Rome, GA

207 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 40660.

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
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,740
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,600
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,560
Retail Salespersons	1,520
Cashiers	990
Stockers and Order Fillers	970
Nursing Assistants	890
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	890
General and Operations Managers	860
Customer Service Representatives	850
Waiters and Waitresses	740
Office Clerks, General	700
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	610
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	530
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	490
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	480
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	450
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	440
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	430
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	410

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
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	37.27	140
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	6.97	230
Production Workers, All Other	5.19	380
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.69	170
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.07	200
Respiratory Therapists	2.90	120
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	2.73	610
Phlebotomists	2.69	110
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	2.54	170
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.37	440
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations)	2.35	120
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.21	430
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2.20	890
Helpers--Production Workers	2.15	100
Nursing Assistants	2.12	890
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	2.01	100
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1.97	250
Bakers	1.91	130
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1.83	1,560
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1.78	1,740

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$353,400
Family Medicine Physicians	$305,000
Marketing Managers	$148,160
Pharmacists	$142,090
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$139,740
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$138,900
Medical and Health Services Managers	$132,830
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$131,680
Sales Managers	$129,660
Administrative Services Managers	$126,130
Veterinarians	$124,530
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$122,440
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$122,330
Software Developers	$118,030
Human Resources Managers	$116,910
Nurse Practitioners	$112,970
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$106,740
Physical Therapists	$103,710
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$102,450
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$99,490

All 207 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	240	$74,640	0.57
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	70	$126,130	0.94
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	Not available	$43,680
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	40	$23,100	0.38
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	40	$26,520	0.56
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	30	$46,590	0.76
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	210	$47,460	1.04
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	30	$34,650	1.07
Bakers `51-3011`	130	$31,990	1.91
Bartenders `35-3011`	90	$24,490	0.41
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	140	$40,010	1.19
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	300	$45,570	0.76
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	Not available	$46,890
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	80	$52,160	0.90
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	410	$60,070	1.31
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	90	$63,470	0.64
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	60	$74,440	3.47
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	60	$76,200	1.73
Carpenters `47-2031`	40	$42,000	0.21
Cashiers `41-2011`	990	$28,280	1.10
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	50	$47,420	1.20
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	30	$106,740	0.55
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	120	$47,080	1.04
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	220	$22,600	1.45
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	140	$33,350	1.31
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	Not available	$65,840
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	100	$44,320	1.34
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	30	$39,760	0.70
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$49,920	1.17
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	Not available	$58,340
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	130	$39,000	1.09
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	Not available	$38,910
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	110	$77,910	0.89
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$76,150	0.27
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	110	$54,540	0.55
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	80	$138,900	0.40
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	110	$39,200	0.34
Construction Managers `11-9021`	50	$77,960	0.44
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	90	$31,150	0.71
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	400	$33,620	0.99
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	150	$38,440	1.41
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	80	$40,110	0.67
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	40	$32,510	1.86
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	70	$38,520	1.38
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	Not available	$20,970
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	850	$36,700	1.14
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	200	$63,740	4.07
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	30	$92,130	0.45
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	110	$45,870	0.96
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$83,200	1.09
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	40	$79,310	1.46
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$25,220	0.78
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$27,740	0.94
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	30	$47,140	0.56
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	170	$35,870	1.40
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	70	$102,450	0.73
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	40	$77,550	0.82
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	70	$53,780	0.73
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	60	$72,260	3.06
Electricians `47-2111`	150	$47,550	0.70
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	400	$64,360	1.01
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	30	$40,730	0.74
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	80	$61,740	0.61
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$43,330	0.57
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers `51-6091`	140	$36,200	37.27
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$122,330	1.10
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	90	$305,000	2.91
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,600	$26,890	1.44
File Clerks `43-4071`	40	$36,180	1.85
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	130	$139,740	0.51
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	30	$82,960	0.29
Firefighters `33-2011`	100	$44,780	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	130	$59,970	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	90	$50,400	3.28
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	490	$37,670	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$43,230	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$46,310	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	170	$69,030	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	70	$73,500	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	530	Not available	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$60,950	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	430	$73,260	2.21
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	390	$42,580	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	160	$57,680	0.90
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	240	$29,450	0.92
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	80	$22,050	3.11
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	60	$29,400	0.70
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$60,760	0.94
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders `51-9051`	30	$51,280	7.30
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	860	$83,750	0.85
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars `29-9021`	70	$39,850	6.37
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	40	$63,460	0.64
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	120	$38,650	2.35
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	90	$60,980	1.64
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	80	$52,040	0.69
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	450	$50,960	0.75
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	100	$46,240	2.15
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	380	$28,370	0.31
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	120	$24,340	1.00
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$116,910	0.55
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	220	$61,430	0.82
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	90	$86,730	0.86
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	250	$70,430	1.97
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	60	$131,680	0.90
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	610	$32,760	2.73
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	230	$42,240	1.34
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$39,970	1.02
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$77,150	0.79
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	140	$65,030	1.02
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	Not available	$29,630
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$61,110	1.24
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,560	$33,590	1.83
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	230	$35,040	0.85
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	40	$28,330	0.61
Lawyers `23-1011`	Not available	$74,410
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$61,560	0.95
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	440	$61,710	2.37
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	160	$38,060	0.56
Loan Officers `13-2072`	80	$62,660	0.96
Machinists `51-4041`	90	$62,220	1.07
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	270	$31,240	1.10
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	30	$46,630	1.94
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	480	$45,980	1.08
Management Analysts `13-1111`	110	$75,390	0.42
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	190	$92,910	1.06
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	120	$63,060	0.45
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$148,160	0.40
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1022`	30	$60,660	2.30
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	370	$38,240	1.55
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	70	$51,400	1.18
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	350	$37,680	1.26
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	160	$132,830	0.93
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	100	$40,890	2.01
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	230	$61,700	1.30
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	890	$34,190	2.20
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	80	$50,980	2.98
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	170	$35,410	4.69
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$91,510	0.57
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	150	$112,970	1.66
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	890	$37,220	2.12
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	30	$64,790	0.75
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	80	$99,490	1.77
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	700	$37,000	0.98
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	150	$36,400	1.07
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	140	$47,260	1.25
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	170	$32,640	1.08
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	90	$49,140	0.80
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	60	$36,750	0.83
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	Not available	$54,690
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	$87,800	0.44
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	60	$46,750	1.98
Pharmacists `29-1051`	110	$142,090	1.16
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	170	$39,990	1.27
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	110	$39,880	2.69
Physical Therapist Aides `31-2022`	50	$30,480	3.55
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	80	$71,680	2.47
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	130	$103,710	1.64
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$122,440	1.11
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	80	$353,400	0.77
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	40	$48,400	0.27
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	260	Not available	1.34
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	100	$57,700	1.06
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	90	$77,670	1.99
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	70	$41,360	0.48
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	30	$46,850	0.78
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	30	$60,590	1.29
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	380	$38,120	5.19
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	120	$47,710	1.09
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	100	$89,320	0.32
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	30	Not available	0.36
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	30	$57,980	0.40
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	170	$66,700	2.54
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	270	$34,830	1.03
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	40	$26,930	0.42
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,740	$83,880	1.78
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	30	$34,850	1.24
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	120	$98,720	2.90
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,520	$30,590	1.35
Sales Managers `11-2022`	140	$129,660	0.74
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	250	$57,330	0.70
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	230	$63,420	0.66
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	30	Not available	1.40
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	130	$63,450	0.42
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	350	$37,540	0.71
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	80	$50,710	0.59
Security Guards `33-9032`	140	$36,430	0.37
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$38,550	0.62
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	200	$40,620	0.85
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$30,300	0.70
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$67,990	1.08
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	160	$35,360	1.29
Software Developers `15-1252`	140	$118,030	0.29
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$85,440	0.92
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	970	$34,150	1.19
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	80	$51,990	0.60
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	80	$50,900	2.25
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	230	$60,300	6.97
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	300	$29,120	0.73
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$89,650	1.40
Tellers `43-3071`	80	$38,980	0.89
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	100	$63,060	0.73
Tutors `25-3041`	70	$35,060	1.36
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$124,530	1.34
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	50	$34,050	1.36
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	740	$20,980	1.13
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	50	$39,370	1.26
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	160	$42,280	1.32