Occupational employment / Amarillo, TX

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Amarillo, TX" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 108,640 $16.88 $35,110
Office and administrative support occupations 19,630 $13.08 $27,210
Sales and related occupations 11,050 $13.92 $28,940
Food preparation and serving related occupations 10,100 $8.41 $17,490
Production occupations 7,830 $14.48 $30,120
Transportation and material moving occupations 7,180 $13.33 $27,720
Education, training, and library occupations 7,170 $19.19 $39,920
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,600 $31.98 $66,510
Construction and extraction occupations 6,150 $15.74 $32,750
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,250 $17.12 $35,620
Management occupations 4,030 $40.32 $83,860
Retail salespersons 3,930 $11.45 $23,810
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,650 $9.27 $19,270
Protective service occupations 3,610 $17.48 $36,360
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,580 $7.36 $15,310
Business and financial operations occupations 3,490 $27.54 $57,270
Cashiers 3,040 $7.91 $16,460
Healthcare support occupations 3,040 $10.48 $21,800
Office clerks, general 2,420 $9.96 $20,720
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,390 $11.76 $24,470
Waiters and waitresses 2,350 $7.80 $16,230
Personal care and service occupations 2,340 $8.87 $18,450
Registered nurses 2,310 $27.64 $57,490
Customer service representatives 1,930 $12.42 $25,830
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,850 $9.24 $19,210
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,700 $31.31 $65,120
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,690 $18.03 $37,500
General and operations managers 1,580 $45.20 $94,020
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,560 $14.44 $30,040
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,520 $9.80 $20,380
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,400 $9.76 $20,300
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,370 $17.13 $35,620
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,350 $20.18 $41,980
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,330 $29.47 $61,290
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,310 $16.57 $34,460
Slaughterers and meat packers 1,310 $10.61 $22,060
Construction laborers 1,300 $10.85 $22,570
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,140 $18.12 $37,690
Security guards 1,140 $16.02 $33,330
Community and social services occupations 1,110 $18.83 $39,170
Teacher assistants 1,090 Not available $17,310
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,070 $9.79 $20,360
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,050 $12.73 $26,470
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,030 $12.52 $26,040
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 930 $25.36 $52,740
Life, physical, and social science occupations 910 $27.38 $56,940
Receptionists and information clerks 910 $10.92 $22,720
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 900 $7.54 $15,690
Accountants and auditors 880 $27.45 $57,100
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 830 Not available $44,210
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 790 Not available $43,490
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 770 $12.86 $26,750
Cooks, restaurant 760 $9.72 $20,220
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 760 $16.70 $34,740
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 710 $9.67 $20,110
Legal occupations 710 $29.73 $61,840
Home health aides 680 $7.57 $15,730
Driver/sales workers 640 $10.80 $22,460
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 630 $28.70 $59,690
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 580 $15.30 $31,820
Industrial truck and tractor operators 560 $14.10 $29,340
Packers and packagers, hand 540 $9.28 $19,290
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 520 $7.89 $16,420
Tellers 520 $10.74 $22,340
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 470 $8.29 $17,250
Business operations specialists, all other 460 $33.99 $70,710
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 460 $11.38 $23,680
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 450 $25.02 $52,050
Butchers and meat cutters 440 $11.03 $22,930
Counter and rental clerks 440 $9.80 $20,370
Industrial machinery mechanics 440 $20.30 $42,220
Preschool teachers, except special education 440 $9.88 $20,560
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 430 $8.97 $18,650
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 430 $24.10 $50,120
Order clerks 430 $12.25 $25,480
Electricians 420 $20.65 $42,960
Data entry keyers 410 $11.96 $24,870
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 400 $13.06 $27,160
Carpenters 380 $14.40 $29,960
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 380 $19.39 $40,330
Pharmacy technicians 380 $13.38 $27,820
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 350 $8.16 $16,970
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 340 $15.08 $31,370
Bill and account collectors 330 $13.55 $28,190
Sales representatives, services, all other 330 $22.84 $47,500
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 330 $18.54 $38,550
Instructional coordinators 320 $24.08 $50,090
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 310 $7.43 $15,460
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 290 $12.86 $26,750
Team assemblers 290 $18.11 $37,660
Computer support specialists 280 $19.83 $41,240
Dishwashers 280 $7.54 $15,680
Pharmacists 280 $49.34 $102,620
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 270 $18.59 $38,660
Computer programmers 270 $36.31 $75,520
Lawyers 270 $44.68 $92,940
Postal service mail carriers 270 Not available Not available
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 270 $14.80 $30,790
Parts salespersons 250 $13.99 $29,110
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 240 $8.33 $17,320
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 240 $14.02 $29,170
Insurance sales agents 240 $27.18 $56,540
Painters, construction and maintenance 240 $13.88 $28,860
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 240 $18.39 $38,260
Administrative services managers 230 $42.54 $88,470
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 230 $17.53 $36,460
Network and computer systems administrators 230 $30.10 $62,610
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 230 $10.38 $21,590
Bartenders 220 $8.23 $17,110
Coaches and scouts 220 Not available $47,230
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 220 $24.34 $50,620
Medical and health services managers 220 $37.32 $77,630
Medical secretaries 220 $13.18 $27,410
Paralegals and legal assistants 220 $19.13 $39,790
Dental assistants 210 $14.67 $30,520
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 210 $19.08 $39,690
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 210 $10.78 $22,420
Radiologic technologists and technicians 210 $22.63 $47,060
Cement masons and concrete finishers 200 $15.26 $31,740
Machinists 200 $20.78 $43,220
Amusement and recreation attendants 190 $7.37 $15,330
Financial managers 190 $50.27 $104,560
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 190 $10.74 $22,340
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 190 $14.03 $29,170
Loan officers 190 $35.20 $73,220
Public relations specialists 190 $22.19 $46,140
Tire repairers and changers 190 $9.90 $20,590
Civil engineering technicians 180 $15.95 $33,170
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 180 $26.20 $54,500
Food service managers 180 $21.91 $45,580
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 180 Not available Not available
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 180 $16.58 $34,490
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 170 $12.80 $26,610
Construction managers 170 $32.83 $68,290
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 170 $18.10 $37,650
Food preparation workers 170 $8.66 $18,020
Logisticians 170 $25.22 $52,450
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 170 $14.72 $30,610
Physical therapists 170 $31.26 $65,030
Property, real estate, and community association managers 170 $17.50 $36,390
Recreation workers 170 $7.83 $16,300
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 170 $22.67 $47,160
Computer systems analysts 160 $29.72 $61,810
Cost estimators 160 $26.37 $54,850
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 160 $16.27 $33,830
Training and development specialists 160 $22.88 $47,590
All other information and record clerks 150 $17.02 $35,390
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 150 $24.07 $50,060
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 150 $17.01 $35,390
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 150 $13.91 $28,930
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 150 $22.68 $47,180
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 150 Not available $47,360
Bus drivers, school 140 $9.35 $19,440
Financial specialists, all other 140 $18.13 $37,720
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 140 $16.16 $33,610
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 140 $10.44 $21,720
Management analysts 140 $24.96 $51,910
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 140 $22.83 $47,490
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 140 $36.74 $76,420
Chief executives 130 $54.37 $113,090
Child, family, and school social workers 130 $16.08 $33,440
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 130 $10.69 $22,240
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 130 $12.91 $26,850
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 130 $8.81 $18,330
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $13.91 $28,930
Market research analysts 130 $23.27 $48,400
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 130 $15.43 $32,100
Network systems and data communications analysts 130 $29.76 $61,890
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 130 $28.43 $59,130
Switchboard operators, including answering service 130 $11.43 $23,770
Conveyor operators and tenders 120 $10.15 $21,110
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 120 $26.51 $55,130
Hazardous materials removal workers 120 $26.05 $54,180
Healthcare support workers, all other 120 $13.51 $28,110
Legal secretaries 120 $18.50 $38,480
Sewing machine operators 120 $8.55 $17,770
Social and community service managers 120 $21.10 $43,880
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 120 $15.25 $31,720
Civil engineers 110 $36.18 $75,260
Computer and information systems managers 110 $56.35 $117,200
Financial analysts 110 $33.53 $69,740
Graphic designers 110 $13.91 $28,920
Librarians 110 $22.52 $46,850
Loan interviewers and clerks 110 $14.16 $29,460
Medical records and health information technicians 110 $13.50 $28,080
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available $58,410
Office machine operators, except computer 110 $9.81 $20,400
Brickmasons and blockmasons 100 $15.54 $32,320
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 100 $14.36 $29,870
Medical and public health social workers 100 $19.16 $39,860
Printing machine operators 100 $9.81 $20,410
Speech-language pathologists 100 $24.74 $51,460
Surgical technologists 100 $17.75 $36,930
Advertising sales agents 90 $16.11 $33,520
Agricultural and food science technicians 90 $14.10 $29,340
Automotive body and related repairers 90 $16.19 $33,680
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 90 $24.86 $51,710
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 90 $26.27 $54,640
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 90 $23.03 $47,910
Construction and building inspectors 90 $15.89 $33,060
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 90 $7.36 $15,300
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 90 $14.18 $29,490
File clerks 90 $10.68 $22,210
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 90 $26.32 $54,750
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 90 $10.76 $22,370
Machine feeders and offbearers 90 $9.21 $19,160
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 90 $11.63 $24,190
Medical transcriptionists 90 $14.71 $30,590
Opticians, dispensing 90 $13.89 $28,880
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 90 $16.15 $33,600
Teachers and instructors, all other 90 Not available $24,120
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 90 $36.30 $75,490
Bakers 80 $9.30 $19,340
Database administrators 80 $30.55 $63,540
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 80 $13.06 $27,160
Engineers, all other 80 $51.69 $107,510
Floral designers 80 $11.89 $24,740
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 80 $36.44 $75,800
Industrial production managers 80 $46.22 $96,130
Library assistants, clerical 80 $9.87 $20,530
Personal financial advisors 80 Not available Not available
Procurement clerks 80 $12.61 $26,240
Producers and directors 80 $19.28 $40,100
Real estate sales agents 80 $23.82 $49,560
Sales managers 80 $40.20 $83,610
Sheet metal workers 80 $19.04 $39,590
Architects, except landscape and naval 70 $26.92 $55,990
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 70 $24.79 $51,560
Computer software engineers, applications 70 $36.48 $75,890
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 70 $16.73 $34,800
Demonstrators and product promoters 70 $11.64 $24,220
Dental hygienists 70 $24.66 $51,290
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 70 $12.64 $26,280
Nonfarm animal caretakers 70 $9.35 $19,460
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 70 $12.82 $26,660
Physical therapist assistants 70 $21.73 $45,200
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 70 $23.19 $48,230
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $21.47 $44,650
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 60 $16.26 $33,820
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 60 $11.62 $24,170
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $14.59 $30,350
Gaming and sports book writers and runners 60 $13.15 $27,340
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 60 $19.56 $40,690
Maintenance workers, machinery 60 $12.06 $25,090
Marketing managers 60 $53.17 $110,600
Veterinary technologists and technicians 60 $13.15 $27,360
Agricultural inspectors 50 $22.02 $45,800
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 50 $23.56 $49,010
Chiropractors 50 $35.91 $74,690
Computer operators 50 $14.24 $29,620
Education administrators, postsecondary 50 $42.78 $88,970
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 50 $15.04 $31,290
Electrical engineers 50 $38.16 $79,370
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 50 $20.81 $43,290
Engineering managers 50 $62.85 $130,720
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 50 $25.89 $53,850
Food batchmakers 50 $10.14 $21,100
Motor vehicle operators, all other 50 Not available Not available
Occupational therapists 50 $30.40 $63,240
Office and administrative support workers, all other 50 $12.56 $26,120
Photographers 50 $13.42 $27,910
Photographic processing machine operators 50 $9.44 $19,630
Physical therapist aides 50 $10.46 $21,760
Protective service workers, all other 50 $8.96 $18,630
Residential advisors 50 $11.75 $24,440
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 50 $11.11 $23,110
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 40 $27.92 $58,080
Computer software engineers, systems software 40 $34.49 $71,740
Crane and tower operators 40 $19.70 $40,970
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $23.22 $48,300
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 40 $20.23 $42,070
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 40 $10.66 $22,160
Geological and petroleum technicians 40 $13.90 $28,920
Interpreters and translators 40 $14.91 $31,020
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 40 Not available $42,630
Library technicians 40 $12.06 $25,080
Loan counselors 40 $17.58 $36,570
Managers, all other 40 $36.07 $75,030
Mechanical engineers 40 $45.39 $94,410
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $15.50 $32,250
New accounts clerks 40 $12.14 $25,250
Optometrists 40 $78.37 $163,010
Pest control workers 40 $16.76 $34,870
Postal service clerks 40 Not available Not available
Prepress technicians and workers 40 $13.47 $28,020
Reporters and correspondents 40 $16.27 $33,840
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 40 $17.56 $36,530
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 40 $14.62 $30,400
Broadcast technicians 30 Not available Not available
Correspondence clerks 30 $12.75 $26,520
Credit analysts 30 $31.30 $65,110
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 30 $26.11 $54,300
Lodging managers 30 Not available Not available
Occupational health and safety specialists 30 $26.44 $54,990
Respiratory therapy technicians 30 $14.49 $30,130
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 30 $13.51 $28,100
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians Not available $22.99 $47,810
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers Not available $13.79 $28,670
Architectural and civil drafters Not available $18.01 $37,450
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $9.40 $19,540
Chefs and head cooks Not available $17.86 $37,150
Child care workers Not available $10.21 $21,240
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Not available $11.73 $24,390
Community and social service specialists, all other Not available $18.17 $37,790
Cooks, fast food Not available $8.14 $16,920
Cooks, short order Not available $8.59 $17,880
Couriers and messengers Not available $9.32 $19,390
Dentists, general Not available $84.80 $176,380
Diagnostic medical sonographers Not available $27.82 $57,870
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles Not available $11.44 $23,790
Etchers and engravers Not available $11.42 $23,760
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals Not available $12.41 $25,800
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Not available $11.13 $23,160
Food servers, nonrestaurant Not available $8.63 $17,940
Glaziers Not available $13.54 $28,170
Health educators Not available $24.15 $50,230
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $48,520
Health technologists and technicians, all other Not available $12.13 $25,230
Helpers--electricians Not available $9.51 $19,790
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $24.05 $50,020
Marriage and family therapists Not available $22.98 $47,800
Medical assistants Not available $11.64 $24,220
Medical equipment preparers Not available $11.99 $24,930
Medical equipment repairers Not available $17.18 $35,740
Painters, transportation equipment Not available $12.33 $25,650
Personal and home care aides Not available $7.02 $14,600
Petroleum engineers Not available $34.59 $71,940
Physician assistants Not available $44.05 $91,620
Physicians and surgeons, all other Not available $100.00 $208,000
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Not available $7.97 $16,590
Radio and television announcers Not available $24.80 $51,580
Recreational vehicle service technicians Not available $15.26 $31,730
Respiratory therapists Not available $25.02 $52,050
Service station attendants Not available $10.54 $21,910
Structural iron and steel workers Not available $12.19 $25,360
Surgeons Not available More than $70 More than $145,600
Surveying and mapping technicians Not available $14.81 $30,800
Surveyors Not available $24.64 $51,250
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $17.22 $35,820
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers Not available $8.63 $17,960
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