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Top 100 Popular Jobs in East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area

What professions have the highest employment in East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area. We note that the total employment in East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area is 67,980. The most popular job is the cashier profession, which employs 2,420 people (3.56 percent of the total employment in East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area). The second most common job is the fast food and counter worker profession which employs 1,830 people (2.69 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area (2022 survey)

Job Description # of
Empl. i
% of    
Empl. i
Average
Salary i
1 All Occupations
67,980
100.00% $41,360
2 Cashiers
2,420
3.56% $29,070
3 Fast Food and Counter Workers
1,830
2.69% $29,030
4 Retail Salespersons
1,790
2.63% $30,530
5 Home Health and Personal Care Aides
1,500
2.21% $31,250
6 Registered Nurses
1,420
2.09% $77,530
7 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
1,170
1.72% $37,380
8 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
1,150
1.69% $44,730
9 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
1,150
1.69% $29,500
10 Office Clerks, General
1,130
1.66% $39,930
11 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
1,120
1.65% $46,950
12 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
1,040
1.53% $42,030
13 Stockers and Order Fillers
1,020
1.50% $31,830
14 Nursing Assistants
980
1.44% $36,010
15 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
900
1.32% $45,680
16 Restaurant Cooks
890
1.31% $31,940
17 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
880
1.29% $38,380
18 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
870
1.28% $45,440
19 General and Operations Managers
860
1.27% $99,030
20 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
850
1.25% $31,610
21 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
780
1.15% $30,440
22 Waiters and Waitresses
760
1.12% $28,170
23 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers
730
1.07% $34,660
24 Customer Service Representatives
690
1.02% $37,110
25 First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
670
0.99% $44,660
26 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
620
0.91% $57,780
27 Accountants and Auditors
610
0.90% $67,780
28 Institution and Cafeteria Cooks
590
0.87% $32,100
29 Other Business Operations Specialists
580
0.85% $62,080
30 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
580
0.85% $45,720
31 Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives
530
0.78% $60,380
32 Construction Laborers
520
0.76% $39,060
33 Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
510
0.75% $43,960
34 Highway Maintenance Workers
470
0.69% $42,370
35 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
450
0.66% $49,940
36 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
450
0.66% $65,270
37 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
400
0.59% $35,880
38 Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors
390
0.57% $48,450
39 Tellers
390
0.57% $36,590
40 Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
390
0.57% $41,930
41 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
390
0.57% $69,380
42 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
370
0.54% $63,280
43 Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers
370
0.54% $42,770
44 Receptionists and Information Clerks
360
0.53% $33,120
45 Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
320
0.47% $36,930
46 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
320
0.47% $43,680
47 First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
320
0.47% $53,560
48 Child, Family, and School Social Workers
310
0.46% $46,450
49 Food Batchmakers
310
0.46% $48,910
50 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
290
0.43% $57,290
51 Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
280
0.41% $31,080
52 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
270
0.40% $33,970
53 School Bus Drivers
270
0.40% $37,830
54 Medical Assistants
260
0.38% $36,990
55 Food Preparation Workers
260
0.38% $33,280
56 Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators
250
0.37% $76,210
57 Human Resources Specialists
250
0.37% $59,570
58 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
250
0.37% $69,080
59 Medical Secretaries
250
0.37% $33,960
60 Driver/Sales Workers
250
0.37% $29,900
61 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
240
0.35% $59,580
62 Billing and Posting Clerks
240
0.35% $36,920
63 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
240
0.35% $46,310
64 Packers and Packagers
240
0.35% $28,230
65 Parts Salespersons
230
0.34% $36,540
66 Postal Service Mail Carriers
230
0.34% $49,860
67 Emergency Medical Technicians
220
0.32% $30,180
68 Bartenders
220
0.32% $28,960
69 Compliance Officers
210
0.31% $60,390
70 Information and Record Clerks, All Other
210
0.31% $40,250
71 Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
210
0.31% $33,430
72 Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
210
0.31% $48,440
73 Childcare Workers
200
0.29% $31,180
74 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
200
0.29% $48,400
75 Electricians
200
0.29% $56,960
76 Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
200
0.29% $37,190
77 Construction Managers
190
0.28% $87,360
78 Medical and Health Services Managers
190
0.28% $103,580
79 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
190
0.28% $40,850
80 Pharmacy Technicians
190
0.28% $37,340
81 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
190
0.28% $33,850
82 Computer User Support Specialists
180
0.26% $49,130
83 Social and Human Service Assistants
180
0.26% $37,510
84 Firefighters
180
0.26% $51,340
85 Security Guards
180
0.26% $37,010
86 Real Estate Sales Agents
180
0.26% $80,350
87 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
180
0.26% $33,590
88 Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
170
0.25% $41,690
89 Insurance Sales Agents
170
0.25% $47,680
90 Postal Service Clerks
170
0.25% $53,960
91 Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
170
0.25% $28,710
92 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
170
0.25% $50,040
93 Industrial Machinery Mechanics
170
0.25% $61,680
94 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
170
0.25% $36,670
95 All Other Managers
160
0.24% $99,310
96 Loan Officers
160
0.24% $66,960
97 Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors
160
0.24% $47,700
98 Other Community and Social Service Specialists
160
0.24% $44,450
99 Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers
160
0.24% $47,380
100 Fast Food Cooks
160
0.24% $28,430

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