Sandusky, OH

208 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 41780.

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)	2,070
Cashiers	1,690
Retail Salespersons	1,510
Waiters and Waitresses	1,400
General and Operations Managers	1,380
Stockers and Order Fillers	960
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	940
Cooks, Restaurant	910
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	860
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	850
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	820
Office Clerks, General	790
Bartenders	710
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	710
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	680
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	670
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	650
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	600
Nursing Assistants	560
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	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
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	16.68	120
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	5.52	710
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	5.45	300
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5.38	120
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	3.78	120
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.70	200
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	3.23	110
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	3.15	160
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	3.00	250
Bartenders	2.92	710
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	2.87	150
Firefighters	2.47	270
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2.45	680
Cooks, Short Order	2.43	110
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	2.24	100
Recreation Workers	2.15	230
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	2.05	160
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	2.03	190
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	2.02	120
Cooks, Restaurant	1.99	910

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$209,150
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$149,370
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$135,940
Pharmacists	$131,630
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$127,100
Human Resources Managers	$122,930
Nurse Practitioners	$121,230
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$120,030
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$119,250
Sales Managers	$118,950
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$110,110
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	$109,300
Software Developers	$108,250
Physical Therapists	$102,210
Marketing Managers	$101,700
Lawyers	$101,270
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$101,060
Electrical Engineers	$100,900
Medical and Health Services Managers	$99,900
Construction Managers	$99,520

All 208 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	260	$74,360	0.56
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$89,670	0.71
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	710	$29,620	5.52
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$28,970	0.83
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	60	$149,370	0.78
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	30	$47,960	0.64
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	280	$46,660	1.22
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	120	$33,870	3.78
Bakers `51-3011`	90	$35,420	1.12
Bartenders `35-3011`	710	$30,130	2.92
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	90	$45,930	0.71
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	390	$46,090	0.88
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	80	$59,950	0.89
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	100	$69,170	0.30
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$37,460	1.34
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	140	$68,990	0.88
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels `53-5021`	90	$51,050	7.17
Carpenters `47-2031`	140	$57,560	0.65
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,690	$28,530	1.70
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	110	$63,310	1.59
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	60	$67,190	0.87
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	100	$57,240	2.24
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	30	$120,030	0.50
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	120	$46,990	0.99
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	80	$29,570	0.46
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	30	$101,060	0.29
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$36,180	0.85
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9192`	30	$37,220	6.98
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	60	$67,830	0.54
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	110	$37,910	1.33
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	90	$46,930	1.69
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$76,140	0.58
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	300	$61,360	5.45
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$91,440	0.32
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	100	$54,510	0.44
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$135,940	0.23
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	300	$60,600	0.84
Construction Managers `11-9021`	100	$99,520	0.81
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	270	$35,880	1.88
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	910	$35,250	1.99
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	110	$27,560	2.43
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$77,490	0.82
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	120	$37,950	0.90
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	120	$46,160	2.02
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9021`	30	$65,240	3.75
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	470	$39,260	0.56
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	200	$54,770	3.70
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$38,040	1.06
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	90	$46,260	0.70
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$86,130	1.03
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	60	$109,300	1.74
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	230	$28,490	1.33
Dishwashers `35-9021`	260	$28,040	1.67
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	210	$38,280	1.58
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	150	$96,260	1.38
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	110	$65,990	0.95
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	60	$100,900	0.86
Electricians `47-2111`	260	$64,060	1.08
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$48,480	1.00
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	80	$37,880	1.33
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling `11-9072`	50	$49,700	3.94
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	60	$65,100	0.40
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$94,020	0.92
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,070	$27,590	1.67
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$127,100	0.56
Firefighters `33-2011`	270	$47,270	2.47
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	180	$76,850	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	110	$46,150	3.23
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	50	$63,810	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	670	$37,790	1.71
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	100	$36,140	1.72
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$53,350	1.28
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	230	$74,160	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	350	$60,440	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	70	$82,270	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	340	$76,120	1.58
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	510	$43,580	1.41
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	190	$58,440	0.96
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	30	$42,220	0.60
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	270	$34,080	0.93
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	190	$32,710	2.03
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	130	$62,580	1.63
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,380	$81,790	1.23
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$48,440	0.61
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	120	$56,670	5.38
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	100	$29,030	1.04
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	50	$46,330	0.78
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	120	$61,040	0.92
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	520	$58,610	0.79
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	70	$47,550	1.44
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	850	$35,480	0.61
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	250	$27,900	1.77
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	250	$30,720	3.00
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$122,930	0.70
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	210	$62,070	0.73
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	60	$65,800	2.39
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	210	$95,720	1.78
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	190	$62,400	1.33
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	160	$110,110	2.05
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	210	$47,170	0.83
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	310	$56,750	1.59
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$62,320	0.99
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$65,660	0.55
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	80	$51,530	0.55
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	70	$37,370	1.43
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	600	$36,190	0.84
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	650	$39,760	0.69
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	450	$36,950	1.47
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	80	$29,850	1.31
Lawyers `23-1011`	130	$101,270	0.52
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$56,070	1.20
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	390	$62,520	1.86
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	160	$29,280	3.15
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	190	$40,490	0.60
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$46,960	0.73
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$74,960	0.67
Lodging Managers `11-9081`	80	$49,720	5.47
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	30	$89,720	0.42
Machinists `51-4041`	170	$57,170	1.84
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	680	$31,090	2.45
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	820	$49,290	1.66
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$97,750	0.20
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	60	$119,250	0.31
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	30	$35,340	0.67
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	180	$60,110	0.63
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$101,700	0.37
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	140	$96,580	1.43
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	210	$40,260	0.78
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	30	$47,970	0.51
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	200	$43,500	0.64
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	150	$99,900	0.76
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	80	$37,230	1.79
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	50	$57,470	1.15
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$35,020	1.16
Millwrights `49-9044`	50	$67,920	3.88
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	860	$45,720	1.89
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	70	$45,260	2.28
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	100	$62,730	1.77
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3051`	120	$56,670	16.68
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	70	$49,550	1.83
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$87,470	0.49
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	90	$121,230	0.87
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	560	$37,910	1.21
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$94,960	1.11
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$90,710	0.83
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	50	$63,260	2.83
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	790	$41,760	0.99
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	240	$60,380	1.57
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	80	$41,600	0.67
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$34,230	0.42
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$48,350	0.41
Paramedics `29-2043`	50	$45,230	1.65
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	100	$37,170	1.18
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$59,450	0.72
Pharmacists `29-1051`	90	$131,630	0.89
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	130	$38,750	0.86
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	50	$39,780	1.09
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$60,610	1.45
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$102,210	0.61
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	90	$209,150	0.81
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	110	$65,780	0.71
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	320	$70,550	1.48
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$66,060	1.35
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	140	$58,910	1.31
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	120	$33,630	0.79
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	70	$40,130	1.56
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	40	$46,900	0.47
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	140	$61,010	1.14
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	140	$94,440	0.40
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	80	$53,990	0.76
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$56,030	0.49
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$57,680	1.54
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$45,810	0.64
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	280	$34,830	0.96
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	230	$29,320	2.15
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	940	$81,310	0.86
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	70	$37,540	2.36
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	40	$69,360	0.86
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,510	$31,000	1.21
Sales Managers `11-2022`	130	$118,950	0.63
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	210	$56,750	0.52
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	290	$67,040	0.72
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$86,990	0.41
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	550	$77,160	1.61
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	520	$44,600	0.95
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	80	$57,460	0.51
Security Guards `33-9032`	230	$35,710	0.56
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$43,440	0.47
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners `47-4071`	40	$51,980	3.54
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	270	$44,350	1.03
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	110	$32,300	1.41
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$63,110	0.60
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	40	$35,650	0.31
Software Developers `15-1252`	90	$108,250	0.17
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	150	$73,920	2.87
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$82,020	1.08
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	960	$35,290	1.05
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	70	$58,570	0.45
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	80	$34,440	0.47
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	530	$36,450	1.15
Tellers `43-3071`	160	$37,610	1.54
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	40	$65,460	2.41
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) `39-7010`	40	$28,070	2.20
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	130	$54,660	0.89
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	60	$86,180	0.87
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,400	$34,610	1.92
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$62,790	1.64
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	200	$47,900	1.49