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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 685 occupations in Michigan.

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Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Earnings	Typical Education
Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Earnings	Typical Education	1	Retail salespersons	146,620	No formal educational credential
2	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	112,610		No formal educational credential
3	Office clerks, general	106,840		High school diploma or equivalent
4	Registered nurses	98,810		Bachelor's degree
5	Cashiers	95,390		No formal educational credential
6	Customer service representatives	89,830		High school diploma or equivalent
7	Waiters and waitresses	78,830		No formal educational credential
8	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	72,760		No formal educational credential
9	Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	65,890		High school diploma or equivalent
10	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	65,120		No formal educational credential
11	General and operations managers	62,070		Bachelor's degree
12	Stock clerks and order fillers	58,850		High school diploma or equivalent
13	Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	57,170		Postsecondary non-degree award
14	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	54,370		High school diploma or equivalent
15	Nursing assistants	50,450		Postsecondary non-degree award
16	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	44,200		Some college, no degree
17	Maintenance and repair workers, general	44,130		High school diploma or equivalent
18	First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	42,840		High school diploma or equivalent
19	Personal care aides	42,580		High school diploma or equivalent
20	Mechanical engineers	38,610		Bachelor's degree
21	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	38,240		No formal educational credential
22	Elementary school teachers, except special education	36,540		Bachelor's degree
23	Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	36,130		High school diploma or equivalent
24	Cooks, restaurant	35,940		No formal educational credential
25	First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	35,450		High school diploma or equivalent
26	Accountants and auditors	35,070		Bachelor's degree
27	Teacher assistants	34,390		Some college, no degree
28	Receptionists and information clerks	31,960		High school diploma or equivalent
29	Business operations specialists, all other	31,350		Bachelor's degree
30	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	30,670		No formal educational credential
31	Light truck or delivery services drivers	29,930		High school diploma or equivalent
32	Home health aides	29,540		High school diploma or equivalent
33	Construction laborers	28,540		No formal educational credential
34	First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	27,950		High school diploma or equivalent
35	First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	27,700		High school diploma or equivalent
36	Childcare workers	27,560		High school diploma or equivalent
37	Security guards	27,000		High school diploma or equivalent
38	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	26,170		High school diploma or equivalent
39	Machinists	25,800		High school diploma or equivalent
40	Carpenters	25,790		High school diploma or equivalent
41	Industrial engineers	25,120		Bachelor's degree
42	Packers and packagers, hand	24,180		No formal educational credential
43	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	23,530		Postsecondary non-degree award
44	Sales representatives, services, all other	23,000		High school diploma or equivalent
45	Medical assistants	21,910		Postsecondary non-degree award
46	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	21,750		High school diploma or equivalent
47	Food preparation workers	21,600		No formal educational credential
48	Electricians	21,570		High school diploma or equivalent
49	Medical secretaries	20,960		High school diploma or equivalent
50	Software developers, applications	20,840		Bachelor's degree

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Typical Education

High school diploma or equivalent (274)
Bachelor's degree (151)
Some high school (86)
Master's degree or higher (83)
Some college (46)
Associate's degree (45)

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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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