Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA

251 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 34580.

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	1,730
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,580
Cashiers	1,270
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,200
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,190
Stockers and Order Fillers	900
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	870
Waiters and Waitresses	830
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	800
Electricians	740
Office Clerks, General	720
General and Operations Managers	710
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	670
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	650
Cooks, Restaurant	590
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	560
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	560
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	560
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	550
Carpenters	540

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
Sailors and Marine Oilers	10.27	110
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	5.99	300
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	3.03	430
Electricians	2.89	740
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	2.83	110
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.42	550
Carpenters	2.40	540
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	2.28	110
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	2.24	200
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.04	560
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	2.00	120
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	1.92	150
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1.89	100
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	1.82	870
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	1.77	100
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	1.76	170
Dental Assistants	1.72	230
Parts Salespersons	1.72	160
Coaches and Scouts	1.68	140
Dental Hygienists	1.68	130

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$271,750
Dentists, General	$212,000
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$207,100
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$172,460
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$170,970
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$164,690
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$162,080
Construction Managers	$159,860
Pharmacists	$159,320
Sales Managers	$159,020
Veterinarians	$156,980
Marketing Managers	$155,520
Human Resources Managers	$151,170
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$143,990
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$143,630
Nurse Practitioners	$141,790
Medical and Health Services Managers	$141,030
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$133,620
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	$130,790
Dental Hygienists	$127,470

All 251 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	400	$92,920	0.82
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	130	$36,500	0.94
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	110	$38,410	1.23
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	60	$61,860	1.63
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	90	$164,690	1.16
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$58,750	0.77
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	280	$55,270	1.17
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	90	$40,410	2.62
Bakers `51-3011`	110	$44,220	1.43
Bartenders `35-3011`	270	$56,640	1.07
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	200	$57,490	1.44
Biological Technicians `19-4021`	40	$50,320	1.81
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	560	$59,020	1.21
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	200	$72,070	1.45
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	170	$77,460	1.76
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	280	$82,200	0.75
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$50,720	1.25
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	190	$75,040	1.16
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	50	$57,110	1.85
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels `53-5021`	40	$113,850	2.90
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	110	$75,420	2.83
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	90	$99,950	2.28
Carpenters `47-2031`	540	$69,710	2.40
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,270	$37,960	1.21
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	50	$89,100	0.75
Chemists `19-2031`	40	$81,680	1.55
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	30	$207,100	0.48
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	170	$76,270	1.31
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	60	$40,150	0.31
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	50	$80,450	2.09
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	150	$101,300	1.24
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	210	$39,960	1.63
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	110	$63,220	1.00
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	140	$45,330	1.68
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	100	$60,820	1.89
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	50	$60,090	2.54
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	80	$59,060	2.26
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	130	$84,090	0.89
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	50	$107,310	0.35
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	140	$107,850	0.77
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	240	$68,250	0.99
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	90	$172,460	0.39
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	40	$78,460	3.99
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	400	$58,220	1.08
Construction Managers `11-9021`	110	$159,860	0.87
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	60	$97,610	1.28
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	170	$37,850	0.79
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	240	$51,620	1.61
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	590	$46,450	1.23
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	130	$80,100	1.65
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	200	$43,440	1.45
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	120	$62,730	2.00
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	70	$116,840	4.69
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	40	$62,880	1.29
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	400	$49,160	0.46
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	30	$57,290	0.55
Demonstrators and Product Promoters `41-9011`	50	$36,660	2.46
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	230	$49,530	1.72
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	130	$127,470	1.68
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$212,000	1.13
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	70	$107,340	2.14
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	80	$37,420	0.43
Dishwashers `35-9021`	190	$37,710	1.18
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$57,510	0.92
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	100	$43,510	0.74
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers `47-2081`	70	$67,730	2.61
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	120	$170,970	1.06
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	40	$83,600	1.62
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	90	$96,780	0.78
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	100	$96,270	1.45
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	40	$60,130	0.53
Electricians `47-2111`	740	$104,510	2.89
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	500	$100,730	1.07
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	70	$67,280	1.29
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	30	$57,960	1.48
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	70	$89,220	2.27
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	230	$78,670	1.50
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	120	$39,870	1.12
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$133,620	0.69
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	50	$63,750	4.13
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	200	$38,410	2.24
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals `45-2093`	70	$42,370	6.58
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,580	$36,890	1.21
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators `51-2051`	70	$56,850	12.63
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$162,080	0.52
Firefighters `33-2011`	180	$81,100	1.50
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	560	$130,790	2.04
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$65,390	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	80	$114,810	2.53
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	300	$55,690	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$60,160	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	70	$56,260	1.60
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	280	$94,530	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$82,820	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	490	$76,200	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	70	$127,390	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	550	$79,630	2.42
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	480	$57,620	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	210	$68,710	1.00
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	70	$41,720	1.14
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	280	$37,740	0.93
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	150	$36,520	1.54
Forest and Conservation Technicians `19-4071`	60	$58,930	5.44
Foresters `19-1032`	50	$74,710	14.45
Fundraisers `13-1131`	50	$72,250	1.26
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	710	$126,680	0.60
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	40	$50,300	1.61
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers `47-4041`	30	$57,840	1.83
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars `29-9021`	40	$50,480	2.93
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$63,500	0.67
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	110	$81,610	1.67
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	40	$64,310	1.11
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	150	$77,010	1.11
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	670	$62,240	0.96
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$43,340	0.77
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	80	$65,120	1.52
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,200	$42,690	0.82
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	130	$38,650	1.49
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	30	$57,220	1.01
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$151,170	0.54
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	230	$78,800	0.76
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	100	$121,360	0.82
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	240	$78,800	1.58
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	80	$143,990	0.93
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	220	$49,940	0.85
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	40	$48,730	0.90
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	180	$68,060	0.87
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$59,040	0.95
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	70	$124,090	0.94
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall `47-2131`	90	$62,710	6.14
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	110	$59,800	0.66
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	110	$48,350	2.28
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	650	$44,860	0.87
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	90	$97,830	2.44
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	50	$79,110	2.10
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	800	$45,960	0.80
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	500	$45,020	1.55
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	50	$38,060	0.80
Lawyers `23-1011`	110	Not available	0.44
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$85,730	0.80
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	60	$47,780	2.06
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	120	$83,940	0.55
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	440	$47,780	1.32
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	100	$52,630	1.77
Loan Officers `13-2072`	80	$84,060	0.90
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	30	$71,620	4.89
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	50	$45,960	3.64
Machinists `51-4041`	140	$66,280	1.45
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	310	$38,020	1.08
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	560	$60,150	1.07
Management Analysts `13-1111`	80	$96,380	0.26
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	100	$143,630	0.48
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	50	$46,620	0.99
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	200	$68,710	0.65
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	40	$155,520	0.31
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	300	$38,770	5.99
Mechanical Drafters `17-3013`	30	$66,020	2.34
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	210	$61,870	0.76
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	40	$49,070	1.37
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	100	$63,360	1.58
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	180	$50,740	0.57
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	100	$141,030	0.50
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	50	$61,270	1.08
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	80	$68,850	1.74
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	160	$106,920	0.76
Millwrights `49-9044`	70	$80,080	4.88
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	400	$48,940	0.85
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	50	$49,520	1.62
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	60	$76,680	1.05
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3051`	70	$62,880	8.76
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	90	$100,120	0.85
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	60	$141,790	0.57
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	500	$49,020	1.01
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$101,060	1.34
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$102,680	0.92
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	720	$50,170	0.86
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	30	$48,450	0.46
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	180	$85,390	1.11
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	50	$49,780	2.25
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	50	$50,490	2.02
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	190	$49,590	1.48
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	180	$39,820	0.96
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	150	$57,990	1.92
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$61,450	0.60
Paramedics `29-2043`	70	$109,620	2.04
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	160	$46,160	1.72
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$66,650	0.88
Pharmacists `29-1051`	110	$159,320	0.97
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	140	$55,790	0.88
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$61,420	1.28
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$113,510	0.93
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	70	$271,750	0.57
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	230	$77,540	1.44
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	220	$100,480	0.98
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$59,730	1.28
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$62,330	1.11
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	180	$48,510	1.08
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	120	$61,670	0.93
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	380	$108,980	1.05
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	50	$50,400	1.85
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	50	$78,110	0.49
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	100	$101,970	1.30
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$73,540	0.58
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	450	$45,060	1.46
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	160	$43,380	1.42
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	60	$65,270	1.13
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,190	$106,730	1.04
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	80	$63,480	2.52
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	60	$44,260	2.06
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,730	$39,240	1.31
Roofers `47-2181`	80	$61,410	1.77
Sailors and Marine Oilers `53-5011`	110	$68,740	10.27
Sales Managers `11-2022`	120	$159,020	0.55
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	200	$76,100	0.48
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	370	$78,620	0.89
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$93,320	0.40
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	90	$49,310	6.50
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	240	$121,190	0.67
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	510	$56,980	0.88
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	140	$61,540	0.84
Security Guards `33-9032`	220	$46,090	0.52
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers `49-2098`	50	$62,890	1.69
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	170	$48,380	1.48
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners `47-4071`	40	$74,550	3.66
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	80	$61,330	1.91
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	210	$47,400	0.75
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$44,130	0.57
Slaughterers and Meat Packers `51-3023`	50	$45,090	2.00
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$103,890	0.92
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	150	$47,910	0.99
Software Developers `15-1252`	270	$106,640	0.48
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	60	$99,840	0.66
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	60	$103,420	1.02
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$105,950	1.31
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	900	$44,300	0.94
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	50	$63,920	2.80
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	250	$70,970	1.51
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	290	$54,350	1.64
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	50	$81,470	1.18
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	870	$57,950	1.82
Tellers `43-3071`	150	$47,230	1.32
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	30	$43,160	0.82
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	90	$78,200	0.56
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	70	$95,640	4.71
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$156,980	1.48
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	80	$45,260	1.96
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$60,830	0.87
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	830	$53,060	1.08
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	90	$87,310	1.97
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	430	$62,800	3.03
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists `19-1023`	50	$76,600	7.50