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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Dayton, OH

What professions have the highest employment in Dayton, OH? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Dayton, OH. We note that the total employment in Dayton, OH is 363,200. The most popular job is the fast food and counter worker profession, which employs 10,370 people (2.86 percent of the total employment in Dayton, OH). The second most common job is the registered nurses profession which employs 10,280 people (2.83 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Dayton, OH is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Dayton, OH (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	363,200	100.00%	$45,130
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers	10,370	2.86%	$23,810
3	Registered Nurses	10,280	2.83%	$76,660
4	Retail Salespersons	8,740	2.41%	$28,510
5	Cashiers	8,470	2.33%	$25,760
6	General and Operations Managers	8,400	2.31%	$83,420
7	Stockers and Order Fillers	7,180	1.98%	$31,850
8	Customer Service Representatives	6,610	1.82%	$37,260
9	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	6,160	1.70%	$28,050
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	5,730	1.58%	$36,370
11	Office Clerks, General	5,700	1.57%	$38,480
12	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	5,610	1.54%	$34,240
13	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	5,300	1.46%	$29,990
14	Waiters and Waitresses	4,910	1.35%	$23,420
15	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	4,610	1.27%	$49,190
16	Nursing Assistants	4,120	1.13%	$35,250
17	Other Business Operations Specialists	4,070	1.12%	$90,080
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	3,800	1.05%	$38,830
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	3,800	1.05%	$45,960
20	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	3,770	1.04%	$76,220
21	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	3,550	0.98%	$65,190
22	Software Developers	3,490	0.96%	$100,960
23	Restaurant Cooks	3,310	0.91%	$29,520
24	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	3,160	0.87%	$44,720
25	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	3,090	0.85%	$34,430
26	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	2,940	0.81%	$56,270
27	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,760	0.76%	$32,550
28	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,730	0.75%	$42,020
29	Driver/Sales Workers	2,720	0.75%	$22,510
30	Receptionists and Information Clerks	2,650	0.73%	$30,830
31	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,630	0.72%	$76,550
32	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2,620	0.72%	$50,980
33	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	2,560	0.70%	$81,910
34	Accountants and Auditors	2,540	0.70%	$72,800
35	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	2,490	0.69%	$37,980
36	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	2,410	0.66%	$75,810
37	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	2,410	0.66%	$36,680
38	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,270	0.62%	$34,780
39	Computer User Support Specialists	2,120	0.58%	$48,150
40	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	2,100	0.58%	$58,920
41	Management Analysts	2,070	0.57%	$90,080
42	Human Resources Specialists	2,050	0.56%	$62,470
43	Security Guards	2,040	0.56%	$28,360
44	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	2,020	0.56%	$41,670
45	Machinists	1,980	0.55%	$48,250
46	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,940	0.53%	$62,150
47	Medical Secretaries	1,920	0.53%	$37,440
48	Project Management Specialists	1,910	0.53%	$88,620
49	Medical Assistants	1,890	0.52%	$36,900
50	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,820	0.50%	$43,020
51	Engineers, All Other	1,790	0.49%	$125,490
52	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,710	0.47%	$77,580
53	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	1,610	0.44%	$58,680
54	Industrial Engineers	1,610	0.44%	$87,460
55	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,600	0.44%	$44,550
56	Mechanical Engineers	1,580	0.44%	$82,420
57	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,560	0.43%	$46,390
58	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,540	0.42%	$26,970
59	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,530	0.42%	$84,990
60	Computer Systems Analysts	1,490	0.41%	$98,960
61	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	1,480	0.41%	$33,530
62	Fast Food Cooks	1,470	0.40%	$25,900
63	Firefighters	1,460	0.40%	$49,660
64	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	1,450	0.40%	$49,600
65	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	1,430	0.39%	$44,850
66	Bartenders	1,400	0.39%	$23,070
67	Construction Laborers	1,400	0.39%	$46,780
68	Medical and Health Services Managers	1,380	0.38%	$100,330
69	Electricians	1,370	0.38%	$56,710
70	All Other Physicians	1,340	0.37%	$199,090
71	Food Preparation Workers	1,330	0.37%	$28,410
72	Financial Managers	1,320	0.36%	$117,790
73	Logisticians	1,320	0.36%	$92,830
74	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	1,320	0.36%	$50,700
75	Pharmacy Technicians	1,270	0.35%	$36,830
76	Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers	1,190	0.33%	$37,870
77	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,160	0.32%	$66,160
78	Billing and Posting Clerks	1,110	0.31%	$39,840
79	Packers and Packagers	1,100	0.30%	$33,910
80	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	1,090	0.30%	$119,230
81	Carpenters	1,090	0.30%	$49,120
82	Other Postsecondary Teachers	1,080	0.30%	$64,390
83	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,060	0.29%	$70,420
84	Computer Occupations, All Other	1,050	0.29%	$100,630
85	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	1,050	0.29%	$48,600
86	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	1,040	0.29%	$21,970
87	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,040	0.29%	$37,740
88	Coaches and Scouts	1,030	0.28%	$37,230
89	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	1,020	0.28%	$28,500
90	Aerospace Engineers	1,010	0.28%	$116,130
91	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	1,010	0.28%	$48,920
92	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	990	0.27%	$35,560
93	Pharmacists	980	0.27%	$127,920
94	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	970	0.27%	$26,550
95	Food Service Managers	960	0.26%	$51,850
96	Loan Officers	960	0.26%	$63,180
97	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	960	0.26%	$27,690
98	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	950	0.26%	$60,040
99	Other Financial Specialists	940	0.26%	$98,280
100	Postal Service Mail Carriers	930	0.26%	$55,640

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