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Yakima, WA

292 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 49420.

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

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

BLS didn't publish the median for 1 occupation here because it is very high: General Internal Medicine Physicians. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 292 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011600$82,3800.66
Administrative Services Managers 11-301250$98,4300.28
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 25-301150$51,9502.20
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-2091100$39,8905.52
Agricultural Inspectors 45-2011100$62,88011.12
Agricultural Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 19-401240$48,1004.01
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091120$34,6700.47
Animal Caretakers 39-2021110$35,6500.69
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301140$60,9500.64
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302170$46,2400.75
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers 49-302240$58,8502.78
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023410$50,1500.94
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-6031100$35,9601.59
Bakers 51-3011200$40,0201.34
Bartenders 35-3011350$49,7000.75
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301150$43,9600.54
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021330$50,1401.31
Biological Technicians 19-402140$56,5600.83
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031940$53,5601.09
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051550$52,4802.20
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031260$63,9901.41
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199530$76,5200.78
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021100$47,5401.20
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020230$68,3000.74
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 29-203140$59,1600.97
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 25-202350$99,5504.33
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1194180$56,1402.60
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032200$99,7202.87
Carpenters 47-2031480$63,3001.14
Cashiers 41-20112,110$36,0101.09
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051130$87,8300.99
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101180$62,9200.65
Chemists 19-203140$78,5800.86
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101150$238,1800.40
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021450$67,6501.83
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011130$36,5500.40
Chiropractors 29-101130$94,6201.31
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302280$69,3801.85
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051210$100,5100.90
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103150$82,3800.27
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061350$36,7301.49
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010140$61,8500.66
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022290$46,3401.85
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124100$46,0500.98
Community Health Workers 21-1094150$47,9403.86
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-1099130$62,6801.86
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041260$78,9901.01
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123140$84,0800.44
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299110$82,1000.39
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121170$101,9300.22
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232260$66,2500.59
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302180$159,1200.20
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-103130$78,4601.98
Construction Laborers 47-2061590$48,8100.86
Construction Managers 11-902160$139,4800.24
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401180$78,0000.86
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011290$36,7100.72
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012430$46,7301.58
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014680$44,3900.77
Cooks, Short Order 35-201540$38,4300.50
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012220$76,0700.94
Cost Estimators 13-1051150$75,4501.05
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021260$44,1601.06
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-403190$61,2900.77
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051670$46,5700.42
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-903290$56,0303.11
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403170$46,9600.68
Dental Assistants 31-9091480$46,6702.00
Dental Hygienists 29-1292160$120,6901.15
Dentists, General 29-102190$200,1301.10
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302130$108,8900.45
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203250$107,3000.80
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103140$79,1300.75
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011130$35,1700.39
Dishwashers 35-9021270$35,9500.90
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032140$52,8301.08
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031170$47,8100.66
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 47-208150$58,9500.88
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032300$151,2801.48
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903380$166,3100.67
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-108160$51,6701.57
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903160$72,2501.23
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-909970$40,8800.96
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012230$96,3701.04
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-905130$119,8500.37
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209440$68,9701.11
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-202840$48,7300.24
Electricians 47-2111390$78,6300.83
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,360$98,3301.57
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061210$67,7102.18
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-2041130$76,5602.26
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011180$73,1900.64
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031160$46,8600.77
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301340$115,4900.42
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121540$276,3100.58
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-3041130$62,5505.71
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 11-901340$126,17010.24
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-20924,550$39,07027.48
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209360$40,6602.69
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30233,280$35,8301.37
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators 51-2051Not available$47,220
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031180$157,5500.35
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205160$71,1400.27
Firefighters 33-2011410$62,1201.90
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011300$87,2600.59
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-101150$84,6401.38
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101440$56,6000.66
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-1011220$61,97012.41
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-1021140$95,5902.33
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012570$51,6700.75
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 39-101330$72,6602.11
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101170$54,1200.67
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101240$57,9500.49
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011420$83,6101.10
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-1012100$80,5800.75
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011880$73,0500.98
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102240$58,6900.54
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012110$128,7701.12
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011580$74,9301.38
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011810$59,1001.16
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047390$62,5500.99
Food Batchmakers 51-3092260$47,6202.39
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021600$41,7501.07
Food Processing Workers, All Other 51-3099140$44,9903.52
Food Science Technicians 19-401360$47,5906.55
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041230$36,0701.24
Food Service Managers 11-905140$77,2500.29
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders 51-309140$50,8402.90
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-407160$49,9403.27
Fundraisers 13-113180$69,9101.09
Gambling Dealers 39-3011190$59,2503.58
General Internal Medicine Physicians 29-1216Not availableNot published (very high)
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,010$119,4700.46
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 45-20411,250$34,75079.59
Graphic Designers 27-102450$57,9700.39
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403340$46,0201.00
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012100$46,2700.51
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-2099110$53,7800.96
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022250$62,6402.18
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-9099100$55,4001.50
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021160$65,9000.62
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,580$57,2101.23
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909840$39,8400.72
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198120$40,8301.20
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051130$62,8801.39
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11204,770$44,4901.77
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031170$35,6800.64
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081150$36,9600.92
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416140$50,9300.77
Human Resources Managers 11-312150$160,6400.37
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071390$72,1800.69
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041480$62,6701.74
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-305180$129,9900.53
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-70511,400$44,3302.91
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419980$53,2900.94
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061360$46,9100.95
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909990$61,6100.80
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031150$100,9401.03
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021170$52,2200.58
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-411160$48,0200.66
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,690$39,2101.23
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012260$84,7003.87
Labor Relations Specialists 13-107530$94,2100.81
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,390$39,7100.76
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011530$42,3400.89
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011140$37,0201.12
Lawyers 23-1011230$131,6600.50
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601280$49,1600.83
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402280$96,2500.99
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-4121120$36,8602.24
Library Technicians 25-403140$63,2701.05
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061220$76,2900.54
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092120$34,6501.18
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033520$45,4900.84
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413150$54,9700.50
Loan Officers 13-2072100$78,8500.57
Machinists 51-4041180$59,5601.00
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists 29-203540$104,3901.37
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012520$37,3700.97
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,210$49,4501.27
Management Analysts 13-1111180$78,6300.33
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199110$116,0800.27
Manicurists and Pedicurists 39-509270$45,3300.71
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161240$64,9000.42
Marketing Managers 11-2021100$162,3400.39
Massage Therapists 31-901160$84,1000.99
Mechanical Drafters 17-301330$55,5101.30
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214140$83,2200.21
Medical Assistants 31-9092710$49,3101.39
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909340$46,0200.92
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072140$52,5001.18
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013340$47,5000.57
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111150$127,7200.40
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112140$59,8000.42
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-1023130$53,8501.53
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102670$48,2500.64
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022470$98,7601.21
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090440$45,4000.50
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023100$48,6401.77
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042100$66,2800.92
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 39-403140$60,1302.67
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244110$98,3300.55
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171200$138,8601.02
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,320$47,0801.46
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501160$92,9600.65
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112240$111,4000.43
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,370$45,6000.89
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-919960$50,3200.46
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073190$71,8100.64
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208160$46,2401.25
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111650$43,6902.76
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-70642,020$36,0805.78
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141240$46,6801.68
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9196180$54,0602.97
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011180$63,1400.75
Parts Salespersons 41-2022280$44,6801.68
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 47-207130$63,1601.31
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-3051110$64,0501.17
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205260$79,7500.38
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 37-301280$40,8804.91
Pharmacists 29-1051180$146,6500.90
Pharmacy Aides 31-909540$37,9001.45
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052230$51,3300.78
Phlebotomists 31-9097110$47,9701.21
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202150$74,1000.74
Physical Therapists 29-1123100$105,9500.61
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1071120$136,5701.21
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229260$293,0801.19
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152240$60,9000.82
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051370$98,3400.89
Postal Service Clerks 43-505150$66,7500.98
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052220$57,4701.08
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 43-505340$58,4700.59
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011380$41,6701.28
Printing Press Operators 51-511280$47,5400.93
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109290$74,9401.55
Procurement Clerks 43-306160$49,9901.79
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061190$53,0400.78
Project Management Specialists 13-1082250$98,7800.38
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909950$41,8500.94
Public Relations Specialists 27-303180$77,1500.46
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503180$63,2401.28
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034110$73,6000.78
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902240$72,5200.36
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171890$40,9901.57
Recreation Workers 39-9032170$38,8200.84
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708180$61,3700.87
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,610$102,9500.76
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-1015290$55,9904.83
Residential Advisors 39-904140$51,4500.84
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,680$36,6401.10
Roofers 47-2181160$56,6601.87
Sales Managers 11-2022160$152,1100.41
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091290$57,6800.37
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012800$76,1401.04
School Psychologists 19-303460$107,1301.39
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031600$100,5600.91
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,020$52,5400.96
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031180$59,6900.60
Security Guards 33-9032400$37,4400.50
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021160$47,6800.76
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901290$47,3302.37
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 47-407160$48,2303.39
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221190$77,8501.20
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071620$46,1601.21
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053160$37,0801.05
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151110$100,5100.81
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093350$49,1601.28
Software Developers 15-1252170$115,1700.16
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052140$82,7900.88
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205770$83,6101.24
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205890$85,5900.88
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127100$103,4500.83
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70652,020$40,4601.14
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018500$58,5901.63
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031710$51,4902.18
Surgical Technologists 29-205590$64,7401.16
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309950$57,7600.67
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90452,150$47,3802.42
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905250$75,5800.74
Tellers 43-3071250$45,4501.20
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-3093120$38,5101.81
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151120$59,8800.42
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307150$123,1200.36
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305180$88,7902.88
Veterinarians 29-1131100$158,1801.81
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,000$49,0600.71
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-803190$75,2901.13
Web and Digital Interface Designers (2 O*NET occupations) 15-125550$85,7600.67
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511130$52,7800.92
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121290$57,4501.10
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102350$78,4604.27