Retailers ranked as the most common job with about 4.5 million jobs. Cashiers, food preparation and service workers, and official employees also held the five most common jobs, according to the data. American Job Centers can help you search for work and offer job search workshops, free computer access, and more. The figures published by the Occupational Employment Statistics of the Office of Labor Statistics on the occupational employment and salaries of more than 800 professions were reviewed to determine the most and least common jobs in the country.

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