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Top 100 Popular Jobs in South Illinois nonmetropolitan area

What professions have the highest employment in South Illinois nonmetropolitan area? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in South Illinois nonmetropolitan area. We note that the total employment in South Illinois nonmetropolitan area is 86,950. The most popular job is the cashier profession, which employs 2,850 people (3.28 percent of the total employment in South Illinois nonmetropolitan area). The second most common job is the stockers and order filler profession which employs 2,690 people (3.09 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in South Illinois nonmetropolitan area is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in South Illinois nonmetropolitan area (2022 survey)

Job Description # of
Empl. i
% of    
Empl. i
Average
Salary i
1 All Occupations
86,950
100.00% $41,600
2 Cashiers
2,850
3.28% $27,270
3 Stockers and Order Fillers
2,690
3.09% $35,630
4 Office Clerks, General
2,290
2.63% $36,230
5 General and Operations Managers
2,150
2.47% $72,810
6 Fast Food and Counter Workers
2,110
2.43% $27,550
7 Registered Nurses
2,090
2.40% $66,280
8 Home Health and Personal Care Aides
1,710
1.97% $28,500
9 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
1,590
1.83% $46,650
10 Correctional Officers and Jailers
1,530
1.76% $60,300
11 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
1,500
1.73% $28,200
12 Retail Salespersons
1,480
1.70% $29,730
13 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers
1,480
1.70% $36,620
14 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
1,410
1.62% $47,710
15 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
1,360
1.56% $29,600
16 Nursing Assistants
1,280
1.47% $31,780
17 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
1,250
1.44% $58,490
18 Waiters and Waitresses
1,240
1.43% $25,710
19 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
1,210
1.39% $48,720
20 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
1,120
1.29% $39,890
21 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
1,070
1.23% $36,860
22 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
1,070
1.23% $39,580
23 Customer Service Representatives
930
1.07% $36,750
24 Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives
770
0.89% $50,560
25 Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers
770
0.89% $36,170
26 First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
740
0.85% $36,040
27 Food Preparation Workers
730
0.84% $26,260
28 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
690
0.79% $40,260
29 Restaurant Cooks
680
0.78% $28,590
30 School Bus Drivers
660
0.76% $39,050
31 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
630
0.72% $40,960
32 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
620
0.71% $27,830
33 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
610
0.70% $50,210
34 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
600
0.69% $50,010
35 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
600
0.69% $39,860
36 Bartenders
590
0.68% $27,930
37 Institution and Cafeteria Cooks
570
0.66% $27,900
38 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
560
0.64% $59,570
39 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
550
0.63% $52,000
40 Receptionists and Information Clerks
530
0.61% $29,910
41 Fast Food Cooks
510
0.59% $26,140
42 First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
500
0.58% $79,350
43 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
490
0.56% $35,630
44 Tellers
470
0.54% $29,950
45 Construction Laborers
470
0.54% $47,550
46 Highway Maintenance Workers
460
0.53% $47,320
47 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
410
0.47% $50,480
48 Postal Service Mail Carriers
410
0.47% $49,890
49 Child, Family, and School Social Workers
400
0.46% $59,990
50 Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
400
0.46% $55,920
51 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
380
0.44% $62,020
52 Accountants and Auditors
370
0.43% $60,670
53 Psychiatric Technicians
370
0.43% $39,550
54 Financial Managers
360
0.41% $98,370
55 Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
360
0.41% $39,340
56 Other Business Operations Specialists
350
0.40% $83,030
57 Pharmacy Technicians
350
0.40% $35,150
58 Childcare Workers
350
0.40% $26,480
59 Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
340
0.39% $44,140
60 Short-Term Substitute Teachers
330
0.38% $29,780
61 Electricians
330
0.38% $76,030
62 Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers
330
0.38% $40,150
63 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
320
0.37% $50,770
64 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
310
0.36% $30,200
65 Medical Secretaries
310
0.36% $35,010
66 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
310
0.36% $66,820
67 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
310
0.36% $48,800
68 Medical and Health Services Managers
290
0.33% $83,240
69 Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
290
0.33% $38,400
70 Carpenters
290
0.33% $54,150
71 Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators
280
0.32% $80,780
72 Parts Salespersons
280
0.32% $32,450
73 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
280
0.32% $45,200
74 Industrial Engineers
270
0.31% $80,740
75 Rehabilitation Counselors
270
0.31% $38,120
76 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
270
0.31% $58,530
77 Loan Officers
260
0.30% $68,410
78 Firefighters
260
0.30% $44,710
79 Billing and Posting Clerks
250
0.29% $36,830
80 Social and Human Service Assistants
240
0.28% $42,430
81 Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
240
0.28% $43,670
82 Human Resources Specialists
230
0.26% $58,240
83 Software Developers
230
0.26% $120,270
84 Paramedics
230
0.26% $38,920
85 Security Guards
230
0.26% $31,580
86 Machinists
230
0.26% $49,040
87 Industrial Machinery Mechanics
220
0.25% $54,120
88 Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
210
0.24% $50,940
89 Dishwashers
210
0.24% $25,660
90 First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
210
0.24% $52,610
91 Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors
200
0.23% $40,100
92 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
200
0.23% $48,670
93 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
200
0.23% $55,980
94 Postsecondary Vocational Education Teachers
190
0.22% $36,050
95 Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers
190
0.22% $58,020
96 Pharmacists
190
0.22% $128,570
97 Legislators
180
0.21% $54,000
98 Emergency Medical Technicians
180
0.21% $31,160
99 Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
180
0.21% $26,770
100 Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
180
0.21% $45,380

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