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Top 100 Popular Jobs in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division

What professions have the highest employment in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division. We note that the total employment in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division is 544,950. The most popular job is the retail salesperson profession, which employs 23,540 people (4.32 percent of the total employment in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division). The second most common job is the waiters and waitresses profession which employs 16,450 people (3.02 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division is computed from data published by BLS in May 2015 [1].

Table 1. 100 Most Popular Jobs in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division

Job Description # of
Empl. i
% of    
Empl. i
Average
Salary i
1 All Occupations
544,950
100.00% $32,850
2 Retail Salespersons
23,540
4.32% $20,230
3 Waiters and Waitresses
16,450
3.02% $18,860
4 Cashiers
15,030
2.76% $18,740
5 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
13,630
2.50% $31,640
6 Customer Service Representatives
13,480
2.47% $28,030
7 Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food
13,130
2.41% $18,590
8 Registered Nurses
11,100
2.04% $66,300
9 Office Clerks, General
10,060
1.85% $26,730
10 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
9,590
1.76% $22,050
11 Security Guards
9,440
1.73% $22,050
12 Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
8,840
1.62% $21,830
13 Restaurant Cooks
7,290
1.34% $25,350
14 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
6,950
1.28% $21,980
15 Receptionists and Information Clerks
6,940
1.27% $28,910
16 Nursing Assistants
6,740
1.24% $23,240
17 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
6,710
1.23% $35,700
18 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
6,460
1.19% $33,380
19 Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives
6,100
1.12% $47,500
20 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
5,870
1.08% $51,190
21 Accountants and Auditors
5,840
1.07% $64,790
22 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
5,690
1.04% $41,560
23 General and Operations Managers
5,540
1.02% $107,020
24 Other Sales Representatives
5,440
1.00% $49,480
25 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
5,280
0.97% $46,990
26 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
5,240
0.96% $20,260
27 First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
4,790
0.88% $33,460
28 Other Business Operations Specialists
4,640
0.85% $62,730
29 Lawyers
4,460
0.82% $92,690
30 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
3,880
0.71% $34,150
31 Food Preparation Workers
3,780
0.69% $21,050
32 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
3,620
0.66% $50,820
33 Management Analysts
3,610
0.66% $73,000
34 Dishwashers
3,600
0.66% $18,690
35 Packers and Packagers
3,510
0.64% $19,570
36 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
3,400
0.62% $38,360
37 Medical Assistants
3,270
0.60% $32,930
38 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
3,270
0.60% $43,820
39 Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
3,110
0.57% $18,460
40 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
2,980
0.55% $47,760
41 Applications Software Developers
2,880
0.53% $95,910
42 Electricians
2,830
0.52% $42,610
43 Bartenders
2,830
0.52% $19,130
44 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
2,820
0.52% $59,280
45 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
2,770
0.51% $64,050
46 Billing and Posting Clerks
2,660
0.49% $35,280
47 Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers
2,500
0.46% $28,510
48 Insurance Sales Agents
2,460
0.45% $46,910
49 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
2,420
0.44% $47,160
50 Carpenters
2,350
0.43% $35,580
51 Tellers
2,330
0.43% $28,650
52 Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
2,280
0.42% $20,610
53 Paralegals and Legal Assistants
2,260
0.41% $50,590
54 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
2,160
0.40% $64,710
55 Telemarketers
2,120
0.39% $31,620
56 Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop
2,120
0.39% $18,260
57 Construction Laborers
2,100
0.39% $27,600
58 Real Estate Sales Agents
2,060
0.38% $38,650
59 Human Resources Specialists
2,040
0.37% $46,580
60 Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
2,020
0.37% $23,380
61 Home Health Aides
2,010
0.37% $22,610
62 Firefighters
1,980
0.36% $69,490
63 Counter and Rental Clerks
1,930
0.35% $24,980
64 Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
1,870
0.34% $26,880
65 Computer User Support Specialists
1,840
0.34% $44,590
66 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
1,830
0.34% $59,120
67 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
1,800
0.33% $19,110
68 Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
1,710
0.31% $18,870
69 Amusement and Recreation Attendants
1,690
0.31% $21,080
70 Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
1,640
0.30% $43,250
71 Legal Secretaries
1,640
0.30% $37,100
72 Property, Real Estate Managers
1,630
0.30% $53,650
73 First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
1,600
0.29% $70,560
74 Bakers
1,590
0.29% $22,090
75 Construction Managers
1,570
0.29% $99,230
76 Correctional Officers and Jailers
1,560
0.29% $47,040
77 Financial Managers
1,560
0.29% $113,350
78 Childcare Workers
1,550
0.28% $20,850
79 Team Assemblers
1,520
0.28% $26,990
80 Loan Officers
1,520
0.28% $86,230
81 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
1,510
0.28% $49,740
82 Pharmacy Technicians
1,470
0.27% $30,450
83 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
1,450
0.27% $56,050
84 Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors
1,440
0.26% $36,480
85 Postal Service Mail Carriers
1,410
0.26% $57,200
86 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
1,410
0.26% $24,400
87 Unknown
1,400
0.26% $49,820
88 Recreation Workers
1,360
0.25% $25,070
89 Pharmacists
1,350
0.25% $111,590
90 Teacher Assistants
1,340
0.25% $23,750
91 Painters, Construction and Maintenance
1,330
0.24% $29,930
92 Bill and Account Collectors
1,310
0.24% $33,890
93 Cost Estimators
1,280
0.23% $58,490
94 Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives
1,260
0.23% $59,110
95 Data Entry Keyers
1,230
0.23% $28,130
96 Medical Secretaries
1,230
0.23% $30,480
97 Radiologic Technologists
1,230
0.23% $49,000
98 Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
1,220
0.22% $19,280
99 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
1,200
0.22% $30,970
100 File Clerks
1,180
0.22% $28,770

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