Virgin Islands

162 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 78.

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	1,300
General and Operations Managers	1,040
Security Guards	1,030
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	840
Cashiers	770
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	700
Waiters and Waitresses	690
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	680
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	630
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	580
Office Clerks, General	560
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	530
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	520
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	510
Bartenders	490
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	470
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	440
Cooks, Restaurant	410
Stockers and Order Fillers	410
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	400

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
Sailors and Marine Oilers	18.29	120
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	16.47	130
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	12.28	300
Chefs and Head Cooks	6.24	260
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	4.39	240
Security Guards	3.91	1,030
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	3.77	130
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	3.67	150
Butchers and Meat Cutters	3.44	100
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	3.29	580
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	3.23	100
Bartenders	3.13	490
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	2.97	130
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	2.91	110
Food Service Managers	2.83	140
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations)	2.73	230
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2.22	700
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	2.20	140
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2.18	630
Food Preparation Workers	2.10	390

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Pharmacists	$134,970
Lawyers	$118,440
Sales Managers	$107,740
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$104,010
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations)	$102,020
Marketing Managers	$97,760
Medical and Health Services Managers	$96,950
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$96,180
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$95,530
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$94,990
Construction Managers	$89,950
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$87,900
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	$84,120
General and Operations Managers	$82,850
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$82,380
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$80,910
Food Service Managers	$80,570
Management Analysts	$78,850
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$77,520
Human Resources Managers	$77,490

All 162 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	340	$59,060	1.15
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	50	$74,990	0.90
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	70	$35,570	0.79
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$35,570	0.92
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	120	$39,170	0.82
Baggage Porters and Bellhops `39-6011`	80	$28,720	14.20
Bakers `51-3011`	100	$29,660	2.00
Bartenders `35-3011`	490	$61,380	3.13
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	30	$43,430	0.39
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	280	$46,490	0.99
Brickmasons and Blockmasons `47-2021`	90	$51,390	8.29
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	50	$64,990	5.54
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	50	$40,120	0.56
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	370	$65,170	1.63
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	100	$29,120	3.44
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	50	$52,480	0.54
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels `53-5021`	130	$48,700	16.47
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) `43-5011`	Not available	$29,400
Carpenters `47-2031`	270	$51,730	1.98
Cashiers `41-2011`	770	$28,040	1.20
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	260	$63,960	6.24
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	130	$104,010	2.97
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	30	$50,810	0.39
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	50	$28,010	0.48
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$60,050	0.50
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	30	$28,290	0.41
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	80	$48,650	1.10
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$47,560	1.74
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	230	$67,990	2.73
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$56,360	1.15
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	40	$96,180	0.42
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$59,430	0.39
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	90	$50,430	0.61
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$87,900	0.41
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	40	$50,080	8.20
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	370	$42,200	1.65
Construction Managers `11-9021`	60	$89,950	0.82
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	110	$30,440	1.21
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	410	$37,430	1.42
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	140	$29,560	1.64
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	30	$21,840	2.36
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	320	$37,140	0.60
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	70	$33,280	2.80
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	70	$36,540	0.87
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	70	$51,760	0.65
Dishwashers `35-9021`	150	$29,710	1.49
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	30	$33,870	0.83
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	140	$80,910	2.07
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	90	$62,470	1.28
Electricians `47-2111`	140	$51,790	0.87
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	630	$60,560	2.18
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	70	$38,060	2.12
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	40	$47,040	1.10
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$53,830	2.05
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	170	$56,720	1.81
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$66,420	1.46
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	840	$24,410	1.05
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	170	$94,990	1.00
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$69,990	0.50
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	200	$74,210	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	340	$39,260	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	110	$48,710	2.91
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$53,610	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	220	$58,660	1.76
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$77,520	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	510	$55,630	1.72
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	100	$82,380	3.23
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	60	$57,190	0.41
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	440	$44,880	1.88
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	70	$49,710	3.93
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	100	$48,160	0.78
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	390	$30,460	2.10
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	60	$27,300	3.24
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	Not available	$29,760
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	140	$80,570	2.83
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,040	$82,850	1.44
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	30	$72,450	0.83
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	70	$45,030	0.77
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	240	$43,270	0.56
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	110	$29,860	0.13
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	90	$33,540	1.01
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	240	$34,020	4.39
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	70	$77,490	1.47
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	120	$60,210	0.66
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	60	$35,230	0.38
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	30	$56,180	1.19
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	30	$47,240	0.26
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	40	$48,700	1.03
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$75,040	0.94
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	60	$62,550	0.63
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	680	$29,000	1.49
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	520	$31,810	0.85
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	280	$36,300	1.44
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	150	$28,090	3.67
Lawyers `23-1011`	150	$118,440	0.97
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	50	$64,660	0.40
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	80	$31,180	0.41
Loan Officers `13-2072`	50	$44,780	0.82
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$68,790	0.82
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	580	$31,450	3.29
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	700	$38,850	2.22
Management Analysts `13-1111`	50	$78,850	0.26
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	140	$95,530	1.08
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	90	$59,990	0.48
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	60	$97,760	0.73
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	120	$38,130	0.69
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	230	$36,710	1.15
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	80	$96,950	0.63
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	60	$61,580	1.94
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	130	$27,520	3.77
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	110	$37,240	0.38
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	560	$37,330	1.10
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	70	$50,610	1.64
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	120	$47,650	1.24
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	100	$22,880	0.89
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$42,520	0.95
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	90	$52,140	1.11
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	40	$28,610	0.68
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$38,100	1.15
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	30	$36,330	1.46
Pharmacists `29-1051`	50	$134,970	0.83
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	40	$40,620	0.42
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	50	$49,630	0.56
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	60	$63,660	4.21
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	40	$55,490	0.52
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	100	$44,790	1.03
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	90	$75,240	0.39
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	140	$74,850	2.20
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	60	$59,990	1.07
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	40	$42,680	0.75
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	120	$34,630	0.66
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	30	$33,400	0.46
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	470	$84,120	0.67
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers `47-2171`	40	$45,510	15.77
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks `43-4181`	300	$29,030	12.28
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,300	$28,790	1.61
Sailors and Marine Oilers `53-5011`	120	$29,990	18.29
Sales Managers `11-2022`	40	$107,740	0.30
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	80	$42,980	0.30
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	80	$45,980	0.33
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	30	$31,650	1.76
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	380	$59,520	1.71
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	530	$44,040	1.50
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	80	$35,160	0.75
Security Guards `33-9032`	1,030	$31,990	3.91
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$37,590	0.80
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	80	$36,240	0.49
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	70	$35,300	1.45
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$60,450	3.27
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$64,990	1.35
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	60	$37,150	0.62
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	410	$28,130	0.70
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	400	$37,710	1.36
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$55,960	2.01
Tellers `43-3071`	130	$32,750	1.90
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) `39-7010`	50	$102,020	4.81
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	40	$50,430	0.44
Transportation Security Screeners `33-9093`	90	$65,170	8.38
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	40	$56,390	0.90
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	690	$36,340	1.47
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	30	$48,030	1.17
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	60	$46,270	0.68