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Top 20 Occupations by Employment
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| SOC Code |
Occupational Title |
Estimated
Employment |
Average
Hourly Wage |
Median
Hourly Wage |
| 41-2031 |
Retail salespersons |
82,620 |
$11.07 |
$8.81 |
| 43-9061 |
Office clerks, general |
56,660 |
$12.08 |
$11.63 |
| 41-2011 |
Cashiers |
51,510 |
$8.90 |
$8.14 |
| 35-3031 |
Waiters and waitresses |
46,200 |
$8.27 |
$6.61 |
| 11-1021 |
General and operations managers |
35,300 |
$38.12 |
$35.29 |
| 43-4051 |
Customer service representatives |
34,920 |
$13.18 |
$12.60 |
| 43-3031 |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks |
33,380 |
$14.09 |
$13.70 |
| 37-2011 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners |
32,140 |
$9.32 |
$8.67 |
| 35-3021 |
Combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food |
30,610 |
$7.50 |
$7.32 |
| 29-1111 |
Registered nurses |
29,520 |
$22.78 |
$22.56 |
| 53-7062 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand |
27,470 |
$10.55 |
$10.16 |
| 43-1011 |
First-line supervisors/managers of office
and administrative support workers |
25,950 |
$20.47 |
$19.21 |
| 41-4012 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products |
22,900 |
$23.54 |
$21.38 |
| 53-3032 |
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
22,640 |
$15.65 |
$15.30 |
| 43-5081 |
Stock clerks and order fillers |
22,280 |
$11.69 |
$10.76 |
| 43-6011 |
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants |
21,930 |
$17.28 |
$16.78 |
| 25-2021 |
Elementary school teachers, except special
education |
21,800 |
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| 43-6014 |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive, |
21,210 |
$13.00 |
$12.82 |
| 41-1011 |
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers |
21,130 |
$17.72 |
$15.04 |
| 43-4171 |
Receptionists and information clerks |
19,620 |
$11.02 |
$10.71 |
| 35-2014 |
Cooks, restaurant |
19,380 |
$9.67 |
$9.55 |
| 13-1199 |
Business operations specialists, all other |
19,230 |
$25.17 |
$24.08 |
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