Ponce, PR

221 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 38660.

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	3,580
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,940
Cashiers	2,320
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2,100
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,980
Office Clerks, General	1,560
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,490
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,480
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,430
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,080
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,000
Customer Service Representatives	900
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	880
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	860
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	730
Waiters and Waitresses	730
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	730
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	700
Construction Laborers	660
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	650

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
Helpers--Carpenters	12.28	110
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	11.85	530
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	9.86	460
Couriers and Messengers	7.45	210
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	6.52	400
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	4.89	230
Helpers--Electricians	4.36	110
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	4.13	280
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3.88	700
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations)	3.87	120
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	3.55	640
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	3.26	2,940
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	3.24	100
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	3.14	190
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	3.02	170
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	2.78	110
Butchers and Meat Cutters	2.74	150
Paramedics	2.70	110
Bakers	2.55	250
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations)	2.53	340

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$253,660
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$130,550
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$128,650
Family Medicine Physicians	$128,080
Pharmacists	$107,010
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$98,070
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$83,040
Human Resources Managers	$82,770
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$82,590
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$81,730
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$78,990
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$77,970
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$77,470
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$77,370
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$76,840
Financial and Investment Analysts	$75,640
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other	$75,380
Construction Managers	$72,420
Sales Managers	$66,190
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	$65,570

All 221 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	590	$37,980	0.99
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	210	$64,510	1.93
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$21,840	0.29
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	40	$22,160	0.36
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	30	$36,940	0.75
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$128,650	0.60
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	250	$21,920	0.86
Bakers `51-3011`	250	$22,270	2.55
Bartenders `35-3011`	190	$21,970	0.61
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	120	$23,080	1.91
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	350	$26,190	2.10
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	340	$26,070	0.61
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	60	$22,050	0.36
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	80	$23,030	1.23
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	60	$46,280	0.53
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	410	$49,930	0.92
Business Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1011`	40	$63,500	1.19
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	150	$22,490	2.74
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	160	$41,040	0.82
Calibration Technologists and Technicians `17-3028`	80	$37,260	11.13
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	70	$39,750	2.66
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	230	$47,150	4.89
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	110	$56,230	2.52
Carpenters `47-2031`	240	$31,200	0.88
Cashiers `41-2011`	2,320	$21,840	1.84
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	60	$27,610	0.71
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	50	$30,800	0.65
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	80	$36,030	3.46
Chemists `19-2031`	50	$48,180	1.46
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	120	$81,730	1.39
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	210	$53,440	1.29
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	70	$21,840	0.32
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	70	$51,470	0.47
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	70	$42,610	0.51
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$21,840	0.67
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	340	$36,280	2.53
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	40	$76,840	1.20
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	30	$21,840	0.32
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	200	$46,780	1.18
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	210	$30,090	0.73
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	40	$98,070	0.15
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	660	$23,510	1.47
Construction Managers `11-9021`	50	$72,420	0.30
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	70	$25,530	1.17
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	390	$22,330	1.50
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	640	$28,540	3.55
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	600	$23,350	1.04
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	100	$22,410	0.59
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	210	$21,840	7.45
Credit Analysts `13-2041`	40	$51,840	1.34
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	900	$26,810	0.85
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	120	$22,780	2.23
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	240	$30,260	1.52
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$43,030	1.17
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	60	$22,360	0.28
Dishwashers `35-9021`	100	$22,370	0.51
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$22,270	0.49
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	180	$21,840	1.07
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	120	$82,590	0.88
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	70	$77,970	0.99
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$53,140	0.72
Electricians `47-2111`	140	$37,440	0.45
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	230	$59,660	0.41
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	60	$21,840	0.83
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	40	$63,800	0.68
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health `19-4042`	30	$37,910	2.18
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	310	$36,080	1.66
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$63,730	0.81
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	Not available	$128,080
Farm and Home Management Educators `25-9021`	50	$53,130	13.88
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	Not available	$21,840
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,100	$21,840	1.34
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$77,470	0.42
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	40	$36,740	0.66
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$75,640	0.32
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	310	$36,940	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	550	$27,900	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers `39-1013`	40	$36,560	3.69
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	180	$22,120	2.49
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	60	$21,840	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	180	$43,920	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	60	$46,210	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	880	$38,840	1.50
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$24,130	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	110	$32,270	1.73
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	330	$47,840	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	1,000	$29,690	2.18
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$22,540	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	260	$31,270	1.03
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	140	$22,380	1.97
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	330	$21,960	0.89
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	80	$23,770	0.64
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	60	$40,570	0.60
Gambling Cage Workers `43-3041`	60	$21,840	9.52
Gambling Dealers `39-3011`	90	$22,150	2.68
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators `33-9031`	30	$23,830	8.33
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	370	$64,000	0.26
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$29,810	0.63
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	110	$77,370	1.27
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$30,220	0.47
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	90	$27,840	1.11
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$21,840	1.11
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	50	$29,970	0.32
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	640	$23,490	0.75
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other `47-3019`	50	$22,010	5.37
Helpers--Carpenters `47-3012`	110	$23,210	12.28
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	110	$27,050	4.36
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	110	$21,840	2.78
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	110	$23,180	1.58
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	730	$21,840	0.42
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	70	$21,840	0.39
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	70	$22,420	0.67
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	60	$27,550	1.76
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$82,770	0.55
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	190	$39,040	0.52
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	120	$41,970	3.87
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	290	$83,040	1.94
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	700	$36,440	3.88
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	90	$130,550	0.93
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	130	$33,900	0.40
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	170	$23,670	3.02
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	460	$28,600	1.88
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	90	$26,110	1.21
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	110	$36,650	1.15
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	70	$25,950	0.80
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	170	$36,920	0.87
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	190	$22,990	3.14
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	2,940	$21,840	3.26
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	530	$62,860	11.85
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	560	$24,500	0.47
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	730	$21,840	1.89
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	50	$21,840	0.61
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	Not available	0.23
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	30	$26,000	0.54
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	140	$50,260	2.51
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$22,900	1.05
Library Technicians `25-4031`	40	$28,660	1.29
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	260	$24,900	0.96
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-4099`	100	$29,900	3.24
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	440	$23,670	1.11
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$35,370	0.63
Loan Officers `13-2072`	90	$32,070	0.80
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	60	$61,110	0.62
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	200	$21,840	0.58
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	30	$31,200	1.30
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	1,080	$22,330	1.72
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$51,380	0.17
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	180	$46,510	0.70
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	110	$27,240	0.31
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	Not available	$59,990
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	150	$28,630	1.84
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	650	$23,220	1.66
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	90	$64,910	0.38
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	60	$28,370	1.03
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	280	$61,080	1.12
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,430	$28,620	2.49
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$53,370	0.56
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	30	$48,570	0.99
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	70	$44,380	1.25
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,560	$23,070	1.55
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	200	$27,770	1.01
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	90	$29,070	2.97
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	180	$23,120	1.18
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	280	$21,840	1.20
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	30	$23,180	0.37
Paramedics `29-2043`	110	$24,090	2.70
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	220	$22,290	2.03
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$29,640	0.91
Pharmacists `29-1051`	150	$107,010	1.18
Pharmacy Aides `31-9095`	60	$28,030	3.57
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	480	$27,970	2.48
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	80	$30,320	1.28
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	80	$28,350	1.64
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	40	$58,820	0.35
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	40	$253,660	0.27
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	40	$29,690	0.23
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	330	$30,830	1.21
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	400	$58,140	6.52
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	190	$31,790	0.99
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	40	$29,070	1.70
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	60	$29,870	0.58
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	150	$38,170	0.94
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	120	$46,920	0.28
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1066`	70	$65,570	3.95
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	120	$30,850	1.31
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	330	$21,840	0.88
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	30	$21,910	0.52
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,980	$38,570	1.43
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	50	$25,780	0.95
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	3,580	$22,030	2.25
Sales Managers `11-2022`	80	$66,190	0.29
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	140	$26,470	0.27
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	210	$31,180	0.41
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	560	$60,320	1.28
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,480	$24,130	2.13
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	40	$31,340	0.22
Security Guards `33-9032`	600	$21,840	1.15
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$50,610	0.42
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	230	$25,800	0.68
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	90	$21,840	0.89
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other `25-1069`	30	$75,380	4.68
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$45,820	1.45
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$50,000	0.66
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	320	$29,840	1.80
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	80	$52,260	5.56
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	160	$60,430	1.50
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	80	$60,710	2.13
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	140	$58,970	2.16
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,490	$27,030	1.29
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	100	$27,230	2.14
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	460	$63,040	9.86
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	860	$22,530	1.48
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary `25-9044`	280	$45,670	4.13
Tellers `43-3071`	200	$30,780	1.50
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	60	$36,400	2.60
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	70	$44,930	0.36
Transportation Security Screeners `33-9093`	30	$63,130	1.61
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	60	$78,990	0.63
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	730	$22,260	0.78
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	100	$31,680	0.61
Word Processors and Typists `43-9022`	80	$41,390	5.70