Pittsfield, MA

248 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 38340.

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)	2,540
Retail Salespersons	1,850
General and Operations Managers	1,500
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,470
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,230
Cashiers	1,160
Waiters and Waitresses	1,150
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	920
Stockers and Order Fillers	840
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	830
Office Clerks, General	830
Nursing Assistants	810
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	690
Customer Service Representatives	680
Cooks, Restaurant	630
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	630
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	600
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	580
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	560
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	550

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
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations)	5.89	120
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.36	190
Residential Advisors	4.39	140
Library Assistants, Clerical	4.26	130
Rehabilitation Counselors	4.11	140
Fundraisers	3.63	150
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	3.42	170
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2.91	280
Self-Enrichment Teachers	2.80	340
Social and Community Service Managers	2.74	210
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	2.62	130
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	2.56	230
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	2.44	440
Chefs and Head Cooks	2.44	180
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	2.24	300
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	1.99	240
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	1.99	130
Healthcare Social Workers	1.98	140
Firefighters	1.97	250
Tellers	1.93	230

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Surgeons, All Other	$476,230
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$347,840
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$228,740
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$197,570
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$177,960
Dentists, General	$173,990
Marketing Managers	$171,620
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$161,980
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$157,520
Software Developers	$154,860
Human Resources Managers	$145,640
Sales Managers	$144,320
Pharmacists	$137,910
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$137,620
Fundraising Managers	$136,830
Nurse Practitioners	$136,730
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$134,440
Medical and Health Services Managers	$131,100
Veterinarians	$127,910
Construction Managers	$127,190

All 248 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	480	$84,640	0.91
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	120	$95,300	1.20
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	110	$34,960	0.73
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	120	$36,830	1.22
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$73,130	1.00
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	100	$197,570	1.20
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1121`	Not available	$100,490
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$56,310	0.84
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	250	$51,400	0.98
Bakers `51-3011`	110	$38,260	1.32
Bartenders `35-3011`	450	$35,390	1.63
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	60	$49,340	1.06
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	110	$53,490	0.73
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	530	$55,320	1.06
Brickmasons and Blockmasons `47-2021`	40	$87,730	2.23
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	180	$61,330	1.21
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	70	$48,200	1.22
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	100	$63,360	0.95
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	160	$77,020	0.40
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	160	$64,990	0.91
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	90	$80,840	2.28
Carpenters `47-2031`	430	$63,050	1.75
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,160	$34,380	1.03
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	180	$61,580	2.44
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	80	Not available	1.07
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	200	$76,440	1.42
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	180	$38,410	0.95
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	300	$100,810	2.24
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	50	$39,270	0.34
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	60	$125,030	2.23
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	90	$46,820	0.98
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	50	$46,530	2.07
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	110	$83,460	0.70
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	50	$81,380	0.32
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	110	$119,640	0.58
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	160	$60,100	0.63
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	120	$177,960	0.47
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	350	$52,130	0.88
Construction Managers `11-9021`	90	$127,190	0.62
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	100	$76,000	1.86
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	40	$96,480	2.06
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	170	$47,740	1.06
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	630	$43,970	1.23
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	50	$37,720	1.01
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	100	$88,080	1.16
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	140	$41,860	0.92
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	130	$57,080	1.99
Curators `25-4012`	40	$76,850	8.61
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	680	$44,650	0.72
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	90	$38,340	1.47
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	30	$46,620	0.70
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	50	$103,590	0.55
Database Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1243`	40	Not available	1.71
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	130	$51,470	0.90
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	100	$97,980	1.21
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$173,990	1.06
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	60	$76,310	2.20
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	210	$35,900	1.06
Dishwashers `35-9021`	320	$35,840	1.81
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$48,430	0.65
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	90	$46,900	0.59
Editors `27-3041`	60	$61,410	1.69
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	240	$101,420	1.99
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	40	$66,540	1.36
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	180	$75,630	1.39
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	90	$114,930	1.20
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	50	$75,860	1.56
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	40	$47,350	0.44
Electricians `47-2111`	320	$74,780	1.15
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	530	$78,910	1.04
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	40	$50,190	0.63
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	90	$45,330	1.42
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	50	$125,350	0.84
Environmental Engineers `17-2081`	60	$119,190	4.19
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	30	$88,510	0.96
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining `47-5022`	40	$71,300	3.39
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	150	$72,790	0.91
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	180	$61,410	1.52
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	80	$98,560	1.48
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	50	$39,020	0.48
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,470	$34,680	1.04
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	270	$161,980	0.87
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$97,070	0.32
Firefighters `33-2011`	250	$56,640	1.97
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	320	$79,680	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	80	$50,890	2.02
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	60	$84,510	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	420	$47,710	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	110	$48,040	1.73
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$60,540	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	240	$77,900	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$93,070	0.55
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	580	$70,880	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$51,700	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	80	$96,570	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	270	$74,220	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	430	$52,710	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	150	$59,620	0.65
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	310	$36,930	0.95
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	90	$35,020	0.85
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$80,590	0.82
Fundraisers `13-1131`	150	$78,640	3.63
Fundraising Managers `11-2033`	40	$136,830	2.91
General Internal Medicine Physicians `29-1216`	40	$228,740	1.64
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,500	$98,210	1.17
Glaziers `47-2121`	30	$70,200	1.45
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$65,710	0.73
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	140	$35,550	1.21
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	30	$58,950	1.40
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	60	$50,900	0.83
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	140	$59,110	1.98
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	190	$63,900	1.24
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	400	$59,330	0.53
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	40	$45,750	1.12
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$45,820	0.59
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	100	$61,940	1.82
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	2,540	$40,160	1.61
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	230	$31,210	1.46
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	280	$35,630	2.91
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$145,640	0.67
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	290	$74,210	0.88
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	110	$103,750	0.84
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	110	$64,990	0.70
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	60	$134,440	0.65
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	50	$44,920	0.18
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	40	Not available	0.54
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	130	$55,560	0.59
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	100	$78,860	1.20
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	90	$73,420	0.53
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	90	$47,130	1.58
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	920	$39,830	1.14
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$75,160	0.92
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	380	$39,450	0.35
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	630	$46,190	1.80
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	130	$37,340	1.73
Lawyers `23-1011`	160	$107,400	0.60
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	130	$58,710	2.62
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	130	$37,860	4.26
Library Technicians `25-4031`	70	$47,290	2.62
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	380	$78,480	1.60
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	60	$35,340	0.99
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	270	$42,680	0.76
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$54,290	0.87
Loan Officers `13-2072`	80	$94,920	0.83
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$94,520	0.41
Machinists `51-4041`	110	$61,500	1.04
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	550	$36,600	1.75
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	690	$48,930	1.23
Management Analysts `13-1111`	140	$125,010	0.42
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	60	$157,520	0.28
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	300	$75,940	0.92
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	80	$171,620	0.54
Massage Therapists `31-9011`	50	$102,120	1.31
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	70	$108,570	0.68
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	280	$45,990	0.94
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	80	$49,910	1.10
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	530	$48,930	1.50
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	260	$131,100	1.21
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	70	$59,180	1.30
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	170	$56,660	3.42
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	30	$41,350	0.56
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	270	$77,780	1.21
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	190	$45,100	0.36
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	70	$38,960	1.20
Museum Technicians and Conservators `25-4013`	30	$57,460	6.96
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	80	$94,310	0.73
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	130	$136,730	1.09
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	810	$46,620	1.53
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$84,990	0.73
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	100	$95,820	1.69
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	830	$46,970	0.92
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	150	$64,460	0.89
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	40	$47,970	0.32
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	130	$34,200	0.63
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	90	$50,350	1.14
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	190	$65,190	5.36
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$62,210	0.55
Paramedics `29-2043`	50	$64,750	1.44
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	70	$38,590	0.70
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$58,730	1.15
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	70	$125,900	0.67
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$137,910	0.86
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	150	$46,920	0.86
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	40	$43,170	0.79
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$70,140	1.20
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	110	$105,750	1.09
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	100	$137,620	1.71
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	110	$347,840	0.85
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	230	$81,970	1.36
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	280	$76,940	1.15
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	60	$64,630	2.19
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	150	$58,910	1.26
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	320	$44,540	1.80
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	70	$56,500	1.28
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	50	$31,200	0.53
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	80	$57,390	0.56
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	210	$104,640	0.54
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	80	$77,060	0.72
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	50	$47,730	0.88
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	100	$73,720	0.98
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$48,180	1.42
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	90	$90,530	1.08
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	360	$41,890	1.09
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	180	$37,450	1.45
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,230	$104,950	1.00
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	140	$42,350	4.11
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	140	$50,120	4.39
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,850	$35,540	1.30
Roofers `47-2181`	30	$56,270	0.67
Sales Managers `11-2022`	120	$144,320	0.53
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	350	$79,530	0.75
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	280	$74,510	0.63
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	60	$124,270	0.59
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	50	$33,330	1.87
School Psychologists `19-3034`	60	$89,870	2.50
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	560	$78,980	1.43
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	600	$49,990	0.96
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	70	$81,760	0.39
Security Guards `33-9032`	270	$43,860	0.58
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	340	$51,080	2.80
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	50	$60,140	1.10
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	220	$46,900	0.73
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	230	$37,210	2.56
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	210	$75,660	2.74
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	190	$44,730	1.21
Software Developers `15-1252`	280	$154,860	0.46
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	140	$64,460	1.48
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	50	$88,190	1.31
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	100	$78,370	1.60
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$94,640	1.13
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	840	$39,060	0.81
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	440	$55,100	2.44
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	210	$43,900	1.09
Surgeons, All Other `29-1249`	30	$476,230	3.30
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	30	$69,040	0.79
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	830	$40,110	1.61
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	40	$101,860	1.07
Tellers `43-3071`	230	$44,310	1.93
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) `39-7010`	120	$34,280	5.89
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$61,150	0.82
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	40	$97,280	0.55
Tutors `25-3041`	40	$58,030	0.58
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	70	$77,820	4.11
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	30	$33,470	0.68
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$127,910	1.05
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	70	$46,330	1.43
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,150	$35,950	1.38
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	80	$61,230	1.78