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Traverse City, MI

296 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 45900.

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.

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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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$280,490
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$248,510
Dentists, General$171,740
Family Medicine Physicians$168,080
Pharmacists$143,050
Computer and Information Systems Managers$141,450
Marketing Managers$137,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$136,170
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$134,180
Veterinarians$124,330
Nurse Practitioners$123,910
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$119,810
Optometrists$118,030
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$110,070
Human Resources Managers$109,140
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$108,970
Lawyers$107,460
Medical and Health Services Managers$104,610
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$104,390
Sales Managers$104,090
All 296 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011610$74,8200.95
Administrative Services Managers 11-301290$93,9600.75
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301140$49,2000.89
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091320$28,4301.81
Animal Caretakers 39-202180$31,9700.72
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101140$76,8400.94
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301150$52,0501.01
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904170$136,1700.77
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302170$48,4501.00
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023320$52,2201.02
Bailiffs 33-301130$25,9604.29
Bakers 51-3011270$36,0902.64
Bartenders 35-3011610$37,3001.82
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301140$47,7700.61
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021400$45,7902.27
Biological Technicians 19-402140Not available1.32
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031890$46,3501.48
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 47-2021Not available$80,390
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051170$48,4800.97
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031150$63,2401.15
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199140$78,5200.28
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302190$38,1301.57
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020180$61,9200.83
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-701140$47,0301.07
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 53-502190$79,4405.86
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203230$70,8500.65
Carpenters 47-2031420$59,2301.44
Cashiers 41-20111,850$30,9201.36
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051160$58,9401.71
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-1011130$57,0001.48
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101160$248,5100.72
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021220$59,5501.29
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011230$33,1001.02
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302240$60,5701.26
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051120$94,2800.72
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031100$76,5400.68
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061110$35,0600.64
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-919230$53,5504.97
Clergy 21-201130$53,6401.30
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010120$68,0600.82
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 19-303340$78,6601.13
Coaches and Scouts 27-202270$39,8000.68
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912450$45,1900.72
Community Health Workers 21-109450$62,1601.90
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109940$54,6000.94
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-104190$61,8700.51
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123140$63,7200.66
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-916160$46,5700.84
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers 51-916240$66,7803.14
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129940$82,3300.20
Computer Programmers 15-125130$85,5900.76
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121190$96,5100.40
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232240$56,5200.75
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021100$141,4500.34
Construction Laborers 47-2061740$48,4001.53
Construction Managers 11-9021210$97,5401.27
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401150$70,7300.79
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-901250$64,2302.25
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011300$28,7401.08
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012270$38,7801.37
Cooks, Restaurant 35-20141,060$37,2701.70
Cooks, Short Order 35-201550$36,0900.87
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-301280$60,7600.46
Cost Estimators 13-1051140$63,0701.46
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021200$37,3001.16
Couriers and Messengers 43-502130$39,7101.09
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031130$49,2801.65
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051960$42,0300.84
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403170$39,6000.98
Data Entry Keyers 43-902150$40,4500.89
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205160$77,4200.48
Demonstrators and Product Promoters 41-901170$47,9602.60
Dental Assistants 31-9091290$46,9101.72
Dental Hygienists 29-1292190$81,5701.92
Dentists, General 29-102180$171,7401.46
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302150$73,0500.91
Dietetic Technicians 29-205130$38,7902.48
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103130$59,8901.00
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011290$35,6501.21
Dishwashers 35-9021260$31,1301.24
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503280$51,1400.94
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031290$43,4301.59
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 47-208130$55,7500.86
Editors 27-304130$57,2000.80
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032130$102,3900.90
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903130$48,8201.03
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-909950$54,9500.97
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012100$61,7800.67
Electrical Engineers 17-207160$101,2100.64
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-905160$108,9701.08
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-202860$40,1500.59
Electricians 47-2111390$61,6501.18
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021450$66,0200.74
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061120$70,6601.82
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-204270$38,9500.86
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling 11-907270$67,8304.08
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-404230$48,0402.03
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204140$73,5001.06
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-601190$58,3600.45
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903190$37,8100.66
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301380$79,7701.15
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121560$168,0801.17
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-2092140$35,6901.19
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,730$28,5601.02
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031310$119,8100.85
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205150$80,1000.31
Firefighters 33-2011140$46,9900.90
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011460$75,9601.29
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101470$42,0101.58
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102130$74,8500.72
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012700$43,0301.31
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101160$50,2800.79
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101280$58,1401.39
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011230$75,1700.86
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101250$82,1600.54
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011620$61,7600.99
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101270$80,9900.98
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011270$65,4600.90
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011700$46,5501.43
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047180$62,1300.67
Food Batchmakers 51-3092240$45,6103.09
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021400$31,9801.02
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041140$35,0701.06
Food Service Managers 11-9051190$62,5201.83
Fundraisers 13-1131100$63,4001.97
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,580$84,3001.03
Graphic Designers 27-102490$49,9401.08
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403350$39,4201.68
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012120$34,9500.89
Health Education Specialists 21-109140$58,7001.46
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 29-902190$67,9005.11
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209960$47,3600.73
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102250$63,3600.65
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021210$60,5901.18
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-3032740$57,7000.81
Helpers--Production Workers 51-919840$42,2200.54
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051180$59,2202.62
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,050$36,4800.55
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031280$28,2701.50
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081220$34,9501.89
Human Resources Managers 11-312170$109,1400.70
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071270$64,4800.68
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112130$86,5600.81
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041270$61,7901.39
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051150$104,3901.41
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051230$47,3400.67
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061220$44,1900.82
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909990$44,8901.22
Instructional Coordinators 25-903180$83,4000.78
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-9041140$46,3401.49
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021300$63,1501.42
Insurance Underwriters 13-2053100$69,5002.18
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011880$38,4200.90
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201250$80,0900.97
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062630$38,7500.49
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011820$37,9701.97
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601190$35,2801.04
Lawyers 23-1011190$107,4600.56
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6012Not available$49,370
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402290$49,6801.52
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-4121Not available$29,790
Library Technicians 25-403160$39,7301.85
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061140$62,2600.48
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092120$39,2701.78
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033440$42,6501.02
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413160$48,2000.88
Loan Officers 13-2072130$63,8201.11
Lodging Managers 11-908160$60,1703.29
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108140$75,1800.35
Machinists 51-4041260$49,4202.07
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012490$35,7701.28
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 43-905140$34,6701.45
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071620$46,8500.91
Management Analysts 13-111180$94,6900.20
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919980$110,0700.30
Manicurists and Pedicurists 39-509230$34,9900.49
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161340$59,4600.85
Marketing Managers 11-202160$137,5900.36
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141140$98,9001.06
Medical Assistants 31-9092430$42,5801.20
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909360$39,8401.80
Medical Equipment Repairers 49-906240Not available1.24
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072160$49,3401.87
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013530$42,1801.26
Medical Transcriptionists 31-909430$46,4001.74
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111260$104,6100.99
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112170$53,3801.14
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102340$55,2600.65
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102670$39,6801.01
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022200$76,5800.71
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090470$37,8400.76
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042110$62,3201.41
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-407260$38,0700.89
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-305140$48,3603.76
Musicians and Singers 27-2042Not available$43.69 an hour (hourly only)
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244110$91,2900.82
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171120$123,9100.85
Nursing Assistants 31-1131700$41,9001.10
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501140$79,4000.61
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1122120$84,2601.70
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,650$44,4701.52
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073280$61,2001.35
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205790$45,9903.02
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208180$42,0502.52
Optometrists 29-104140$118,0302.34
Order Clerks 43-415130$40,4701.04
Orderlies 31-113230$36,9401.31
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 49-305340$46,5402.43
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111200$54,0201.21
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064200$34,5000.81
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141180$52,0001.83
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011120$56,2700.68
Paramedics 29-2043100$59,1402.23
Parts Salespersons 41-2022110$47,0600.95
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305140$53,5500.62
Personal Financial Advisors 13-2052130$88,1001.10
Pest Control Workers 37-202170$46,1501.46
Pharmacists 29-1051150$143,0501.04
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052270$45,3601.29
Phlebotomists 31-909790$45,3101.36
Physical Therapist Aides 31-202260$27,3702.81
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-2021130$61,2902.65
Physical Therapists 29-1123240$101,6402.06
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1071170$134,1802.31
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229110$280,4900.70
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152190$63,1000.94
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051340$66,0801.16
Postal Service Clerks 43-505160$62,1301.73
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052180$58,5101.24
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 43-505390$58,9801.94
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011160$38,0700.74
Printing Press Operators 51-511280$44,3801.31
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109240$72,6901.07
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201240Not available0.60
Production Workers, All Other 51-919980$41,4200.73
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506170$61,1900.39
Project Management Specialists 13-1082260$83,7200.55
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202040$63,8801.70
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914150$56,1800.35
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909970$40,3302.05
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031110$61,7600.88
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503150$55,5501.02
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902250$60,4700.61
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171540$36,9001.34
Recreation Workers 39-9032140$37,8600.93
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081260$49,4504.02
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11412,020$83,6901.36
Residential Advisors 39-904140$43,4101.18
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,390$34,5401.39
Roofers 47-218160$50,7201.00
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 47-5071100$51,7204.81
Sales Engineers 41-903130$82,7801.35
Sales Managers 11-2022240$104,0900.87
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091350$62,1100.63
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012490$62,4700.90
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401140$102,8500.29
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031380$66,2000.81
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014640$44,2000.85
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303180$60,7600.37
Security Guards 33-9032180$40,0600.32
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021170$46,5301.17
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9012120$46,8704.66
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 47-501360$52,6203.06
Sewing Machine Operators 51-6031130$37,9002.90
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221170$65,9401.42
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071300$44,3100.84
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305390$41,0800.82
Social Workers, All Other 21-102940$66,8801.60
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151110$78,4201.17
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093150$38,6900.80
Software Developers 15-1252140$95,8600.19
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205280$62,2300.73
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127100$87,1601.29
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,260$35,4601.01
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018130$61,9900.61
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-303190$52,4500.39
Surgical Technologists 29-205560$63,2301.22
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045640$36,8601.03
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202260$60,6900.99
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905230$77,5700.81
Tellers 43-3071220$38,6401.53
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309370$42,1201.48
Tool and Die Makers 51-411160$63,2602.58
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151170$61,2800.86
Transportation Security Screeners 33-909330$61,1101.54
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3071100$93,2601.03
Tree Trimmers and Pruners 37-301340$49,6201.58
Tutors 25-304150$34,5100.70
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305160$79,2703.07
Veterinarians 29-113130$124,3300.83
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-9096110$38,1302.04
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205640$48,2500.79
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,610$41,3801.61
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-803190$60,3901.59
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121130$49,4200.71
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-412240$36,2603.18