	$80,210	1.53
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	100	$39,150	0.96
Software Developers `15-1252`	160	$83,730	0.41
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	50	$79,470	5.75
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	70	$66,850	1.53
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	550	$35,380	0.81
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	130	$73,450	1.08
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	30	$33,860	0.27
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	490	$31,540	1.42
Tellers `43-3071`	80	$37,460	1.05
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	130	$76,260	1.17
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	200	Not available	3.72
Tutors `25-3041`	40	$76,680	0.93
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	50	$38,740	1.78
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	30	$53,830	0.97
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	430	$37,750	0.78
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	60	$48,120	0.62