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Careers with Largest Employment

These are the occupations that employed the most people in 2016 (for states) or 2019 (nationally). You can view this list for any state by changing the location shown to the left.

We found 533 occupations in Hawaii.

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Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Earnings	Typical Education
Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Earnings	Typical Education	1	Retail salespersons	23,450	No formal educational credential
2	Waiters and waitresses	16,340		No formal educational credential
3	Cashiers	16,130		No formal educational credential
4	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	13,960		No formal educational credential
5	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	13,920		No formal educational credential
6	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	13,060		No formal educational credential
7	Office clerks, general	12,940		High school diploma or equivalent
8	Registered nurses	11,550		Bachelor's degree
9	General and operations managers	11,330		Bachelor's degree
10	Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	11,090		High school diploma or equivalent
11	Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	10,300		High school diploma or equivalent
12	Security guards	9,830		High school diploma or equivalent
13	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	9,100		No formal educational credential
14	Stock clerks and order fillers	8,620		High school diploma or equivalent
15	Cooks, restaurant	8,500		No formal educational credential
16	First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	8,140		High school diploma or equivalent
17	Food preparation workers	7,890		No formal educational credential
18	Carpenters	7,730		High school diploma or equivalent
19	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	7,720		No formal educational credential
20	Customer service representatives	7,700		High school diploma or equivalent
21	Maintenance and repair workers, general	7,450		High school diploma or equivalent
22	Construction laborers	7,380		No formal educational credential
23	Teacher assistants	7,370		Some college, no degree
24	First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	7,110		High school diploma or equivalent
25	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	6,950		Some college, no degree
26	Elementary school teachers, except special education	6,680		Bachelor's degree
27	Nursing assistants	5,650		Postsecondary non-degree award
28	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	5,540		No formal educational credential
29	Business operations specialists, all other	5,350		Bachelor's degree
30	Accountants and auditors	5,340		Bachelor's degree
31	First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	5,240		High school diploma or equivalent
32	Managers, all other	5,240		Bachelor's degree
33	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	5,190		No formal educational credential
34	Light truck or delivery services drivers	5,180		High school diploma or equivalent
35	Property, real estate, and community association managers	4,450		High school diploma or equivalent
36	Electricians	4,370		High school diploma or equivalent
37	Home health aides	4,330		High school diploma or equivalent
38	Personal care aides	4,250		High school diploma or equivalent
39	Dishwashers	4,100		No formal educational credential
40	Childcare workers	4,020		High school diploma or equivalent
41	Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	3,930		Postsecondary non-degree award
42	Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education	3,920		Bachelor's degree
43	Painters, construction and maintenance	3,680		No formal educational credential
44	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	3,570		No formal educational credential
45	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	3,570		High school diploma or equivalent
46	Receptionists and information clerks	3,520		High school diploma or equivalent
47	Sales representatives, services, all other	3,480		High school diploma or equivalent
48	Bartenders	3,250		No formal educational credential
49	Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants	3,250		High school diploma or equivalent
50	Medical assistants	3,160		Postsecondary non-degree award

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Typical Education

High school diploma or equivalent (193)
Bachelor's degree (133)
Some high school (75)
Master's degree or higher (63)
Associate's degree (35)
Some college (34)

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About this data

Data for this report come from the U.S. Department of Labor.

State-level employment data come from Projections Central and each state's Labor Market Information office, and reflect the years 2016 to 2026.

National employment data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2019-29.

Earnings data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) May 2019 survey.

Typical education data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, Education and training assignments by detailed occupation, 2019.

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