Watertown-Fort Drum, NY

199 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 48060.

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	1,490
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,150
Cashiers	1,100
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,090
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	990
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	900
Stockers and Order Fillers	840
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	810
General and Operations Managers	760
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	760
Waiters and Waitresses	710
Office Clerks, General	560
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	500
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	470
Nursing Assistants	470
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	450
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	440
Customer Service Representatives	420
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	410
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	390

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
Word Processors and Typists	11.71	100
Highway Maintenance Workers	7.67	300
Cooks, Short Order	3.58	130
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	3.53	470
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	2.99	120
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	2.76	990
Emergency Medical Technicians	2.43	110
Social and Human Service Assistants	2.39	260
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	2.33	320
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.20	360
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	2.02	320
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1.97	760
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations)	1.96	210
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1.94	350
Social and Community Service Managers	1.80	100
Bus Drivers, School	1.76	180
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1.69	170
Counter and Rental Clerks	1.65	170
Recreation Workers	1.63	140
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.58	210

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$148,540
Sales Managers	$143,280
Pharmacists	$143,250
Lawyers	$136,970
Nurse Practitioners	$133,900
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$128,870
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$126,440
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$123,800
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$121,040
Software Developers	$119,350
Medical and Health Services Managers	$117,750
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$108,670
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$106,750
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	$106,110
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$105,050
Administrative Services Managers	$104,990
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$104,410
Project Management Specialists	$104,110
Construction Managers	$103,760
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$102,490

All 199 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	220	$77,470	0.59
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$104,990	0.54
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$33,810	0.91
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	30	$102,490	1.20
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$46,770	1.36
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	350	$47,280	1.94
Bakers `51-3011`	40	$35,700	0.60
Bartenders `35-3011`	260	$36,170	1.34
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	100	$45,400	0.97
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	390	$47,100	1.12
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	180	$48,290	1.76
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	70	$60,620	1.62
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	80	$60,210	1.10
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	290	$78,850	1.06
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	30	$47,850	0.91
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$72,980	0.82
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	90	$60,570	3.35
Carpenters `47-2031`	270	$57,840	1.58
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,100	$33,040	1.40
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$62,740	0.86
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	170	$55,710	1.69
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	210	$33,630	1.58
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	130	$94,340	1.35
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$73,920	0.37
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$35,150	1.05
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	60	$81,330	0.72
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$57,160	1.53
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	210	$91,560	1.96
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	120	$94,740	1.10
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$82,430	0.31
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	130	$60,990	0.70
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	40	$148,540	0.22
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	290	$48,450	1.05
Construction Managers `11-9021`	40	$103,760	0.39
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	80	$74,680	2.08
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	100	$37,830	0.89
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	360	$36,830	1.02
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	130	$34,620	3.58
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$80,020	0.97
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	170	$40,020	1.65
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	70	$46,280	1.50
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	420	$39,830	0.64
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	110	$43,010	1.09
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$81,170	1.24
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	70	$106,110	2.58
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	320	$34,740	2.33
Dishwashers `35-9021`	120	$33,330	0.95
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$46,450	1.21
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	100	$44,930	0.99
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	100	$105,050	1.19
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	130	$60,740	1.48
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	50	$104,410	1.42
Electricians `47-2111`	110	$78,550	0.58
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	440	$62,150	1.26
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	110	$41,190	2.43
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	40	$74,120	2.84
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	30	$82,640	1.41
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	180	$74,090	1.51
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	Not available	$33,340
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,150	$32,580	1.18
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	90	$123,800	0.42
Firefighters `33-2011`	120	$60,700	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	210	$70,310	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	50	$90,340	1.96
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	380	$39,610	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$51,730	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$49,950	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	220	$75,010	1.42
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$94,410	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	270	$60,750	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	70	$106,750	1.80
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	90	$77,120	0.55
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	330	$48,420	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	140	$59,020	0.87
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	210	$32,390	0.91
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	30	$63,300	0.50
Fundraisers `13-1131`	40	$64,680	1.40
General Internal Medicine Physicians `29-1216`	30	$74,680	1.91
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	760	$93,870	0.86
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$59,370	1.52
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	70	$54,950	2.37
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$62,850	1.23
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	410	$55,260	0.78
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	300	$48,990	7.67
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,090	$37,440	1.00
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	110	$32,830	0.98
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	100	$35,010	1.54
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	40	$50,940	1.76
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	180	$73,920	0.78
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	60	$59,160	0.57
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	60	$46,090	0.33
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	60	$48,110	0.38
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$57,720	1.06
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$60,280	0.63
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	50	$61,720	0.44
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	50	$37,790	1.28
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	810	$37,510	1.46
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	50	$60,180	1.71
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	450	$37,280	0.61
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	290	$37,340	1.19
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	60	$33,680	1.16
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$136,970	0.38
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	80	$57,220	2.46
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	80	$34,090	3.53
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	360	$60,320	2.20
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	60	$33,070	1.42
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	360	$39,010	1.44
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$81,850	0.87
Lodging Managers `11-9081`	30	$77,150	2.91
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	60	$89,740	0.96
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	250	$34,430	1.15
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	760	$49,100	1.97
Management Analysts `13-1111`	150	$81,590	0.67
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	80	$126,440	0.48
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	120	$59,700	0.52
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	50	$97,400	0.61
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	70	$39,110	0.35
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	70	$50,890	1.40
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	260	$38,140	1.08
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	110	$117,750	0.72
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	70	$64,660	2.23
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	50	$39,520	1.15
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	320	$78,600	2.02
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	100	$39,610	0.28
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	50	$55,780	1.90
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	70	$62,890	1.55
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other `53-3099`	90	$52,520	7.22
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3051`	80	$49,200	13.76
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$75,320	0.67
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	70	$133,900	0.85
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	470	$38,320	1.27
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$94,520	1.53
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	80	$89,720	1.83
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	560	$40,820	0.91
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	190	$62,340	1.56
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	Not available	$44,070
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$65,870	1.67
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$47,240	0.80
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$56,190	0.55
Paramedics `29-2043`	70	$55,230	2.59
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	80	$43,470	1.16
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	90	$46,390	8.34
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$51,630	1.06
Pharmacists `29-1051`	80	$143,250	1.00
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	120	$36,610	1.05
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	40	$38,410	1.22
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$87,200	1.27
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	60	$128,870	1.39
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	50	$121,040	0.54
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	100	$61,490	0.84
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	230	$79,540	1.33
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	60	$59,970	3.06
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$61,610	1.41
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) `51-8013`	50	$75,140	6.46
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	60	$36,890	0.51
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	50	$52,920	3.58
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	110	$52,310	1.10
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	140	$104,110	0.54
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	30	$69,060	2.15
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$74,390	0.56
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	80	$82,180	1.36
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	230	$36,160	0.99
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	140	$32,410	1.63
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	30	$51,490	0.82
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	900	$96,070	1.05
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	50	$46,950	2.23
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,490	$34,280	1.51
Sales Managers `11-2022`	70	$143,280	0.41
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	150	$61,210	0.47
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	210	$63,740	0.68
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	50	$33,290	2.54
School Psychologists `19-3034`	40	$96,490	2.25
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	360	$77,180	1.33
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	500	$46,120	1.16
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	40	$64,150	0.30
Security Guards `33-9032`	200	$42,680	0.62
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	100	$48,020	1.23
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	140	$44,740	0.67
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$35,290	0.76
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	100	$76,670	1.80
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	260	$38,300	2.39
Software Developers `15-1252`	80	$119,350	0.19
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	60	$58,810	0.89
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	50	$63,880	2.28
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	120	$62,110	2.99
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$90,180	1.73
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	840	$35,050	1.18
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	150	$48,310	1.18
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	470	$37,810	3.53
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	990	$34,190	2.76
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$69,120	1.13
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	30	$108,670	1.34
Tellers `43-3071`	110	$39,010	1.37
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	110	$58,880	0.99
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	40	$86,670	3.67
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$46,300	1.08
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	710	$38,590	1.24
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$53,690	2.07
Word Processors and Typists `43-9022`	100	$45,810	11.71