What are the most common jobs in Washington, DC?

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Zippia Team · Accepted Answer

Ask anyone to rattle off the first three jobs that come to mind and they'll probably mention teachers or police officers. And while those are some of the most common jobs kids want to be when they grow up, they aren't actually one of the most common jobs in Washington.

So we asked our data scientists at Zippia to identify what the most common jobs in Washington, DC actually are. Using data aggregated from public sources including the BLS and Census, they came back with an answer. The most common job in Washington, DC is an internship with 26,939 current interns and 125 open positions.

The top ten most common jobs in Washington, DC are:

How we determined the most common jobs in Washington

Using the Zippia database of several million resume, job, and salary records from various sources including the BLS, Census, and H1B visas, we were able to identify the most common professions in Washington.

We started from a set of over 10,000 job titles and narrowed it down to the job titles with the most observations in Washington, DC. We ordered them from the most to least with the job title having the largest number of observations being the most common jobs.

Detailed List Of The Most Common Jobs In Washington, DC

Rank	Job Title	Count	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Internship	26,939	$37,487	$22,000
2	Administrative Assistant	10,522	$42,174	$27,000
3	Cashier	6,470	$27,521	$19,000
4	Office Assistant	4,867	$40,275	$26,000
5	Security Officer	4,709	$36,484	$25,000
6	Research Assistant	4,440	$48,678	$28,000
7	Consultant	4,199	$85,649	$58,000
8	Sales Associate	4,156	$38,276	$20,000
9	Volunteer	3,757	$36,032	$20,000
10	Executive Assistant	3,524	$52,693	$33,000
11	Receptionist	2,900	$32,107	$23,000
12	Project Manager	2,893	$100,258	$63,000
13	Associate	2,883	$75,310	$35,000
14	Server	2,692	$34,587	$21,000
15	Legal Extern	2,684	$72,599	$31,000
16	Customer Service Representative	2,606	$32,394	$22,000
17	Fellow	2,591	$59,333	$36,000
18	Assistant	2,482	$53,025	$27,000
19	Research Internship	2,435	$34,964	$19,000
20	Manager	2,429	$106,658	$62,000
21	Office Manager	2,410	$62,102	$38,000
22	Law Clerk	2,347	$72,927	$39,000
23	Program Manager	2,320	$98,666	$57,000
24	Legal Secretary	2,258	$55,999	$35,000
25	Legal Assistant	2,244	$51,021	$33,000
26	Program Assistant	2,169	$40,689	$28,000
27	Staff Assistant	2,153	$57,633	$30,000
28	Teacher	1,993	$56,018	$36,000
29	Special Police	1,982	$43,744	$30,000
30	Medical Assistant	1,972	$36,859	$25,000
31	Congressional Internship	1,869	$72,686	$40,000
32	Assistant Manager	1,718	$49,744	$27,000
33	Director	1,706	$102,328	$48,000
34	Supervisor	1,643	$51,776	$29,000
35	Communications Internship	1,577	$47,121	$26,000
36	Secretary	1,576	$54,516	$37,000
37	Registered Nurse	1,548	$76,023	$48,000
38	Team Leader	1,540	$83,448	$36,000
39	Certified Nursing Assistant	1,496	$30,727	$22,000
40	Marketing Internship	1,489	$36,867	$22,000
41	Paralegal	1,471	$51,332	$34,000
42	Programming Internship	1,456	$36,531	$22,000
43	Program Analyst	1,455	$87,197	$58,000
44	Teacher Assistant	1,446	$26,271	$15,000
45	Policy Internship	1,422	$83,920	$49,000
46	Home Health Aid	1,418	$26,728	$20,000
47	Research Associate	1,413	$67,084	$43,000
48	Program Coordinator	1,390	$54,261	$35,000
49	Security Guard	1,377	$35,556	$24,000
50	Coordinator	1,283	$53,053	$31,000
51	General Manager	1,248	$87,049	$45,000
52	Attorney	1,247	$117,679	$63,000
53	Vice President	1,246	$192,777	$107,000
54	Analyst	1,241	$76,404	$52,000
55	Specialist	1,238	$78,039	$41,000
56	Account Executive	1,228	$65,105	$33,000
57	Legislative Assistant	1,226	$63,913	$37,000
58	Case Manager	1,216	$56,409	$33,000
59	Contract Attorney	1,200	$101,416	$56,000
60	Senior Consultant	1,193	$106,356	$76,000
61	Operations Manager	1,135	$91,624	$51,000
62	Police Officer	1,101	$55,228	$38,000
63	Driver	1,097	$31,772	$16,000
64	Senior Project Manager	1,087	$119,449	$78,000
65	Student Internship	1,073	$39,611	$25,000
66	Human Resources Assistant	1,046	$42,845	$30,000
67	Technical Support Specialist	1,034	$62,476	$37,000
68	Information Technology Specialist	1,015	$99,565	$69,000
69	Staff Nurse	993	$69,605	$44,000
70	Hostess	987	$23,966	$17,000
71	Teaching Assistant	979	$25,236	$13,000
72	Barista	977	$24,034	$17,000
73	Clerk	959	$39,282	$25,000
74	Systems Administrator	951	$77,752	$58,000
75	Store Manager	948	$57,106	$31,000
76	Research Analyst	939	$53,456	$32,000
77	Contractor	928	$80,075	$38,000
78	Bartender	921	$22,037	$15,000
79	Concierge	921	$27,104	$19,000
80	Business Analyst	919	$78,763	$58,000
81	Research And Development Internship	912	$27,730	$16,000
82	Tutor	911	$38,605	$21,000
83	Labour	897	$80,075	$38,000
84	Staff Accountant	895	$59,819	$42,000
85	Executive Director	892	$116,629	$55,000
86	Public Affairs Internship	881	$41,996	$24,000
87	Teacher Aide	881	$29,541	$21,000
88	Cook	875	$30,680	$21,000
89	Medical Assisting Extern	863	$35,966	$19,000
90	Human Resource Specialist	852	$76,244	$48,000
91	Finance Analyst	846	$69,947	$40,000
92	President	846	$218,042	$107,000
93	Sales Representative	843	$58,756	$28,000
94	Office Administrator	842	$48,224	$30,000
95	Instructor	838	$52,496	$27,000
96	Senior Associate	837	$88,986	$57,000
97	Maintenance Technician	833	$45,621	$30,000
98	Assistant Director	824	$67,444	$33,000
99	Project Coordinator	821	$61,831	$38,000
100	Accountant	819	$60,730	$42,000

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