Salisbury, MD

243 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 41540.

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	1,790
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,620
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,590
General and Operations Managers	1,410
Cashiers	1,200
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,150
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,010
Nursing Assistants	830
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	810
Customer Service Representatives	810
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	760
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	730
Waiters and Waitresses	690
Stockers and Order Fillers	680
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	640
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	630
Office Clerks, General	630
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	580
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	560
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	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
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	7.68	140
Community Health Workers	4.69	100
Residential Advisors	4.52	130
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	3.76	250
Correctional Officers and Jailers	3.54	470
Sewing Machine Operators	3.54	130
Driver/Sales Workers	3.04	430
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	2.48	100
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	2.38	120
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.18	120
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	2.17	120
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	2.17	110
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations)	2.06	330
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	2.03	110
Computer Network Support Specialists	1.96	100
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1.95	1,150
Medical Assistants	1.88	530
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	1.80	110
Instructional Coordinators	1.77	140
Parts Salespersons	1.74	160

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$402,980
Surgeons, All Other	$310,560
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$166,430
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$152,820
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$152,700
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$147,250
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$142,580
Dentists, General	$136,010
Pharmacists	$133,480
Purchasing Managers	$133,290
Human Resources Managers	$131,660
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$127,860
Lawyers	$127,450
Nurse Practitioners	$125,550
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$123,350
Medical and Health Services Managers	$120,890
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$119,870
Marketing Managers	$117,690
Construction Managers	$117,540
Software Developers	$116,380

All 243 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	390	$76,300	0.77
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$107,120	0.46
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	40	$74,230	1.26
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	110	$33,380	1.23
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	40	$106,230	0.95
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	40	$152,820	0.49
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	70	$54,090	1.27
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	390	$54,840	1.60
Bartenders `35-3011`	230	$34,890	0.89
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	60	$49,660	1.11
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	160	$46,750	1.14
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	450	$49,540	0.94
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	100	$46,400	0.70
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	60	$58,370	0.58
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	340	$80,510	0.92
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$75,630	0.58
Carpenters `47-2031`	130	$50,410	0.58
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,200	$31,200	1.12
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	50	$59,470	0.70
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	50	$50,020	1.09
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	30	$52,950	1.70
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	120	$81,520	0.87
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	200	$33,510	1.09
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$87,710	0.29
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$86,900	0.38
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	110	$34,620	0.83
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	100	$65,610	1.21
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	100	$45,110	4.69
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	50	$46,510	1.26
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	160	$75,190	1.09
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	40	$108,950	0.68
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	100	$73,690	1.96
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	70	$76,750	0.45
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	160	$100,100	0.91
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	140	$60,350	0.58
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	120	$147,250	0.54
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	240	$38,800	0.64
Construction Managers `11-9021`	70	$117,540	0.50
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	30	$67,010	0.63
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	30	$63,540	1.80
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	250	$31,200	1.13
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	100	$44,430	0.65
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	320	$35,940	0.65
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	470	$64,250	3.54
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$74,420	1.03
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$36,830	0.63
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	90	$57,480	1.37
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	810	$37,260	0.91
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	80	$46,850	0.61
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	50	$97,310	0.70
Dentists, General `29-1021`	30	$136,010	0.81
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	50	$98,230	1.64
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	250	$35,040	1.36
Dishwashers `35-9021`	170	$31,200	1.03
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$48,530	1.17
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	430	$44,490	3.04
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	50	$100,000	2.66
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	150	$123,350	1.30
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	170	$60,860	1.43
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	60	$60,090	1.85
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	80	$37,610	0.91
Electricians `47-2111`	150	$58,940	0.57
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	630	$72,250	1.32
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	120	$53,920	2.17
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	80	$42,670	1.22
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	40	$83,410	0.73
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$77,000	1.44
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	250	$66,020	1.58
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	140	$46,720	1.27
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	120	$79,630	2.18
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	110	Not available	1.18
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,590	$31,200	1.19
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	310	$127,860	1.06
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	30	$62,190	0.71
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$93,540	0.39
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	240	$77,110	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	140	$75,290	7.68
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$49,620	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	510	$37,860	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	90	$47,730	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$57,010	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	260	$75,380	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	60	$77,330	0.88
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	730	$64,370	1.47
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	80	$51,840	2.04
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	110	$95,020	2.03
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	130	$71,560	0.58
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other `33-1099`	40	$46,520	5.94
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	580	$42,290	1.50
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	210	$60,890	0.96
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	320	$31,460	1.03
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	150	$34,260	1.47
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$67,860	1.01
Fundraisers `13-1131`	40	$79,570	1.14
General Internal Medicine Physicians `29-1216`	80	$152,700	3.43
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,410	$91,500	1.17
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$61,950	0.57
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	130	$39,400	1.24
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	40	$58,020	1.61
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	50	$43,420	0.75
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	100	$68,670	1.56
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$37,060	1.33
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	160	$61,220	1.11
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	540	$54,360	0.75
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	50	$39,880	1.39
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,010	$37,570	0.68
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	150	$31,200	1.01
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	100	$31,750	1.15
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	50	$50,920	1.68
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	70	$131,660	0.93
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	230	$67,640	0.72
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	40	Not available	0.31
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	180	$41,810	1.20
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	70	$119,870	0.79
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	150	$45,510	0.57
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	40	$103,910	0.59
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	30	$44,570	0.66
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	100	$46,270	0.49
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	110	$49,970	1.80
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	140	$100,170	1.77
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall `47-2131`	50	$58,420	3.38
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	180	$59,620	1.11
Interior Designers `27-1025`	30	$67,580	1.33
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	110	$46,390	2.17
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	810	$35,650	1.07
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	50	$64,730	1.27
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	760	$39,910	0.74
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	340	$38,140	1.03
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	30	$31,200	0.51
Lawyers `23-1011`	150	$127,450	0.56
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	80	$79,520	1.70
Library Technicians `25-4031`	50	$45,810	2.02
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	240	$65,730	1.09
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	530	$47,880	1.54
Loan Officers `13-2072`	50	$60,700	0.49
Machinists `51-4041`	50	$48,890	0.50
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	270	$32,010	0.92
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	40	$58,210	2.09
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	640	$48,160	1.21
Management Analysts `13-1111`	80	$90,700	0.25
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	150	$114,870	0.71
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	160	$61,990	0.50
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	70	$117,690	0.52
Material Moving Workers, All Other `53-7199`	50	$38,280	5.57
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	60	$32,210	1.16
Mechanical Door Repairers `49-9011`	Not available	$43,900
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	530	$40,940	1.88
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$60,330	0.86
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	540	$43,710	1.63
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	250	$120,890	1.21
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	120	$44,830	2.38
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	70	$77,360	1.54
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	80	$47,910	1.47
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	330	$78,690	1.55
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	150	$36,460	0.32
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	30	$62,930	0.52
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	40	$166,430	0.95
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	100	$79,290	0.90
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	190	$125,550	1.68
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	830	$38,740	1.65
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$104,400	0.78
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	630	$46,500	0.74
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	250	$49,350	3.76
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	70	$55,480	0.43
Operations Research Analysts `15-2031`	50	$67,160	1.24
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	60	$39,380	2.62
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$46,020	1.68
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	60	$69,060	0.47
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	70	$34,020	0.37
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	70	$43,950	0.92
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$50,420	0.56
Paramedics `29-2043`	40	$68,150	1.25
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	40	$37,040	0.76
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	160	$35,820	1.74
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$59,200	0.94
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other `39-9099`	80	Not available	3.90
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$89,090	0.39
Pharmacists `29-1051`	130	$133,480	1.17
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	170	$40,890	1.04
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$75,370	1.27
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	100	$107,290	1.13
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	90	$142,580	1.66
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	160	$402,980	1.36
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	330	$61,940	2.06
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	320	$58,580	1.39
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$60,510	1.49
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	130	$58,910	1.16
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	120	$44,570	0.74
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	60	$74,960	2.10
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	40	$50,200	0.88
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	50	$37,690	0.61
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	140	$47,930	1.06
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	320	$80,400	0.86
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	100	$75,210	0.94
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$71,490	0.44
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	60	$50,290	1.72
Purchasing Managers `11-3061`	60	$133,290	1.97
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	110	$78,280	1.40
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	50	$61,430	0.79
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	330	$36,210	1.05
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	70	$35,310	0.64
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,620	$94,880	1.39
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$45,780	1.52
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	130	$42,490	4.52
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,790	$33,010	1.33
Roofers `47-2181`	30	$47,320	0.71
Sales Managers `11-2022`	160	$115,470	0.71
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	330	$56,160	0.75
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	230	$70,230	0.54
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	110	$73,910	1.11
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	450	$71,400	1.23
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,150	$47,140	1.95
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	70	$65,040	0.44
Security Guards `33-9032`	240	$37,180	0.53
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers `49-2098`	80	$67,510	2.76
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	80	$45,050	0.71
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	130	$31,200	3.54
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	280	$38,070	1.01
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	90	$37,530	1.10
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	100	$76,110	1.41
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	210	$48,650	1.38
Software Developers `15-1252`	90	$116,380	0.16
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	70	$75,450	5.68
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	60	$64,270	0.71
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	60	$83,850	1.83
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$95,700	0.90
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	680	$39,450	0.70
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	220	$53,480	1.27
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	50	$34,620	0.27
Surgeons, All Other `29-1249`	60	$310,560	6.87
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	80	$58,180	1.95
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	100	$94,480	2.48
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	560	$38,980	1.14
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	60	$76,120	1.80
Tellers `43-3071`	110	$38,040	0.94
Therapists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `29-1129`	40	$35,850	5.24
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	230	$59,680	1.46
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$101,640	0.65
Tutors `25-3041`	60	$51,480	0.92
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	60	$45,530	1.31
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	690	$35,080	0.88
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$47,210	1.62
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	60	$58,480	0.44