Williamsport, PA

229 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 48700.

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
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,750
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,410
Retail Salespersons	1,300
General and Operations Managers	1,280
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,230
Office Clerks, General	1,110
Cashiers	1,090
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	940
Stockers and Order Fillers	920
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	910
Customer Service Representatives	800
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	800
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	760
Nursing Assistants	730
Waiters and Waitresses	730
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	570
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	560
Security Guards	510
Cooks, Restaurant	500
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	500

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
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.92	190
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	2.94	150
Highway Maintenance Workers	2.94	140
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.70	560
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.69	150
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	2.62	140
Production Workers, All Other	2.46	200
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2.27	320
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.15	170
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2.03	910
Social and Human Service Assistants	2.01	280
Emergency Medical Technicians	1.97	110
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	1.82	200
Tellers	1.82	190
Food Batchmakers	1.79	100
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	1.75	270
Bartenders	1.75	420
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1.75	210
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1.65	310
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	1.63	150

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$313,620
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$233,920
Dentists, General	$204,660
Pharmacists	$151,110
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$138,130
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$124,920
Nurse Practitioners	$123,830
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$122,870
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$121,760
Sales Managers	$120,550
Human Resources Managers	$119,830
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$113,000
Marketing Managers	$108,260
Physical Therapists	$105,340
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$104,810
Construction Managers	$102,280
Lawyers	$101,990
Administrative Services Managers	$100,210
Personal Financial Advisors	$100,120
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$100,060

All 229 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	340	$69,880	0.73
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	30	$100,210	0.37
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	30	$54,160	1.04
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$23,150	0.37
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$32,720	0.69
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$61,710	1.10
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	60	$138,130	0.81
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$50,340	1.71
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	340	$48,450	1.51
Bakers `51-3011`	90	$35,690	1.23
Bartenders `35-3011`	420	$25,910	1.75
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	90	$46,530	0.69
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	340	$46,840	0.77
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	150	$46,420	1.20
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	120	$58,170	1.34
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	110	$60,870	0.32
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	140	$61,400	0.89
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	30	$37,240	1.29
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	Not available	$91,330
Carpenters `47-2031`	170	$53,340	0.80
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,090	$27,190	1.11
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	30	$56,260	0.50
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	80	$47,840	1.30
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$233,920	0.62
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	80	$52,790	0.61
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	140	$27,460	0.86
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	140	$91,770	1.21
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	120	$30,960	0.96
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	60	$43,700	0.60
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	30	$84,070	1.29
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	90	$46,910	1.69
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	150	$70,450	1.14
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	140	$46,380	2.62
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	50	$87,860	0.34
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	60	$94,360	0.36
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	160	$50,770	0.69
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	90	$121,760	0.44
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	250	$46,360	0.73
Construction Managers `11-9021`	50	$102,280	0.45
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	90	$58,040	1.96
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	170	$35,720	1.22
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	500	$32,340	1.11
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	50	$25,490	1.10
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$65,740	1.02
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	110	$43,790	0.86
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	800	$36,230	0.97
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	150	$46,930	2.69
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	30	$35,640	0.82
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	40	$70,190	0.43
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	70	$46,620	0.57
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	40	$80,990	0.59
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$204,660	0.97
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$60,600	1.49
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	130	$25,910	0.77
Dishwashers `35-9021`	190	$23,850	1.25
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$47,660	0.79
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	120	$37,820	0.90
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	120	$113,000	1.13
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	50	$58,960	1.95
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$58,430	0.88
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	$97,890	0.71
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	40	$76,110	1.17
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	170	$45,090	2.15
Electricians `47-2111`	130	$61,570	0.55
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	420	$74,610	0.95
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	70	$63,150	1.50
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	110	$39,560	1.97
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$61,350	0.37
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	60	$35,390	0.54
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$90,620	0.76
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,410	$27,400	1.15
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	160	$122,870	0.59
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$76,740	0.35
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	240	$76,520	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	350	$39,000	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$47,410	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$48,830	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	210	$76,030	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$81,400	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	420	$60,320	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	80	$47,200	2.18
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	30	$84,690	0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	350	$70,120	1.63
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	390	$45,340	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$55,850	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	170	$54,860	0.85
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	100	$57,630	1.79
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	190	$28,480	0.65
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	150	$36,170	1.63
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	90	$58,750	1.25
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,280	$93,610	1.15
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	60	$51,710	0.94
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	130	$30,580	1.37
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	70	$44,960	1.19
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$60,970	1.24
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	120	$59,260	0.91
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	800	$56,290	1.22
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$38,380	1.02
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	60	$38,530	1.17
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	140	$46,260	2.94
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,750	$28,540	1.28
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	180	$26,220	1.30
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	80	$29,700	0.95
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	60	$119,830	0.79
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	220	$61,940	0.77
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	40	$68,160	1.58
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	150	$86,360	1.26
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	320	$66,080	2.27
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	110	$100,060	1.45
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	250	$47,590	1.03
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	310	$43,020	1.65
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	30	$45,740	0.58
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$61,430	0.72
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	140	$56,030	0.91
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	760	$37,140	1.08
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	50	$77,120	2.21
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	940	$38,570	1.00
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	250	$37,540	0.84
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	80	$31,520	1.29
Lawyers `23-1011`	130	$101,990	0.52
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$63,960	1.24
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$27,690	1.92
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	560	$61,200	2.70
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	500	$40,030	1.60
Loan Officers `13-2072`	70	$60,600	0.75
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	70	$56,690	0.91
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	60	$54,340	4.30
Machinists `51-4041`	80	$58,250	0.92
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	220	$28,500	0.80
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	500	$46,340	1.02
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	Not available	0.20
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	90	$104,810	0.47
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	150	$61,260	0.53
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$108,260	0.40
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	90	$86,110	0.91
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	180	$40,530	0.68
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	40	$49,110	0.69
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	150	$44,930	0.47
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	270	$97,420	1.42
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	40	$35,240	0.82
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	230	$81,760	1.18
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	910	$38,750	2.03
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	80	$47,380	2.66
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	60	$61,840	1.06
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	190	$45,270	3.92
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	80	$47,060	1.93
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	30	$75,840	0.95
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$74,050	0.47
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	100	$123,830	1.02
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	730	$39,830	1.58
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$75,320	1.22
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	70	$98,580	1.39
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	40	$64,650	2.62
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,110	$42,050	1.41
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	230	$50,890	1.53
Order Clerks `43-4151`	50	$39,840	2.12
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	210	$48,200	1.75
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	130	$36,100	0.71
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$46,020	0.51
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	90	$50,010	0.70
Paramedics `29-2043`	70	$49,610	2.19
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	140	$37,310	1.60
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	60	$100,120	0.68
Pharmacists `29-1051`	60	$151,110	0.61
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	100	$38,500	0.66
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	60	$39,480	1.25
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$60,480	1.48
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	140	$105,340	1.62
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	150	$124,920	2.94
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	200	$313,620	1.82
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	120	$58,730	0.79
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	230	$66,710	1.06
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$59,970	1.66
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	150	$58,100	1.39
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$34,210	0.83
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	70	$46,570	1.46
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	200	$39,940	2.46
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	80	$56,390	0.64
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	150	$93,020	0.45
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	50	$56,700	0.53
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	60	$33,840	2.38
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	50	$39,650	0.93
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$55,660	0.82
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	90	$76,270	1.20
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	50	$49,720	0.78
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	310	$33,790	1.07
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	130	$29,610	1.20
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,230	$94,300	1.14
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$56,200	1.52
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	Not available	$39,860
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	50	$78,300	1.21
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,300	$30,430	1.05
Sales Managers `11-2022`	160	$120,550	0.78
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	210	$59,230	0.53
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	490	$61,690	1.24
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	60	$39,630	4.68
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	570	$43,440	1.05
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	100	$59,030	0.62
Security Guards `33-9032`	510	$34,440	1.26
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	80	$44,570	0.78
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5013`	80	$61,280	5.54
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	30	$29,260	1.00
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	250	$43,920	0.95
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	120	$35,600	1.47
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	100	$72,130	1.46
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	280	$41,320	2.01
Software Developers `15-1252`	120	$93,960	0.23
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	80	$61,830	0.91
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	90	$63,450	1.63
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$85,630	1.01
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	920	$33,910	1.02
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	270	$46,380	1.75
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	70	Not available	1.78
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	40	$48,830	2.07
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	380	$32,780	0.83
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$63,050	0.90
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	40	$79,030	1.30
Tellers `43-3071`	190	Not available	1.82
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	60	$36,330	1.85
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	60	$49,910	3.23
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	100	$65,180	0.67
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	60	$96,530	0.85
Tutors `25-3041`	50	$20,980	0.86
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	40	$23,880	0.92
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	60	$42,610	1.55
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	730	$29,320	1.01
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	50	$57,090	1.32
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	160	$48,130	1.22
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	90	$37,550	4.37