State College, PA

245 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 44300.

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)	2,320
Retail Salespersons	1,710
General and Operations Managers	1,470
Office Clerks, General	1,460
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,380
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,360
Waiters and Waitresses	1,350
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,310
Cashiers	1,280
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,180
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,140
Customer Service Representatives	940
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	870
Correctional Officers and Jailers	770
Cooks, Restaurant	730
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	650
Construction Laborers	620
Bartenders	570
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	540
Nursing 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
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	5.39	180
Correctional Officers and Jailers	4.55	770
Biological Technicians	4.22	130
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	4.00	170
Library Technicians	3.80	120
Library Assistants, Clerical	3.29	120
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations)	3.22	350
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	3.04	180
Residential Advisors	2.66	100
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	2.31	120
Tutors	2.19	170
Highway Maintenance Workers	2.19	150
Instructional Coordinators	2.15	220
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	2.15	460
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	2.08	120
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.03	140
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	1.86	110
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	1.84	400
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	1.75	240
Bartenders	1.69	570

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$203,960
Dentists, General	$168,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$150,520
Pharmacists	$135,010
Veterinarians	$131,500
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$128,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$128,410
Human Resources Managers	$127,570
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$125,550
Nurse Practitioners	$124,470
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$123,640
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$122,930
Marketing Managers	$122,660
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)	$112,410
Sales Managers	$109,200
Chemists	$107,890
Lawyers	$107,850
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$105,580
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$104,440
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$103,700

All 245 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	460	$73,040	0.71
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$99,590	0.48
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	40	Not available	1.01
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	150	$22,130	0.83
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	100	$29,480	0.84
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	30	$93,820	0.66
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	90	$63,850	2.05
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	70	$150,520	0.73
Audio and Video Technicians `27-4011`	70	$57,370	2.40
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	300	$47,240	0.98
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$30,080	1.08
Bakers `51-3011`	90	$33,140	0.82
Bartenders `35-3011`	570	$28,100	1.69
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$43,950	0.73
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `19-1029`	30	$91,170	1.25
Biological Technicians `19-4021`	130	$62,000	4.22
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	490	$46,370	0.80
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys `27-3011`	40	$45,900	3.98
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	40	$78,060	1.68
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	210	$45,660	1.15
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	120	$58,760	0.93
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	140	$70,560	0.30
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	30	$39,030	0.52
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	110	$62,390	0.52
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	40	$44,020	1.11
Carpenters `47-2031`	350	$55,690	1.19
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,280	$28,090	0.93
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	50	$61,040	0.52
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	120	$58,560	1.41
Chemists `19-2031`	50	$107,890	1.47
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	70	$203,960	0.81
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	140	$45,460	0.82
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$59,430	1.24
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	160	$96,110	1.00
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	110	$34,230	0.64
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	120	$43,980	0.78
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	50	$80,480	1.34
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	30	$45,130	0.44
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	30	$67,820	0.69
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	170	$70,450	0.92
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	30	$112,410	0.39
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$64,040	0.61
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	50	$45,100	0.66
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	100	$97,920	0.54
Computer Programmers `15-1251`	40	$87,610	1.05
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	130	$84,330	0.55
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	420	$63,790	1.31
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	260	$128,410	0.88
Concierges `39-6012`	30	$37,190	1.39
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	620	$53,420	1.28
Construction Managers `11-9021`	90	$101,970	0.55
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	50	$66,940	0.71
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	170	$29,020	0.59
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	260	$37,100	1.31
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	730	$35,990	1.16
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	770	$66,730	4.55
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	90	$72,880	0.93
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	120	$37,390	0.66
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	170	Not available	4.00
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	940	$42,590	0.82
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	40	$39,940	0.56
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	90	$81,840	0.75
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	150	$46,210	0.85
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	130	$78,530	1.27
Dentists, General `29-1021`	60	$168,340	1.10
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	50	$90,250	0.95
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$62,040	1.28
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	280	$28,720	1.16
Dishwashers `35-9021`	250	$28,950	1.20
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$46,640	0.53
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	130	$37,070	0.72
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	110	$123,640	0.79
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	Not available	$56,930
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	90	$97,450	1.04
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	50	$56,320	1.16
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	350	$40,190	3.22
Electricians `47-2111`	180	$57,600	0.54
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	540	$76,760	0.87
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	110	$37,800	1.41
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	170	$61,680	0.82
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	160	$43,170	1.11
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	140	$104,440	2.03
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals `45-2093`	40	$37,540	2.94
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,320	$27,790	1.36
File Clerks `43-4071`	60	$48,280	1.79
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	260	$125,550	0.69
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$76,690	0.25
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	340	$78,880	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$47,770	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	530	$42,500	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	120	$43,840	1.51
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	60	$56,460	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	250	$75,450	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$84,880	0.50
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	510	$61,120	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	120	$49,000	2.31
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	110	$96,130	1.59
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	250	$66,730	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	500	$46,650	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	140	$55,290	0.50
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	260	$31,210	0.67
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	130	$33,540	1.01
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	170	$61,380	1.58
Fundraisers `13-1131`	Not available	$62,920
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,470	$91,120	0.95
Glaziers `47-2121`	40	$56,740	1.58
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	80	$58,340	0.90
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	240	$36,540	1.75
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	100	$44,530	1.28
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$62,380	0.76
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	190	$57,970	1.04
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	650	$56,130	0.71
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	150	$47,410	2.19
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,380	$29,950	0.72
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	270	$27,920	1.40
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	180	$30,500	1.54
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	40	$48,810	0.99
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	60	$127,570	0.65
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	260	$64,220	0.64
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	100	$88,690	0.59
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	140	$59,160	0.70
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	80	$103,700	0.72
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	70	$43,860	0.22
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	30	Not available	0.36
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	230	$44,860	0.87
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$55,450	0.59
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	220	$77,160	2.15
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	140	$58,680	0.65
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,360	$35,850	1.39
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	30	$103,460	1.16
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	470	$36,970	0.36
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	490	$37,990	1.15
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	110	$34,390	1.24
Lawyers `23-1011`	140	$107,850	0.40
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$48,930	0.60
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	180	$77,560	3.04
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	120	$35,370	3.29
Library Technicians `25-4031`	120	Not available	3.80
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	440	$61,960	1.52
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-4099`	180	$64,210	5.39
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	300	$39,270	0.69
Loan Officers `13-2072`	50	$59,540	0.39
Machinists `51-4041`	120	$50,900	0.98
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	410	$32,740	1.06
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service `43-9051`	40	$37,100	1.75
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	870	$48,420	1.28
Management Analysts `13-1111`	220	$60,890	0.56
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	180	$105,580	0.65
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	60	$28,100	0.89
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	280	$61,050	0.70
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	90	$122,660	0.54
Massage Therapists `31-9011`	40	$82,490	0.80
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	110	$90,530	0.81
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	180	$42,720	0.51
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$47,680	0.62
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists `19-1042`	90	Not available	1.17
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	250	$44,280	0.58
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	320	$102,590	1.20
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	80	$61,250	1.33
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	220	$78,280	0.82
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	390	$44,630	0.63
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	100	$62,450	1.33
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	60	$122,930	1.23
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	130	$78,520	0.96
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	110	$124,470	0.74
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	540	$39,440	0.85
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$79,540	0.80
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$94,940	0.75
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,460	$43,920	1.34
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	40	Not available	0.43
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	460	$60,540	2.15
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	60	$37,690	2.03
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$46,150	1.14
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	100	$45,670	0.61
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	180	$32,680	0.71
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	90	$46,570	0.86
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$57,680	0.47
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	90	$38,880	0.76
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	70	$50,550	1.00
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	140	$98,410	1.15
Pharmacists `29-1051`	110	$135,010	0.75
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	160	$37,400	0.75
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$58,780	0.92
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	130	$98,970	1.12
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	80	$128,480	1.10
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	130	Not available	0.83
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$57,560	0.65
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	360	$70,510	1.22
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$58,880	1.29
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	140	$57,760	0.93
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	190	$34,440	0.89
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	30	$55,220	0.80
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	80	$61,070	1.33
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	50	$46,750	0.45
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	50	$50,680	0.27
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	470	$81,820	0.99
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	140	$62,370	1.03
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	60	$33,000	1.60
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	160	$63,580	1.30
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	60	$63,450	0.61
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	80	$45,960	0.91
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	470	$34,860	1.17
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	230	$31,450	1.60
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	80	$48,940	1.26
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,310	$81,480	0.87
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks `43-4181`	60	$34,000	1.18
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	100	Not available	2.66
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	60	$73,690	0.91
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,710	$29,240	0.99
Sales Managers `11-2022`	140	$109,200	0.49
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	300	$59,260	0.54
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	260	$63,340	0.48
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	30	$83,630	0.27
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	510	$73,250	1.09
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,140	$47,700	1.51
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	90	$64,450	0.40
Security Guards `33-9032`	280	$34,290	0.50
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	230	$35,630	1.58
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	230	$39,060	0.63
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	180	$27,490	1.63
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$69,450	0.81
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	160	$41,710	0.82
Software Developers `15-1252`	450	$103,620	0.60
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers `15-1253`	60	$93,680	0.71
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	70	$62,730	0.62
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$96,460	0.51
Statisticians (2 O*NET occupations) `15-2041`	30	$93,830	2.68
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,180	$33,890	0.94
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	400	$53,540	1.84
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	50	$59,190	1.90
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	520	$32,470	0.82
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	30	$65,820	0.50
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	30	$92,440	0.80
Tellers `43-3071`	190	$37,710	1.27
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$75,070	0.69
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$76,640	0.33
Tutors `25-3041`	170	$30,780	2.19
Veterinarians `29-1131`	60	$131,500	1.49
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	80	$37,500	1.35
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	120	$44,940	2.08
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,350	$35,280	1.34
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	110	$59,990	1.86
Web Developers `15-1254`	40	$91,300	1.23
Web and Digital Interface Designers (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1255`	40	$78,040	0.80
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	140	$51,030	0.76