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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

What professions have the highest employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI. We note that the total employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 138,580. The most popular job is the fast food and counter worker profession, which employs 4,520 people (3.26 percent of the total employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI). The second most common job is the retail salesperson profession which employs 3,940 people (2.84 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	138,580	100.00%	$44,000
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers	4,520	3.26%	$26,720
3	Retail Salespersons	3,940	2.84%	$29,080
4	Registered Nurses	3,460	2.50%	$76,230
5	Stockers and Order Fillers	3,260	2.35%	$30,880
6	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,180	2.29%	$28,740
7	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	3,150	2.27%	$38,940
8	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	2,870	2.07%	$35,690
9	General and Operations Managers	2,760	1.99%	$92,610
10	Office Clerks, General	2,690	1.94%	$37,650
11	Customer Service Representatives	2,530	1.83%	$36,910
12	Cashiers	2,480	1.79%	$25,630
13	Waiters and Waitresses	2,160	1.56%	$29,290
14	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	1,920	1.39%	$62,820
15	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,780	1.28%	$31,590
16	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,510	1.09%	$39,070
17	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,430	1.03%	$48,050
18	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,420	1.02%	$45,100
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,340	0.97%	$39,170
20	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,280	0.92%	$61,050
21	Restaurant Cooks	1,220	0.88%	$29,650
22	Accountants and Auditors	1,210	0.87%	$65,000
23	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,210	0.87%	$34,710
24	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,190	0.86%	$29,200
25	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	1,180	0.85%	$38,280
26	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,110	0.80%	$43,060
27	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,090	0.79%	$61,560
28	Nursing Assistants	990	0.71%	$35,000
29	Medical Assistants	990	0.71%	$37,360
30	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	950	0.69%	$44,720
31	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	950	0.69%	$38,100
32	Industrial Engineers	930	0.67%	$79,380
33	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	930	0.67%	$34,610
34	Receptionists and Information Clerks	930	0.67%	$30,750
35	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	900	0.65%	$61,360
36	Medical Secretaries	900	0.65%	$36,500
37	Mechanical Engineers	890	0.64%	$84,080
38	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	820	0.59%	$37,660
39	Carpenters	790	0.57%	$48,770
40	Machinists	790	0.57%	$46,090
41	Project Management Specialists	740	0.53%	$85,110
42	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	740	0.53%	$62,550
43	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	740	0.53%	$79,330
44	Packers and Packagers	740	0.53%	$31,910
45	Construction Laborers	730	0.53%	$41,920
46	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	710	0.51%	$60,310
47	Electricians	700	0.51%	$58,640
48	Human Resources Specialists	680	0.49%	$59,300
49	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	640	0.46%	$46,590
50	Financial Managers	630	0.45%	$121,400
51	Security Guards	630	0.45%	$34,040
52	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	630	0.45%	$35,380
53	Childcare Workers	620	0.45%	$25,470
54	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	620	0.45%	$46,290
55	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	600	0.43%	$49,720
56	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	600	0.43%	$27,600
57	Other Business Operations Specialists	590	0.43%	$62,920
58	Industrial Production Managers	570	0.41%	$104,260
59	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	570	0.41%	$57,400
60	Bartenders	560	0.40%	$28,590
61	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	560	0.40%	$63,240
62	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	540	0.39%	$36,400
63	Computer User Support Specialists	520	0.38%	$50,950
64	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	520	0.38%	$38,690
65	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	520	0.38%	$68,040
66	Software Developers	500	0.36%	$97,160
67	Social and Human Service Assistants	490	0.35%	$31,240
68	Pharmacy Technicians	490	0.35%	$36,020
69	Driver/Sales Workers	490	0.35%	$31,280
70	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	480	0.35%	$62,530
71	Counter and Rental Clerks	480	0.35%	$35,790
72	Medical and Health Services Managers	470	0.34%	$91,910
73	Loan Officers	470	0.34%	$58,570
74	Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	460	0.33%	$49,240
75	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	460	0.33%	$55,070
76	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	450	0.32%	$36,720
77	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	440	0.32%	$66,620
78	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	440	0.32%	$29,920
79	Sales Managers	430	0.31%	$130,420
80	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	430	0.31%	$61,430
81	Sheet Metal Workers	420	0.30%	$79,410
82	Training and Development Specialists	410	0.30%	$54,200
83	School Bus Drivers	410	0.30%	$40,630
84	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	400	0.29%	$29,600
85	Dishwashers	400	0.29%	$27,200
86	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	400	0.29%	$67,900
87	Tellers	390	0.28%	$35,070
88	Loan Interviewers and Clerks	380	0.27%	$47,250
89	Computer and Information Systems Managers	370	0.27%	$129,090
90	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	370	0.27%	$31,300
91	Architectural and Engineering Managers	360	0.26%	$127,280
92	Computer Systems Analysts	360	0.26%	$95,670
93	Industrial Engineering Technicians	360	0.26%	$45,330
94	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	360	0.26%	$59,820
95	Food Preparation Workers	360	0.26%	$28,990
96	Postal Service Mail Carriers	360	0.26%	$51,710
97	Billing and Posting Clerks	350	0.25%	$38,350
98	Lawyers	340	0.25%	$96,170
99	Other Education, Training, and Library Workers	340	0.25%	$31,470
100	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	340	0.25%	$31,690

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