Yuma, AZ

242 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 49740.

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
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	4,420
Cashiers	1,880
Retail Salespersons	1,840
General and Operations Managers	1,800
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,800
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,640
Office Clerks, General	1,400
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,360
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,360
Customer Service Representatives	1,190
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,180
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,080
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,040
Waiters and Waitresses	1,000
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,000
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	810
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	790
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	780
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	730
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	690

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
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	37.54	4,420
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	15.51	790
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	14.55	240
Correctional Officers and Jailers	8.05	1,360
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	5.89	160
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations)	3.17	590
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	2.98	170
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	2.62	120
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	2.50	170
Tire Repairers and Changers	2.49	120
Firefighters	2.29	350
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	2.21	130
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	2.11	190
Packers and Packagers, Hand	2.02	500
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1.91	130
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	1.87	110
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	1.85	140
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1.80	480
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1.78	110
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1.75	540

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Dentists, General	$164,680
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$162,020
Pharmacists	$161,630
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$151,120
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$141,100
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$133,290
Nurse Practitioners	$129,770
Human Resources Managers	$128,990
Marketing Managers	$127,570
Lawyers	$126,730
Sales Managers	$124,500
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$123,620
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$122,930
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$122,730
Software Developers	$121,610
Medical and Health Services Managers	$118,200
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$108,780
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$101,350
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$100,290
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$100,180

All 242 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	390	$76,300	0.60
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	70	$83,920	0.59
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	110	$81,450	1.87
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	90	$30,580	0.52
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	100	$35,110	0.84
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	30	$61,900	0.74
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$151,120	0.51
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$47,740	0.87
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	540	$44,510	1.75
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$35,380	0.85
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$35,530	0.56
Bartenders `35-3011`	310	$42,210	0.91
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	70	$43,160	0.97
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	120	$44,310	0.66
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `19-1029`	40	$76,400	1.61
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	460	$44,970	0.75
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	100	$39,210	0.58
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	150	$57,950	1.14
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	370	$86,260	0.77
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$38,620	0.95
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	130	$68,050	0.62
Carpenters `47-2031`	260	$47,910	0.86
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,880	$31,790	1.37
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	130	$48,720	1.39
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	80	$48,590	0.95
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	80	$141,100	0.91
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	190	$47,820	1.11
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	60	$32,150	0.24
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	30	$59,300	1.15
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	110	$94,370	0.69
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	170	$32,750	1.04
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	60	$59,780	0.38
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	50	$44,910	0.70
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	40	$42,400	1.52
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	590	$64,820	3.17
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	140	$81,970	0.74
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	100	$95,890	0.41
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	220	$51,620	0.68
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	100	$123,620	0.35
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	570	$43,260	1.18
Construction Managers `11-9021`	100	$99,740	0.61
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	70	$63,630	1.12
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	250	$34,680	1.30
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	590	$36,080	0.95
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	1,360	$50,940	8.05
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	120	$65,330	1.21
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	280	$42,110	1.56
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	100	$46,050	1.24
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,190	$36,020	1.03
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	70	$45,890	1.19
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	50	$97,580	0.39
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	130	$45,350	0.79
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$96,850	0.59
Dentists, General `29-1021`	60	$164,680	1.17
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	790	$94,520	15.51
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	290	$33,690	1.21
Dishwashers `35-9021`	170	$31,560	0.82
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	190	$44,090	2.11
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	220	$38,450	1.19
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers `47-2081`	50	$54,400	1.43
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	130	$100,290	0.92
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	50	$100,180	0.66
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	40	$50,340	1.38
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	180	$52,090	1.12
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$91,080	0.48
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	80	$82,550	1.38
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	70	$77,660	1.64
Electricians `47-2111`	340	$58,830	1.01
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	730	$48,360	1.19
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	170	$41,690	2.50
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	160	$81,330	5.89
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	100	$108,780	1.54
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$83,780	1.06
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	90	$59,860	0.42
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	60	$93,110	0.93
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	240	$35,470	14.55
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers `11-9013`	60	Not available	21.26
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	4,420	$34,610	37.54
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,800	$30,580	1.05
File Clerks `43-4071`	50	$45,210	1.57
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	180	$122,730	0.47
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$81,840	0.30
Firefighters `33-2011`	350	$54,220	2.29
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	400	$64,120	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	80	$72,340	3.58
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	50	$36,960	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	Not available	$79,040
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	120	$81,330	2.62
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	470	$36,590	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$45,840	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$56,410	0.53
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	360	$72,920	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	30	$86,540	0.36
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	600	$56,430	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	120	$99,370	1.73
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	210	$73,150	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	480	$45,310	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$57,440	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	210	$66,190	0.77
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	330	$35,390	0.84
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	100	$34,120	0.74
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$62,920	0.62
Fundraisers `13-1131`	30	$72,830	0.71
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,800	$79,990	1.16
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$57,730	0.39
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	110	$34,970	0.82
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	80	$46,130	0.96
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$57,570	0.79
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$54,330	1.01
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	280	$57,290	1.55
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,040	$48,630	1.14
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	30	$36,010	1.12
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	70	$36,390	1.67
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	80	$47,420	1.18
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	780	$34,560	0.41
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	180	$30,970	0.92
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	120	$31,750	1.03
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	60	$38,250	1.52
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	60	$128,990	0.58
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	400	$65,250	0.99
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	50	$94,090	0.30
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	110	$65,420	0.58
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	70	$101,350	0.66
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	170	$37,820	0.50
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	40	$97,320	0.43
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	130	$46,860	2.21
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	480	$58,840	1.80
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	90	$39,140	1.14
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	110	$49,290	1.05
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	130	$52,350	0.63
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	40	$42,280	0.64
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,080	$34,230	1.10
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	60	$48,820	1.21
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,180	$35,580	0.91
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	460	$36,100	1.10
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$33,470	0.76
Lawyers `23-1011`	140	$126,730	0.41
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	60	$50,240	0.90
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$57,650	0.89
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	150	$69,840	0.52
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	80	$30,580	1.08
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	330	$39,580	0.76
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$46,260	0.64
Loan Officers `13-2072`	80	$61,110	0.69
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	80	$60,340	0.73
Machinists `51-4041`	60	$57,820	0.48
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	330	$31,600	0.85
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	1,000	$43,110	1.47
Management Analysts `13-1111`	240	$84,650	0.59
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	340	$122,930	1.22
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	190	$57,950	0.47
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$127,570	0.26
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	100	$92,230	0.78
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	420	$43,880	1.16
Medical Equipment Repairers `49-9062`	30	$41,430	1.09
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	80	$45,140	0.92
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	240	$43,940	0.57
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	220	$118,200	0.83
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	30	$36,710	0.47
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	200	$48,770	0.74
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	220	$41,210	0.35
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	140	$64,980	1.85
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	80	$77,170	0.57
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	110	$129,770	0.75
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	500	$37,860	0.78
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	110	$74,160	1.78
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$99,010	0.66
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,400	$37,880	1.28
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	40	$49,440	0.52
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	180	$54,270	0.83
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$49,610	1.03
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	200	$37,520	1.18
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	500	$30,580	2.02
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	60	$39,590	0.59
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	90	$60,700	0.50
Paramedics `29-2043`	90	$63,040	2.02
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	60	$31,530	0.95
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	150	$36,670	1.29
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	130	$37,810	1.91
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$47,040	0.45
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	60	$36,780	1.23
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$161,630	0.73
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	220	$45,050	1.08
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$61,610	1.01
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	120	$98,790	0.97
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	30	$133,290	0.42
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	60	$162,020	0.37
Plasterers and Stucco Masons `47-2161`	40	$44,320	5.13
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	170	$58,980	0.84
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	350	$65,510	1.17
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	50	$58,470	1.47
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	180	$55,490	1.24
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	260	$34,950	1.22
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	80	$55,460	2.04
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	30	Not available	0.51
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	160	$54,250	0.93
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	240	$84,910	0.50
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	90	$55,010	0.62
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	120	$42,560	1.71
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$61,810	0.55
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	80	$50,680	1.86
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	80	$94,170	0.78
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	120	$59,350	1.41
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	440	$35,990	1.08
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	250	$32,400	1.73
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,640	$94,320	1.10
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$46,790	1.14
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	80	$73,580	1.24
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,840	$33,840	1.06
Sales Managers `11-2022`	190	$124,500	0.66
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	300	$57,200	0.54
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	280	$64,710	0.51
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	70	$79,670	0.53
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	520	$49,670	1.09
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	690	$42,390	0.92
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	110	$57,020	0.49
Security Guards `33-9032`	520	$36,050	0.91
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	480	$41,270	1.34
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	100	$39,490	0.89
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	30	$54,000	1.19
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$70,300	0.72
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	180	$38,360	0.94
Software Developers `15-1252`	230	$121,610	0.31
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	80	$48,680	0.71
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$93,700	0.51
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,360	$37,810	1.09
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	90	$65,300	0.42
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	260	$31,740	1.13
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	30	$57,090	1.33
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	30	$37,260	0.92
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	810	$33,590	1.29
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	80	$76,260	1.33
Tellers `43-3071`	140	$42,260	0.93
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	120	$34,790	2.49
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	170	$55,220	0.85
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$98,770	0.52
Tutors `25-3041`	80	$33,600	1.01
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	30	$85,950	1.68
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,000	$36,120	0.99
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	170	$49,090	2.98
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	30	$47,740	1.35
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	120	$49,680	0.65