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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Ponce, PR

What professions have the highest employment in Ponce, PR? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Ponce, PR. We note that the total employment in Ponce, PR is 63,710. The most popular job is the retail salesperson profession, which employs 3,400 people (5.34 percent of the total employment in Ponce, PR). The second most common job is the cashier profession which employs 2,950 people (4.63 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Ponce, PR is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Ponce, PR (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	63,710	100.00%	$21,940
2	Retail Salespersons	3,400	5.34%	$19,610
3	Cashiers	2,950	4.63%	$19,580
4	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,830	4.44%	$17,730
5	Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,090	3.28%	$18,410
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	2,080	3.26%	$21,470
7	Registered Nurses	1,830	2.87%	$31,670
8	Office Clerks, General	1,780	2.79%	$18,700
9	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,430	2.24%	$37,710
10	Stockers and Order Fillers	1,300	2.04%	$22,400
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,280	2.01%	$19,440
12	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,110	1.74%	$27,080
13	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,020	1.60%	$31,650
14	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	880	1.38%	$19,160
15	Sewing Machine Operators	880	1.38%	$17,680
16	Waiters and Waitresses	860	1.35%	$20,590
17	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	850	1.33%	$18,570
18	Customer Service Representatives	830	1.30%	$21,460
19	Medical Secretaries	770	1.21%	$18,320
20	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	680	1.07%	$19,860
21	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	670	1.05%	$24,150
22	Construction Laborers	620	0.97%	$18,650
23	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	610	0.96%	$22,080
24	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	610	0.96%	$19,380
25	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	590	0.93%	$20,450
26	Food Preparation Workers	560	0.88%	$18,350
27	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	540	0.85%	$37,030
28	Accountants and Auditors	480	0.75%	$31,090
29	Pharmacy Technicians	460	0.72%	$22,670
30	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	450	0.71%	$18,720
31	Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers	430	0.67%	$30,470
32	Security Guards	430	0.67%	$18,010
33	Restaurant Cooks	400	0.63%	$20,460
34	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	390	0.61%	$21,760
35	Social and Human Service Assistants	380	0.60%	$26,290
36	Billing and Posting Clerks	380	0.60%	$20,920
37	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	380	0.60%	$27,780
38	General and Operations Managers	370	0.58%	$60,630
39	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	370	0.58%	$28,380
40	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	360	0.57%	$29,840
41	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	330	0.52%	$30,330
42	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	330	0.52%	$19,980
43	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	320	0.50%	$18,420
44	Packers and Packagers	320	0.50%	$18,150
45	Industrial Engineers	310	0.49%	$74,640
46	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	310	0.49%	$33,330
47	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	300	0.47%	$31,300
48	Other Business Operations Specialists	290	0.46%	$49,720
49	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	280	0.44%	$30,040
50	Bakers	270	0.42%	$18,790
51	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	270	0.42%	$19,230
52	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	250	0.39%	$19,280
53	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	240	0.38%	$23,550
54	Carpenters	240	0.38%	$23,120
55	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	240	0.38%	$29,110
56	Postsecondary Teaching Assistants	230	0.36%	$72,730
57	Fast Food Cooks	230	0.36%	$18,670
58	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	230	0.36%	$18,800
59	Parts Salespersons	230	0.36%	$18,170
60	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	220	0.35%	$30,310
61	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	220	0.35%	$27,630
62	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	210	0.33%	$27,060
63	Surgical Technologists	210	0.33%	$24,800
64	Highway Maintenance Workers	210	0.33%	$19,580
65	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	210	0.33%	$28,170
66	Coaches and Scouts	200	0.31%	$41,700
67	Tellers	200	0.31%	$22,410
68	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	190	0.30%	$38,220
69	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	190	0.30%	$35,580
70	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	190	0.30%	$19,370
71	Driver/Sales Workers	190	0.30%	$19,360
72	Financial Managers	180	0.28%	$63,960
73	Compliance Officers	180	0.28%	$45,100
74	Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	180	0.28%	$29,540
75	Dental Assistants	180	0.28%	$18,390
76	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	180	0.28%	$20,440
77	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	170	0.27%	$38,310
78	Receptionists and Information Clerks	170	0.27%	$18,920
79	Information and Record Clerks, All Other	170	0.27%	$22,370
80	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	170	0.27%	$22,750
81	Administrative Services Managers	160	0.25%	$49,000
82	Food Service Managers	160	0.25%	$29,440
83	Computer User Support Specialists	160	0.25%	$26,240
84	Pharmacists	160	0.25%	$104,040
85	Counter and Rental Clerks	160	0.25%	$20,410
86	Chief Executives	150	0.24%	$80,510
87	Postsecondary Vocational Education Teachers	150	0.24%	$28,520
88	Machinists	150	0.24%	$26,960
89	Human Resources Specialists	140	0.22%	$36,340
90	Bill and Account Collectors	140	0.22%	$19,650
91	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	140	0.22%	$32,390
92	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	130	0.20%	$28,930
93	Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	130	0.20%	$37,000
94	Instructional Coordinators	130	0.20%	$23,610
95	Pharmacy Aides	130	0.20%	$22,110
96	Short Order Cooks	130	0.20%	$18,160
97	Insurance Sales Agents	130	0.20%	$28,980
98	Butchers and Meat Cutters	130	0.20%	$19,610
99	Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	130	0.20%	$22,050
100	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	120	0.19%	$52,360

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