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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area

What professions have the highest employment in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area. We note that the total employment in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is 117,570. The most popular job is the home health and personal care aides profession, which employs 5,470 people (4.65 percent of the total employment in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area). The second most common job is the cashier profession which employs 3,380 people (2.87 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	117,570	100.00%	$42,630
2	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	5,470	4.65%	$30,170
3	Cashiers	3,380	2.87%	$27,830
4	General and Operations Managers	2,830	2.41%	$76,530
5	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,790	2.37%	$48,650
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	2,750	2.34%	$39,320
7	Retail Salespersons	2,540	2.16%	$29,250
8	Registered Nurses	2,390	2.03%	$78,520
9	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,350	2.00%	$35,400
10	Office Clerks, General	2,170	1.85%	$38,890
11	Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,160	1.84%	$27,650
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	2,070	1.76%	$37,630
13	Slaughterers and Meat Packers	2,010	1.71%	$37,560
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,820	1.55%	$34,270
15	Nursing Assistants	1,780	1.51%	$36,290
16	Stockers and Order Fillers	1,680	1.43%	$31,180
17	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,570	1.34%	$59,990
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,540	1.31%	$41,090
19	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,490	1.27%	$43,590
20	Customer Service Representatives	1,370	1.17%	$38,210
21	Construction Laborers	1,370	1.17%	$46,440
22	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,290	1.10%	$47,490
23	Waiters and Waitresses	1,260	1.07%	$23,340
24	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,190	1.01%	$39,660
25	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,140	0.97%	$60,290
26	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,120	0.95%	$51,210
27	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	1,090	0.93%	$36,240
28	Restaurant Cooks	990	0.84%	$33,200
29	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	990	0.84%	$65,680
30	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	970	0.83%	$39,170
31	Bartenders	920	0.78%	$23,730
32	Accountants and Auditors	890	0.76%	$62,410
33	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	870	0.74%	$49,400
34	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	850	0.72%	$59,510
35	Food Preparation Workers	820	0.70%	$28,920
36	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	790	0.67%	$41,600
37	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	780	0.66%	$62,060
38	School Bus Drivers	750	0.64%	$43,620
39	Carpenters	690	0.59%	$46,870
40	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	640	0.54%	$44,240
41	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	630	0.54%	$29,830
42	Machinists	630	0.54%	$45,450
43	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	620	0.53%	$36,380
44	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	600	0.51%	$35,520
45	Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	570	0.48%	$31,280
46	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	570	0.48%	$51,460
47	Electricians	540	0.46%	$59,820
48	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	540	0.46%	$45,830
49	Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	530	0.45%	$49,840
50	Receptionists and Information Clerks	510	0.43%	$31,140
51	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	510	0.43%	$72,360
52	Social and Human Service Assistants	500	0.43%	$39,660
53	Industrial Engineers	490	0.42%	$81,170
54	Parts Salespersons	470	0.40%	$39,940
55	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	470	0.40%	$54,840
56	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	460	0.39%	$36,720
57	Highway Maintenance Workers	460	0.39%	$51,840
58	Other Social Workers	440	0.37%	$62,870
59	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	440	0.37%	$60,920
60	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	440	0.37%	$57,300
61	Financial Managers	430	0.37%	$103,260
62	Tellers	430	0.37%	$34,980
63	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	430	0.37%	$40,200
64	Postal Service Mail Carriers	420	0.36%	$49,920
65	Medical and Health Services Managers	410	0.35%	$90,750
66	Medical Secretaries	410	0.35%	$42,440
67	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	410	0.35%	$74,680
68	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	400	0.34%	$33,830
69	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	390	0.33%	$49,600
70	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	390	0.33%	$58,950
71	Correctional Officers and Jailers	380	0.32%	$45,020
72	Driver/Sales Workers	380	0.32%	$26,820
73	Other Business Operations Specialists	370	0.31%	$58,600
74	Emergency Medical Technicians	370	0.31%	$38,480
75	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	350	0.30%	$47,120
76	Human Resources Specialists	340	0.29%	$62,070
77	Medical Assistants	340	0.29%	$42,720
78	Childcare Workers	340	0.29%	$25,590
79	Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	340	0.29%	$47,470
80	Recreation Workers	330	0.28%	$32,340
81	Loan Officers	320	0.27%	$73,190
82	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	320	0.27%	$34,930
83	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	300	0.26%	$48,980
84	Fast Food Cooks	300	0.26%	$26,210
85	Food Batchmakers	300	0.26%	$31,210
86	Packers and Packagers	300	0.26%	$28,780
87	Secondary School Special Education Teachers	290	0.25%	$60,390
88	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	290	0.25%	$59,590
89	Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	290	0.25%	$55,640
90	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	280	0.24%	$58,600
91	Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	280	0.24%	$37,560
92	Chief Executives	270	0.23%	$128,840
93	Industrial Production Managers	270	0.23%	$96,630
94	Dental Assistants	270	0.23%	$50,020
95	Insurance Sales Agents	270	0.23%	$56,450
96	Billing and Posting Clerks	270	0.23%	$44,310
97	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	270	0.23%	$58,050
98	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	270	0.23%	$44,880
99	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	260	0.22%	$60,730
100	Pharmacy Technicians	260	0.22%	$37,630

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