Top 100 Occupations Ranked by Employment: 1997

Chicago Six-county Region

Rank	OES Code	Occupation	Employment
1	55347	General office clerks	148,483
2	19005	General managers and top executives	140,329
3	49011	Salespersons, retail	129,476
4	55108	Secretaries, except legal and medical	124,846
5	49023	Cashiers	107,652
6	67005	Janitors and cleaners	94,026
7	55338	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	87,677
8	32502	Registered nurses	87,626
9	98999	All other helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	77,472
10	51002	Clerical supervisors and managers	64,928
11	21114	Accountants and auditors	53,699
12	49021	Stock clerks, sales floor	52,783
13	65008	Waiters and waitresses	52,670
14	49008	Other sales representatives, except retail	51,585
15	97102	Truck drivers, heavy	48,445
16	49999	All other sales and related workers	48,399
17	41002	Marketing and sales worker supervisors	48,334
18	66008	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	47,094
19	63047	Guards	46,075
20	55305	Receptionists and information clerks	45,050
21	63014	Police patrol officers	44,674
22	85132	Maintenance repairers, general utility	41,164
23	65038	Food preparation workers	40,443
24	98700	Freight, stock, and material movers, hand	39,489
25	98902	Hand packers and packagers	39,273
26	39999	All other professional, paraprofessional, and technical workers	39,209
27	13002	Financial managers	37,896
28	55307	Typists, including word processing	36,497
29	93198	All other precision assemblers, except metals	36,004
30	53102	Bank tellers	33,483
31	97105	Truck drivers, light	31,611
32	87102	Carpenters	31,081
33	59999	All other clerical and administrative support workers	30,617
34	28108	Lawyers	30,283
35	19999	All other managers and administrators	29,953
36	21999	All other management support workers	28,135
37	65017	Counter attendants, lunchrooms, cafeterias	28,108
38	58023	Stock clerks, stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard	27,852
39	58028	Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks	27,501
40	13011	Marketing, advertising, and public relations managers	27,396
41	67002	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	27,087
42	25102	Systems analysts	27,072
43	65032	Cooks, fast food	26,869
44	65014	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bar helpers	26,248
45	56017	Data entry keyers, except composing	26,159
46	87202	Electricians	25,830
47	63008	Fire fighters	24,747
48	32102	Physicians	24,268
49	49005	Sales representatives, scientific products and services	23,006
50	85302	Automotive mechanics	22,584
51	97108	Bus drivers	22,258
52	32505	Licensed practical nurses	21,537
53	25105	Computer programmers	21,139
54	53123	Adjustment clerks	19,658
55	65026	Cooks, restaurant	19,173
56	81008	First line supervisors, production and related	18,405
57	55102	Legal secretaries	17,978
58	97947	Industrial truck and tractor operators	17,766
59	31305	Teachers, elementary	17,750
60	69999	All other service workers	17,709
61	65005	Bartenders	17,605
62	55344	Billing, cost, and rate clerks	16,329
63	22505	Electrical and electronic technicians and technologists	16,289
64	21511	Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists	16,277
65	79014	Gardeners and groundskeepers, except farm	16,213
66	65041	Food preparation and service workers, fast food	16,174
67	55323	Order clerks, materials, merchandise, and service	15,455
68	32999	All other health professionals and paraprofessionals	15,310
69	87502	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	15,079
70	22126	Electrical and electronics engineers	14,859
71	56011	Computer operators, except peripheral equipment	14,741
72	43014	Securities and financial services sales workers	14,230
73	13017	Engineering, mathematical, and natural science managers	14,162
74	68005	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	14,111
75	89108	Machinists	13,493
76	43002	Insurance sales workers	13,490
77	92974	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	13,479
78	55321	File clerks	13,322
79	61000	First line supervisors, service workers	13,263
80	81002	First line supervisors, mechanical and related	13,239
81	66011	Home health aides	13,013
82	83005	Product inspectors, testers, graders, sorters, samplers, etc.	12,917
83	21108	Loan officers and counselors	12,349
84	31314	Teachers and instructors, vocational education and training	12,037
85	53508	Bill and account collectors	12,027
86	65035	Cooks, short order	11,905
87	13014	Administrative services managers	11,678
88	15026	Food service and lodging managers	11,613
89	13008	Purchasing managers	11,598
90	93999	All other hand workers	11,564
91	49017	Counter and rental clerks	11,563
92	85311	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	11,458
93	31308	Teachers, secondary school	11,430
94	68026	Flight attendants	11,365
95	53302	Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators	11,313
96	15017	Construction managers	11,136
97	67099	All other cleaning and building service workers	11,108
98	53128	Brokerage clerks	11,062
99	13005	Personnel, training, and labor relations managers	11,014
100	49014	Salespersons, parts	10,913
Source: Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL)