Pocatello, ID

181 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 38540.

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)	1,380
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,370
Customer Service Representatives	1,130
Retail Salespersons	990
General and Operations Managers	880
Cashiers	860
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	830
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	580
Stockers and Order Fillers	560
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	490
Waiters and Waitresses	470
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	470
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	420
Medical Assistants	400
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	400
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	380
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	370
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	360
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	350
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	350

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
Loan Officers	3.73	250
Social and Human Service Assistants	3.00	320
Speech-Language Pathologists	2.34	110
Tellers	2.09	170
Carpenters	2.07	340
Medical Assistants	2.01	400
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	2.00	100
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	1.96	130
Dental Hygienists	1.95	110
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	1.91	190
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	1.91	190
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.84	240
Customer Service Representatives	1.78	1,130
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1.73	190
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	1.71	210
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1.71	180
Animal Caretakers	1.70	110
Dental Assistants	1.67	160
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1.67	350
Recreation Workers	1.63	130

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Nurse Anesthetists	$268,710
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$180,280
Sales Managers	$136,520
Pharmacists	$135,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$133,800
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$129,480
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$127,700
Nurse Practitioners	$125,690
Personal Financial Advisors	$119,840
Software Developers	$119,430
Human Resources Managers	$117,730
Dentists, General	$115,870
Electrical Engineers	$110,380
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$109,850
Construction Managers	$102,640
Medical and Health Services Managers	$101,920
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$100,920
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$99,250
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$97,670
Information Security Analysts	$93,970

All 181 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	170	$65,330	0.47
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$65,830	0.97
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	190	$28,500	1.91
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	110	$31,270	1.70
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$51,900	1.38
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	200	$46,450	1.12
Bakers `51-3011`	70	$31,570	1.21
Bartenders `35-3011`	140	$21,800	0.74
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$40,170	1.35
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	340	$45,440	0.99
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	70	$56,290	0.93
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	110	$58,660	0.42
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$38,490	1.52
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	50	$62,740	0.45
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	40	$36,760	2.01
Carpenters `47-2031`	340	$50,700	2.07
Cashiers `41-2011`	860	$28,910	1.13
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	80	$47,980	1.51
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	100	$180,280	2.00
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	50	$59,100	0.55
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	240	$28,190	1.84
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$63,160	2.19
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	90	$89,610	0.99
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	Not available	$36,400
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	110	$41,870	1.35
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	40	$45,930	0.96
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	70	$59,150	0.68
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	30	$90,470	0.29
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$72,260	0.38
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	200	$57,040	1.16
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$133,800	0.32
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	350	$45,680	1.29
Construction Managers `11-9021`	70	$102,640	0.71
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	50	$61,570	1.28
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	80	$30,320	0.48
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	190	$33,720	1.73
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	330	$34,920	0.96
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	130	$49,610	1.35
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$64,320	1.32
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	70	$41,600	0.70
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$46,080	1.03
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,130	$37,940	1.78
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	50	$44,790	1.18
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	40	$79,300	0.64
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	160	$44,620	1.67
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	110	$93,060	1.95
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$115,870	1.48
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	50	$68,720	1.75
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	70	$27,330	0.55
Dishwashers `35-9021`	110	$28,750	0.91
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	30	$43,790	0.62
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	80	$33,660	0.83
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	70	$99,250	0.91
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$110,380	0.81
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	30	$127,700	0.97
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	40	$73,920	1.50
Electricians `47-2111`	160	$60,540	0.87
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	270	$60,840	0.79
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	30	$72,160	1.57
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$55,140	0.41
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	80	$46,960	1.00
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$97,670	0.78
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,380	$28,870	1.46
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	110	$109,850	0.52
Firefighters `33-2011`	100	$44,250	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	200	$73,020	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	30	$28,470	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	30	$53,850	1.42
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	400	$36,870	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$45,250	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$50,020	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	150	$63,610	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	490	$57,020	1.38
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$38,330	1.80
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$89,260	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	130	$72,260	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	350	$42,260	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	110	$56,690	0.69
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	210	$29,290	0.96
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	880	$78,100	1.02
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	90	$33,760	1.19
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$80,090	0.79
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	190	$50,940	1.91
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	470	$56,370	0.94
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$56,680	1.17
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,370	$34,390	1.30
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	120	$24,230	1.08
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	130	$29,330	1.96
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$117,730	0.66
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	130	$61,150	0.59
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	40	$81,530	0.48
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	70	$58,750	0.68
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	40	$100,920	0.68
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	110	$45,310	0.59
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	30	$93,970	0.64
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	90	$49,310	0.63
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	30	$51,430	0.73
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$71,590	0.86
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	80	$52,410	0.66
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	580	$34,320	1.07
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	420	$36,090	0.57
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	190	$36,040	0.82
Lawyers `23-1011`	100	$92,280	0.54
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	30	$34,930	1.53
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	150	$59,720	0.91
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	190	$40,210	0.79
Loan Officers `13-2072`	250	$80,210	3.73
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	350	$32,720	1.67
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	370	$44,640	0.98
Management Analysts `13-1111`	90	$72,570	0.39
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	110	$62,440	0.51
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	400	$37,610	2.01
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	30	$35,550	1.62
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$58,310	1.01
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	300	$40,370	1.25
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	160	$101,920	1.11
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	40	$46,410	1.00
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	40	$45,760	1.15
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$38,600	1.39
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	110	$41,480	0.32
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	80	$75,740	1.88
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$81,820	0.87
Nurse Anesthetists `29-1151`	50	$268,710	3.76
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	90	$125,690	1.07
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	300	$36,330	0.84
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$90,740	0.83
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	Not available	$41,820
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	190	$59,250	1.58
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	70	$36,470	0.50
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	70	$46,670	0.69
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	30	$27,390	0.90
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	80	$43,050	1.23
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$119,840	0.57
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$135,290	1.31
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	160	$44,890	1.39
Physical Therapist Aides `31-2022`	40	$28,520	3.46
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$57,870	2.22
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	60	$82,680	0.95
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	80	$129,480	2.01
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	100	Not available	1.16
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	100	$50,020	0.84
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	120	$58,840	0.71
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	70	$59,450	0.91
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	30	$52,110	0.32
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	170	$82,250	0.66
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	50	$58,610	0.76
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	40	$55,310	1.44
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	80	$63,400	1.43
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	50	$36,110	1.13
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	280	$34,870	1.26
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	130	$30,430	1.63
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$48,580	1.40
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	830	$78,780	1.00
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	70	$50,290	2.95
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	60	$73,270	1.72
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	990	$30,220	1.03
Roofers `47-2181`	50	$58,480	1.39
Sales Managers `11-2022`	80	$136,520	0.54
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	160	$58,660	0.53
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	270	$59,740	0.88
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	380	$43,990	0.90
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	60	$56,440	0.52
Security Guards `33-9032`	100	$37,790	0.31
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	100	$31,660	1.19
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	170	$42,880	0.84
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	70	$33,890	1.14
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$71,510	0.89
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	320	$45,380	3.00
Software Developers `15-1252`	90	$119,430	0.23
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	110	$76,140	2.34
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	560	$36,560	0.80
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	210	$61,860	1.71
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	40	$59,550	1.37
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	360	$31,130	1.03
Tellers `43-3071`	170	$38,640	2.09
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	40	$36,970	1.67
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$56,260	1.20
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	30	$36,360	1.04
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	30	$36,980	1.04
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	470	$30,200	0.85
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	180	$58,140	1.71