Monroe, MI

200 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 33780.

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)	1,330
Retail Salespersons	1,250
Cashiers	1,220
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,110
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,090
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	950
Stockers and Order Fillers	940
Office Clerks, General	870
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	770
General and Operations Managers	730
Waiters and Waitresses	660
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	640
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	630
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	560
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	440
Cooks, Restaurant	440
Nursing Assistants	430
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	390
Customer Service Representatives	370
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	370

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
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	12.69	110
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5.80	260
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5.29	210
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	5.07	200
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.95	130
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	3.01	1,110
Machinists	2.77	210
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	2.46	130
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	2.44	160
Driver/Sales Workers	2.27	240
Production Workers, All Other	2.26	150
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2.25	240
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	2.14	160
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.13	120
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2.12	330
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations)	2.04	250
Electrical Engineers	2.02	110
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	2.02	160
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2.01	1,090
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1.97	350

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$244,760
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$210,090
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$158,170
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$153,080
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$140,110
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$137,040
Nuclear Engineers	$136,260
Human Resources Managers	$133,510
Pharmacists	$130,360
Sales Managers	$129,620
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$125,410
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$119,400
Nurse Practitioners	$116,260
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$116,210
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations)	$114,160
Electrical Engineers	$107,400
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations)	$104,500
Lawyers	$104,020
Physical Therapists	$102,510
Financial and Investment Analysts	$102,320

All 200 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	290	$76,080	0.77
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	30	$92,930	0.46
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	100	$28,560	0.93
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$29,820	0.89
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	120	$158,170	2.13
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$52,160	1.29
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	270	$57,400	1.48
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	60	$31,670	2.30
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$30,520	1.03
Bartenders `35-3011`	260	$37,800	1.32
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	30	$47,200	0.81
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	100	$45,640	0.99
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	290	$48,210	0.80
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	100	$45,830	0.93
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	160	$58,240	2.14
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	80	$81,740	0.29
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$31,780	1.11
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$66,890	1.13
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	40	$65,260	1.43
Carpenters `47-2031`	90	$59,750	0.52
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,220	$29,320	1.51
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	130	$57,710	2.46
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$244,760	0.75
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	180	$58,710	1.77
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	110	$29,210	0.80
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$96,610	0.49
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	160	$29,920	1.57
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	70	$54,290	0.81
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	70	$36,570	1.08
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	50	$44,340	1.23
Commercial and Industrial Designers `27-1021`	40	Not available	4.68
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$50,300	1.52
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	50	$74,000	0.42
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	50	$48,210	1.13
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$104,500	0.30
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	170	$58,980	0.89
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$153,080	0.38
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	330	$51,200	1.14
Construction Managers `11-9021`	100	$99,020	0.96
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$69,570	1.01
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	240	$27,120	1.42
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	160	$35,800	1.35
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	440	$36,200	1.19
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$72,970	1.22
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	100	$40,610	0.97
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	70	$51,400	1.41
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	60	$49,480	5.70
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	370	$41,650	0.55
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	260	$38,410	5.80
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	40	$96,140	0.57
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	70	$46,320	0.73
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$78,660	1.02
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$29,470	0.77
Dishwashers `35-9021`	120	$28,670	0.99
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	90	$49,730	1.64
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	240	$37,510	2.27
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	160	$100,740	1.87
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	70	$56,460	0.79
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	110	$107,400	2.02
Electricians `47-2111`	150	$80,620	0.76
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	560	$63,030	1.54
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	40	Not available	0.96
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	70	$119,400	1.74
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	80	$114,160	3.45
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$62,650	0.43
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$116,210	0.99
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,330	$27,950	1.31
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$140,110	0.67
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	60	$102,320	0.65
Firefighters `33-2011`	70	$44,730	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	200	$76,880	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	440	$36,430	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	160	$83,340	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	230	$63,690	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	30	$81,650	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	350	$75,230	1.97
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	350	$46,770	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	Not available	1.51
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	190	$58,840	1.14
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	180	$30,060	0.75
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	90	$58,450	1.41
Foundry Mold and Coremakers `51-4071`	50	$46,600	13.73
Funeral Attendants `39-4021`	30	$35,620	3.87
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	730	$93,690	0.80
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	90	$43,680	5.26
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	70	$30,690	0.82
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	30	$38,980	0.63
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4191`	40	$51,020	9.71
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$59,340	1.17
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,090	$54,510	2.01
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	50	$54,580	1.23
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	770	$34,290	0.68
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	120	$27,710	1.08
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	60	$30,540	0.82
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$133,510	0.73
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	210	$71,990	0.86
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	170	$97,770	1.77
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	220	$67,720	1.91
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	160	$125,410	2.44
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	270	$42,990	1.34
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	Not available	$45,130
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	330	$43,100	2.12
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	30	$44,960	0.69
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	70	$80,880	1.18
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$48,140	0.55
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	80	$77,560	0.60
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	360	$35,880	0.61
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	950	$39,520	1.22
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	230	$36,590	0.93
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$104,020	0.36
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$64,060	1.25
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	90	$30,130	4.20
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	150	$63,240	0.87
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	280	$30,420	1.08
Loan Officers `13-2072`	30	$56,450	0.46
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	50	$78,890	0.80
Machinists `51-4041`	210	$60,210	2.77
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	150	$30,230	0.66
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	370	$44,750	0.91
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$96,040	0.24
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	60	$137,040	0.36
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$64,500	0.59
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	160	$95,190	2.02
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	270	$36,150	1.26
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	160	$37,060	0.63
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	100	$101,310	0.62
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	90	$38,070	2.10
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	280	$64,670	1.73
Millwrights `49-9044`	60	$83,970	5.76
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,110	$36,870	3.01
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$62,340	0.91
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	210	$37,050	5.29
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	130	$47,940	3.95
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$91,630	0.51
Nuclear Engineers `17-2161`	90	$136,260	21.96
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	30	$116,260	0.39
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	430	$38,420	1.12
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$72,470	1.05
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$84,780	0.85
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	870	$41,540	1.35
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	140	$60,910	1.12
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	90	$44,990	0.92
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	160	$34,680	1.12
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	70	$34,070	2.01
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	90	$42,030	1.30
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$52,190	0.89
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	70	$98,090	1.01
Pharmacists `29-1051`	60	$130,360	0.72
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	140	$38,400	1.10
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$102,510	0.65
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	40	$210,090	0.49
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4193`	110	$42,240	12.69
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	250	$80,700	2.04
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	190	$65,300	1.06
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	130	$59,990	1.54
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$37,090	1.01
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$73,110	1.64
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	150	$32,210	2.26
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	80	$61,310	0.78
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	120	$100,290	0.45
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	30	$56,030	0.46
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	40	$76,940	0.63
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	280	$35,580	1.18
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	50	$34,610	0.59
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	200	$48,160	5.07
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	630	$82,170	0.71
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	30	$81,290	0.85
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,250	$34,620	1.22
Sales Managers `11-2022`	130	$129,620	0.80
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	150	$62,280	0.47
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	310	$74,320	0.96
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	390	$64,390	1.39
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	330	$45,560	0.75
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	50	$54,170	0.40
Security Guards `33-9032`	240	Not available	0.70
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$41,180	0.53
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	220	$43,930	1.05
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	60	$33,330	0.98
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$87,480	0.76
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	100	$39,210	0.90
Software Developers `15-1252`	100	$98,270	0.23
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	40	$77,520	4.04
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	40	$62,580	0.64
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	40	$66,650	1.49
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	50	$82,450	1.18
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$82,540	1.60
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	940	$35,660	1.26
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	110	$60,170	0.88
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	640	$34,630	1.72
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	40	$62,450	1.62
Tellers `43-3071`	100	$39,650	1.19
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	80	$60,840	5.44
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	110	Not available	0.88
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	80	$86,780	1.43
Tutors `25-3041`	30	$45,860	0.67
Upholsterers `51-6093`	Not available	$45,440
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$49,160	1.30
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	660	$38,780	1.11
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$65,360	1.64
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	240	$49,570	2.25