the 100 most common jobs in america

Ranker rates the 100 most common jobs in America:

1. 1.Retail salespersons (4,155,190)
   

2. 2.Cashiers (3,354,170)
   

3. 3.Office clerks (2,789,590)
   

4. 4.Combined food preparation and serving workers (2,692,170)
   

5. 5.Registered nurses (2,661,890)
   

6. 6.Waiters and waitresses (2,244,480)
   

7. 7.Customer service representatives (2,146,120)
   

8. 8.Janitors and cleaners (2,058,610)
   

9. 9.Freight, stock, and hand material mover laborers (2,024,180)
   

10. 10.Secretaries and administrative assistants (1,841,020)
    

11. 11.Stock clerks and order fillers (1,795,970)
    

12. 12.General and operation managers (1,708,080)
    

13. 13.Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (1,675,250)
    

14. 14.Elementary school teachers (1,485,600)
    

15. 15.Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (1,466,740)
    

16. 16.Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants (1,451,090)
    

17. 17.Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives (1,367,210)
    

18. 18.First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers (1,359,950)
    

19. 19.Teacher assistants (1,249,380)
    

20. 20.Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists (1,222,770)
    

21. 21.Maintenance and repair workers (1,217,820)
    

22. 22.First-line supervisors of retail sales workers (1,172,070)
    

23. 23.Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants (1,132,070)
    

24. 24.Accountants and auditors (1,072,490)
    

25. 25.Secondary school teachers (1,053,140)
    

26. 26.Security guards (1,006,880)
    

27. 27.Receptionists and information clerks (887,080)
    

28. 28.Business operations specialists (993,980)
    

29. 29.Home health aides (982,840)
    

30. 30.Team assemblers (928,170)
    

31. 31.Restaurant Cooks (901,310)
    

32. 32.Maids and housekeeping cleaners (865,960)
    

33. 33.Landscaping and groundskeeping workers (829,350)
    

34. 34.Food preparation workers (802,650)
    

35. 35.Light truck or delivery service drivers (780,260)
    

36. 36.Construction laborers (777,700)
    

37. 37.First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers (773,400)
    

38. 38.Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses (730,290)
    

39. 39.Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks (687,850)
    

40. 40.Personal care aides (686,030)
    

41. 41.Packers and packagers (676,870)
    

42. 42.Middle school teachers (655,090)
    

43. 43.Police and sheriff’s patrol officers (644,300)
    

44. 44.Carpenters (620,410)
    

45. 45.Childcare workers (611,280)
    

46. 46.Automotive service technicians and mechanics (587,510)
    

47. 47.Computer support specialists (579,270)
    

48. 48.Lawyers (561,350)
    

49. 49.Tellers (556,310)
    

50. 50.First-line supervisors of production and operating workers (555,260)
    

51. 51.Management analysts (536,310)
    

52. 52.Service sales representatives (531,410)
    

53. 53.Fast food cooks (525,350)
    

54. 54.Medical assistants (523,260)
    

55. 55.Industrial truck and tractor operators (518,350)
    

56. 56.Electricians (514,760)
    

57. 57.Dishwashers (505,950)
    

58. 58.Application software developers (499,280)
    

59. 59.Computer system analysts (495,800)
    

60. 60.Bartenders (495,350)
    

61. 61.Medical secretaries (494,650)
    

62. 62.Billing and posting clerks (483,440)
    

63. 63.Financial managers (478,940)
    

64. 64.First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers (474,510)
    

65. 65.School or special client Bus drivers (467,610)
    

66. 66.Correction officers and jailers (457,550)
    

67. 67.Cafeteria, food concession and coffee shop counter attendants (446,660)
    

68. 68.Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists (417,880)
    

69. 69.First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers (415,900)
    

70. 70.Counter and rental clerks (414,730)
    

71. 71.Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, weighers (410,750)
    

72. 72.Bill and account collectors (399,950)
    

73. 73.Helpers-production workers (394,270)
    

74. 74.Dining room, cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers (390,920)
    

75. 75.Institution and cafeteria cooks (387,700)
    

76. 76.Technical and scientific products sales representatives (381,080)
    

77. 77.Systems software developers (378,920)
    

78. 78.Driver/sales workers (371,670)
    

79. 79.Preschool teachers (369,380)
    

80. 80.Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (358,790)
    

81. 81.Social and human service assistants (357,500)
    

82. 82.Machinists (352,650)
    

83. 83.Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists (349,420)
    

84. 84.Packing and filling machine operators and tenders (342,280)
    

85. 85.Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (334,730)
    

86. 86.Computer programmers (333,620)
    

87. 87.Pharmacy technicians (333,500)
    

88. 88.Network and computer systems administrators (333,210)
    

89. 89.Restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop hosts and hostesses (329,020)
    

90. 90.Postal service mail carriers (324,990)
    

91. 91.Sales managers (310,300)
    

92. 92.Insurance sales agents (318,800)
    

93. 93.Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers (314,260)
    

94. 94.Firefighters (302,400)
    

95. 95.Dental assistants (294,030)
    

96. 96.Physicians (293,740)
    

97. 97.Recreation workers (293,430)
    

98. 98.Telemarketers (231,900)
    

99. 99.Computer and information systems managers (288,660)
    

100. 100.Cleaners of vehicles and equipment (288,110)
     

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