JobAfterNext

Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area

131 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 7200006.

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

All 131 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011180$36,2700.67
Administrative Services Managers 11-301270$48,0001.36
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904130$137,3400.78
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023100$21,8400.77
Bakers 51-3011130$21,8402.97
Bartenders 35-3011100$21,8400.69
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301170$22,8602.25
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-302180$25,4501.07
Biological Technicians 19-4021Not available$46,590
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031170$27,5600.65
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051130$27,0901.69
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199180$39,2200.86
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021100$21,8403.85
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020120$50,0601.30
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-701170$21,8404.70
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032Not available$52,330
Carpenters 47-2031120$29,7200.95
Cashiers 41-20111,180$21,8402.02
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101140$27,0400.99
Chemical Technicians 19-403140$54,9803.50
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101140$88,1500.95
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021130$58,5301.69
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-901160$21,8400.62
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-919230$31,80010.94
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-201080$35,5001.30
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-104180$61,1700.97
Computer User Support Specialists 15-123260$33,6100.43
Construction Laborers 47-2061530$26,7202.56
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011190$22,9301.58
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012420$28,8505.08
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014340$22,6401.29
Cooks, Short Order 35-201550$21,8401.98
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-202160$26,8200.83
Couriers and Messengers 43-502150$21,8403.51
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051260$23,6100.53
Data Entry Keyers 43-902160$22,3902.41
Dental Assistants 31-909180$27,5401.03
Dishwashers 35-902150$22,0300.52
Driver/Sales Workers 53-303160$21,9300.73
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-903280$83,0001.36
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-101250$57,6000.75
Electricians 47-211130$57,8200.21
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021250$60,3400.94
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011120$29,2101.37
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121550$99,9102.56
Farm and Home Management Educators 25-902130$51,64021.25
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-2092390$21,9607.80
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,070$21,8401.46
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-303170$73,2000.45
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011140$33,4600.90
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-101150$78,4209.67
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012260$27,8901.12
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101160$26,5001.84
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-101180$51,1600.68
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011370$35,5101.35
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011200$50,4501.57
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011520$28,1802.44
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047170$29,1201.41
Food Batchmakers 51-309260$21,8401.85
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021150$21,8400.91
General and Operations Managers 11-1021120$65,5600.17
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102240$29,5301.13
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-3032320$23,3100.82
Helpers--Carpenters 47-301270$23,62017.34
Helpers--Electricians 47-301330$23,0202.85
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909840$21,8402.18
Helpers--Production Workers 51-919840$22,1901.34
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051440$21,84014.87
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-1120590$21,8400.72
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-408170$21,8401.48
Human Resources Specialists 13-107160$40,4100.35
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-211260$77,4100.82
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041120$39,5101.49
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-305170$128,6501.45
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-705150$30,3700.32
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419940$25,2901.54
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061360$29,5303.16
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909950$54,8701.37
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-411160$21,8402.30
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011780$21,8401.87
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012280$62,32013.42
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062270$24,7000.48
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011Not available$21,840
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402270$60,7602.92
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-206140$26,7400.33
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033170$21,8400.93
Loan Officers 13-207250$32,6400.91
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012130$21,8400.80
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071260$21,8400.90
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919970$46,7800.57
Medical Records Specialists 29-207240$21,8401.10
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013310$28,7201.68
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022290$59,1902.46
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501140$46,2801.35
Office Clerks, General 43-9061700$22,0201.50
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073140$31,0301.50
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064150$21,8401.42
Paramedics 29-204340$26,8002.26
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305130$29,9301.14
Pharmacists 29-105190$110,7501.51
Pharmacy Aides 31-909540$27,1405.57
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052270$26,8302.99
Phlebotomists 31-909730$30,2601.27
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-305180$24,6900.65
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201140$34,3300.43
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506180$44,7801.06
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909930$22,2501.96
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-417190$21,8400.53
Recreation Workers 39-9032Not available$21,840
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708130$21,8401.18
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-1141420$39,1300.66
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,340$21,8401.82
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-401290$26,6400.36
School Psychologists 19-3034Not available$97,210
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031320$59,5901.60
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014550$22,3901.70
Security Guards 33-9032300$21,8401.22
Sewing Machine Operators 51-60311,210$21,84060.74
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-507180$24,1800.50
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-109370$27,2700.80
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205940$51,9005.69
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052110$58,9802.23
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205790$57,5204.80
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058160$58,9704.99
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-7065680$22,6701.26
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-3099300$61,33013.84
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045350$23,4101.32
Tellers 43-3071110$29,4801.72
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307130$74,2300.81
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031380$21,8400.89
Word Processors and Typists 43-902280$41,14011.96