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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Asheville, NC

What professions have the highest employment in Asheville, NC? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Asheville, NC. We note that the total employment in Asheville, NC is 196,280. The most popular job is the cashier profession, which employs 6,390 people (3.26 percent of the total employment in Asheville, NC). The second most common job is the retail salesperson profession which employs 5,620 people (2.86 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Asheville, NC is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Asheville, NC (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	196,280	100.00%	$38,420
2	Cashiers	6,390	3.26%	$24,960
3	Retail Salespersons	5,620	2.86%	$28,290
4	Registered Nurses	5,480	2.79%	$76,150
5	Waiters and Waitresses	4,630	2.36%	$21,230
6	Stockers and Order Fillers	4,540	2.31%	$30,940
7	Fast Food Cooks	4,050	2.06%	$24,340
8	General and Operations Managers	3,860	1.97%	$83,050
9	Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,490	1.78%	$23,970
10	Restaurant Cooks	3,080	1.57%	$29,780
11	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,980	1.52%	$27,080
12	Customer Service Representatives	2,930	1.49%	$34,800
13	Nursing Assistants	2,920	1.49%	$33,770
14	Office Clerks, General	2,920	1.49%	$33,780
15	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	2,770	1.41%	$33,660
16	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,550	1.30%	$27,840
17	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	2,450	1.25%	$41,030
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,260	1.15%	$38,930
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,240	1.14%	$37,750
20	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	2,170	1.11%	$37,500
21	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,150	1.10%	$45,880
22	Receptionists and Information Clerks	2,070	1.05%	$31,880
23	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	2,040	1.04%	$36,230
24	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,000	1.02%	$42,350
25	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	1,860	0.95%	$36,060
26	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,850	0.94%	$26,380
27	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,840	0.94%	$48,140
28	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	1,780	0.91%	$55,160
29	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,770	0.90%	$49,920
30	Accountants and Auditors	1,700	0.87%	$73,340
31	Food Preparation Workers	1,610	0.82%	$29,020
32	Bartenders	1,480	0.75%	$29,910
33	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,300	0.66%	$49,510
34	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,260	0.64%	$34,750
35	Construction Laborers	1,250	0.64%	$36,290
36	Medical Assistants	1,240	0.63%	$36,610
37	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,210	0.62%	$48,880
38	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	1,170	0.60%	$36,480
39	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,160	0.59%	$61,990
40	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,090	0.56%	$39,260
41	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,060	0.54%	$27,300
42	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	1,040	0.53%	$56,540
43	Packers and Packagers	1,040	0.53%	$29,830
44	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,010	0.51%	$61,130
45	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	980	0.50%	$56,350
46	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	970	0.49%	$22,150
47	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	960	0.49%	$44,470
48	Construction Managers	930	0.47%	$89,940
49	Human Resources Specialists	910	0.46%	$58,000
50	Firefighters	900	0.46%	$31,010
51	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	890	0.45%	$50,170
52	All Other Physicians	880	0.45%	n/a
53	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	870	0.44%	$27,180
54	Software Developers	850	0.43%	$105,430
55	Medical Secretaries	850	0.43%	$37,330
56	Carpenters	850	0.43%	$42,640
57	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	840	0.43%	$57,760
58	Other Business Operations Specialists	840	0.43%	$63,920
59	Machinists	840	0.43%	$43,110
60	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	770	0.39%	$48,390
61	Nonfarm Animal Caretakers	770	0.39%	$26,830
62	Electricians	770	0.39%	$47,610
63	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	770	0.39%	$62,080
64	Pharmacy Technicians	760	0.39%	$36,140
65	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	750	0.38%	$47,660
66	Short-Term Substitute Teachers	730	0.37%	$28,640
67	Security Guards	720	0.37%	$33,070
68	Medical and Health Services Managers	710	0.36%	$101,510
69	Dental Assistants	700	0.36%	$47,100
70	Counter and Rental Clerks	680	0.35%	$33,270
71	Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers	680	0.35%	$37,860
72	Lawyers	660	0.34%	$94,680
73	Dishwashers	650	0.33%	$27,350
74	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	650	0.33%	$44,460
75	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	610	0.31%	$46,940
76	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	610	0.31%	$42,800
77	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	580	0.30%	$29,650
78	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	580	0.30%	$46,940
79	Driver/Sales Workers	580	0.30%	$20,210
80	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	570	0.29%	$46,390
81	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	570	0.29%	$37,810
82	All Other Managers	560	0.29%	$82,990
83	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	560	0.29%	$55,990
84	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	560	0.29%	$48,400
85	Computer User Support Specialists	550	0.28%	$47,510
86	Training and Development Specialists	540	0.28%	$55,240
87	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	540	0.28%	$61,120
88	Billing and Posting Clerks	530	0.27%	$38,630
89	Project Management Specialists	520	0.26%	$75,930
90	Pharmacists	520	0.26%	$130,340
91	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	520	0.26%	$32,770
92	Amusement and Recreation Attendants	510	0.26%	$22,340
93	Nurse Practitioners	500	0.25%	$104,930
94	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	500	0.25%	$47,780
95	Industrial Engineers	490	0.25%	$83,530
96	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	490	0.25%	$46,030
97	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	480	0.24%	$57,400
98	Postal Service Mail Carriers	470	0.24%	$54,250
99	School Bus Drivers	470	0.24%	$29,350
100	Childcare Workers	460	0.23%	$27,870

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