Occupational employment / College Station-Bryan, 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 "College Station-Bryan, TX" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 91,190 $19.53 $40,610
Office and administrative support occupations 14,840 $13.29 $27,650
Education, training, and library occupations 11,010 $34.04 $70,800
Food preparation and serving related occupations 8,600 $8.44 $17,550
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 8,370 $35.59 $74,020
Sales and related occupations 8,190 $12.73 $26,490
Construction and extraction occupations 4,770 $15.40 $32,040
Production occupations 4,680 $12.68 $26,380
Transportation and material moving occupations 4,520 $12.50 $26,000
Life, physical, and social science occupations 3,840 $19.99 $41,580
Management occupations 3,340 $40.23 $83,690
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,050 $16.02 $33,320
Retail salespersons 3,000 $10.37 $21,570
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,880 $7.53 $15,660
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,750 $9.49 $19,740
Cashiers 2,630 $7.82 $16,260
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 2,320 $17.38 $36,160
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,260 $12.59 $26,180
Business and financial operations occupations 2,170 $25.40 $52,820
Office clerks, general 2,170 $9.59 $19,950
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,110 $26.02 $54,130
Healthcare support occupations 2,040 $10.63 $22,120
Protective service occupations 1,800 $17.98 $37,400
Registered nurses 1,670 $29.39 $61,120
Waiters and waitresses 1,580 $8.28 $17,210
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,560 $26.97 $56,090
Personal care and service occupations 1,500 $9.56 $19,890
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,150 $9.03 $18,780
General and operations managers 1,130 $45.80 $95,260
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,120 $17.37 $36,130
Customer service representatives 1,070 $10.32 $21,470
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,010 Not available $42,160
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 950 $13.55 $28,190
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 950 $9.34 $19,430
Maintenance and repair workers, general 920 $12.91 $26,850
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 880 $20.26 $42,150
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 880 $13.04 $27,120
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 880 $21.33 $44,360
Cooks, restaurant 790 $8.54 $17,770
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 790 $17.56 $36,530
Community and social services occupations 750 $18.81 $39,120
Construction laborers 720 $10.57 $21,990
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 710 $18.36 $38,190
Stock clerks and order fillers 710 $10.13 $21,070
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 690 $7.75 $16,130
Civil engineers 680 $29.30 $60,940
Accountants and auditors 670 $25.93 $53,930
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 650 Not available $43,140
Teacher assistants 650 Not available $18,240
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 640 $9.85 $20,490
Physicians and surgeons, all other 640 $74.19 $154,320
Receptionists and information clerks 610 $9.62 $20,010
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 590 $10.09 $20,990
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 520 $28.67 $59,630
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 490 Not available $41,410
Electricians 480 $15.24 $31,690
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 470 $22.89 $47,610
Team assemblers 450 $10.14 $21,080
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 440 $7.75 $16,120
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 440 $13.64 $28,370
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 410 $24.08 $50,090
Food preparation workers 410 $7.54 $15,690
Bartenders 380 $8.16 $16,970
Driver/sales workers 380 $9.48 $19,720
Roustabouts, oil and gas 380 $11.79 $24,510
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 370 $18.35 $38,170
Business operations specialists, all other 370 $28.25 $58,760
Preschool teachers, except special education 370 $9.92 $20,630
Computer support specialists 360 $15.93 $33,130
Packers and packagers, hand 360 $7.81 $16,250
Tellers 360 $10.49 $21,810
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 340 $20.71 $43,070
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas 340 $25.32 $52,660
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 340 $10.24 $21,310
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 330 $12.68 $26,380
Counter and rental clerks 330 $11.18 $23,260
Legal occupations 320 $28.49 $59,260
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 300 $14.57 $30,310
Medical assistants 290 $11.64 $24,210
Security guards 290 $11.65 $24,240
Child care workers 280 $7.26 $15,090
Dishwashers 280 $7.63 $15,870
Computer systems analysts 270 $31.46 $65,440
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 270 $16.72 $34,790
Construction managers 260 $28.05 $58,340
Carpenters 250 $14.23 $29,600
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 250 $15.56 $32,370
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 240 $8.33 $17,330
Administrative services managers 230 $25.70 $53,460
Bus drivers, school 230 $8.95 $18,610
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 230 $24.69 $51,360
Fire fighters 220 $21.77 $45,290
Medical secretaries 220 $13.41 $27,890
Public relations specialists 220 $30.35 $63,130
Cement masons and concrete finishers 210 $12.07 $25,110
Computer programmers 210 $25.46 $52,960
Computer software engineers, systems software 210 $30.06 $62,530
Pharmacy technicians 210 $13.38 $27,830
Cooks, fast food 200 $7.36 $15,320
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 200 $7.31 $15,210
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 200 $13.34 $27,740
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 190 $7.40 $15,390
Postal service mail carriers 190 Not available Not available
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 180 $8.69 $18,080
Industrial truck and tractor operators 180 $10.00 $20,800
Network and computer systems administrators 180 $27.87 $57,970
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 180 $14.35 $29,840
Food service managers 170 $34.30 $71,340
Helpers--production workers 170 $12.24 $25,470
Teachers and instructors, all other 170 Not available $30,080
Amusement and recreation attendants 160 $7.91 $16,450
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 160 Not available $40,930
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 150 $11.87 $24,700
Civil engineering technicians 150 $18.00 $37,450
Mechanical engineers 150 $27.22 $56,620
Property, real estate, and community association managers 150 $14.66 $30,490
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 140 $8.51 $17,700
Cost estimators 140 $19.40 $40,350
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 140 Not available $67,030
Electronics engineers, except computer 140 $24.38 $50,720
Parts salespersons 140 $12.47 $25,930
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 140 $14.54 $30,250
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 140 Not available $41,580
Dental assistants 130 $14.24 $29,620
Loan officers 130 $37.32 $77,630
Machinists 130 $14.60 $30,360
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 130 $22.66 $47,130
Real estate sales agents 130 $17.40 $36,200
Sales representatives, services, all other 130 $18.46 $38,390
Tire repairers and changers 130 $10.85 $22,570
Computer software engineers, applications 120 $40.25 $83,710
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 120 $23.53 $48,940
Electrical engineers 120 $20.38 $42,390
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 120 $13.14 $27,330
Financial managers 120 $46.54 $96,800
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 120 $10.86 $22,590
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 120 $12.05 $25,060
Instructional coordinators 120 $23.58 $49,060
Lawyers 120 $43.15 $89,750
Librarians 120 $21.74 $45,210
Medical and health services managers 120 $39.19 $81,520
Paralegals and legal assistants 120 $17.95 $37,340
Radiologic technologists and technicians 120 $21.11 $43,910
Animal scientists 110 $25.93 $53,940
Architectural and civil drafters 110 $13.52 $28,120
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 110 $17.28 $35,950
Chemists 110 $27.15 $56,470
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 110 $16.22 $33,740
Industrial machinery mechanics 110 $16.60 $34,520
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 110 $16.02 $33,320
Biological technicians 100 $16.29 $33,890
Biomedical engineers 100 $19.92 $41,440
Chemical engineers 100 $22.36 $46,510
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 100 $12.92 $26,870
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 100 $12.53 $26,060
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 100 $12.20 $25,370
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 100 $24.13 $50,190
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 100 $16.36 $34,020
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 100 $8.14 $16,930
Loan interviewers and clerks 100 $15.09 $31,390
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 100 $14.69 $30,560
Pharmacists 100 $54.86 $114,120
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 100 $26.60 $55,330
Veterinary technologists and technicians 100 $12.68 $26,370
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 100 Not available $45,170
Butchers and meat cutters 90 $11.87 $24,700
Chemical technicians 90 $14.41 $29,970
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 90 $22.28 $46,350
Database administrators 90 $30.02 $62,440
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 90 $12.25 $25,480
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 90 $25.09 $52,190
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 90 $14.11 $29,350
Healthcare support workers, all other 90 $11.66 $24,260
Mental health counselors 90 $12.94 $26,920
Painters, construction and maintenance 90 $12.41 $25,820
Sales managers 90 $53.89 $112,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 90 Not available Not available
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 90 $12.44 $25,870
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 90 $10.97 $22,810
All other information and record clerks 80 $12.65 $26,310
Court, municipal, and license clerks 80 $12.34 $25,660
Dental hygienists 80 $32.02 $66,590
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 80 $18.96 $39,440
Graphic designers 80 $14.95 $31,100
Management analysts 80 $22.69 $47,190
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 80 Not available Not available
Printing machine operators 80 $11.75 $24,430
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 80 $12.50 $26,000
Special education teachers, middle school 80 Not available $40,050
Special education teachers, secondary school 80 Not available $41,140
Surgical technologists 80 $16.95 $35,260
Telemarketers 80 $7.56 $15,720
Architects, except landscape and naval 70 $21.35 $44,420
Child, family, and school social workers 70 $17.25 $35,870
Coaches and scouts 70 Not available $36,180
Counselors, all other 70 $21.90 $45,540
Couriers and messengers 70 $11.25 $23,400
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 70 $18.79 $39,080
File clerks 70 $9.95 $20,700
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 70 $11.24 $23,380
Insurance sales agents 70 $25.69 $53,440
Library assistants, clerical 70 $11.27 $23,440
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 70 $13.24 $27,540
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 70 $7.21 $15,000
Switchboard operators, including answering service 70 $10.30 $21,430
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 70 $27.44 $57,070
Audio-visual collections specialists 60 $20.80 $43,260
Brickmasons and blockmasons 60 $17.12 $35,620
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 60 $21.18 $44,060
Computer and information systems managers 60 $41.53 $86,380
Detectives and criminal investigators 60 $23.05 $47,940
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 60 $14.02 $29,160
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 60 $23.18 $48,220
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 60 $17.43 $36,250
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 $26.58 $55,290
Financial analysts 60 $30.20 $62,810
Food servers, nonrestaurant 60 $8.59 $17,860
Legislators 60 Not available $24,890
Medical transcriptionists 60 $15.39 $32,010
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 60 $16.09 $33,470
Network systems and data communications analysts 60 $25.67 $53,390
Nonfarm animal caretakers 60 $8.51 $17,700
Pest control workers 60 $12.20 $25,370
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 60 $24.31 $50,570
Recreation workers 60 $9.40 $19,560
Residential advisors 60 $7.48 $15,560
Training and development specialists 60 $19.63 $40,840
Veterinarians 60 $40.36 $83,960
Bakers 50 $13.94 $28,990
Bill and account collectors 50 $12.73 $26,480
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 50 $24.41 $50,770
Editors 50 $23.14 $48,130
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals 50 $8.51 $17,700
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $13.25 $27,550
Lodging managers 50 $19.03 $39,570
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 50 $11.91 $24,780
New accounts clerks 50 $14.68 $30,540
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 50 $12.88 $26,790
Physical therapist aides 50 $9.27 $19,280
Physical therapists 50 $36.02 $74,920
Respiratory therapists 50 $23.93 $49,780
Service station attendants 50 $10.57 $21,990
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 50 $16.98 $35,310
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 50 $10.76 $22,390
Advertising sales agents 40 $17.90 $37,230
Construction and building inspectors 40 $19.13 $39,790
Cooks, short order 40 $7.44 $15,480
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $10.87 $22,610
Dentists, general 40 Not available Not available
Engineering managers 40 $59.78 $124,350
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $9.51 $19,790
Helpers--carpenters 40 $9.95 $20,690
Highway maintenance workers 40 $13.11 $27,260
Industrial production managers 40 $46.77 $97,290
Market research analysts 40 $17.49 $36,370
Medical and public health social workers 40 $24.32 $50,590
Opticians, dispensing 40 $12.37 $25,730
Postal service clerks 40 Not available Not available
Sewing machine operators 40 $9.78 $20,340
Speech-language pathologists 40 $25.37 $52,770
Surveying and mapping technicians 40 $16.90 $35,160
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 40 $20.53 $42,710
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 40 $11.08 $23,050
Budget analysts 30 $27.95 $58,130
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 30 $25.91 $53,890
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 30 $17.03 $35,420
Diagnostic medical sonographers 30 $30.58 $63,610
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 30 $18.03 $37,510
Floral designers 30 $10.77 $22,400
Maintenance workers, machinery 30 $13.23 $27,520
Mechanical engineering technicians 30 $16.42 $34,140
Meter readers, utilities 30 $12.34 $25,660
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 30 $12.55 $26,100
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians 30 $11.76 $24,460
Order clerks 30 $10.70 $22,250
Parking lot attendants 30 $7.84 $16,300
Pipelayers 30 $9.14 $19,010
Procurement clerks 30 $15.01 $31,220
Public relations managers 30 $44.65 $92,880
Surveyors 30 $28.72 $59,740
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 30 $20.84 $43,350
Automotive body and related repairers Not available $15.86 $32,990
Chefs and head cooks Not available $15.38 $31,990
Chief executives Not available $59.63 $124,030
Choreographers Not available $12.78 $26,580
Computer operators Not available $15.56 $32,370
Data entry keyers Not available $9.50 $19,760
Dietitians and nutritionists Not available $22.05 $45,860
Earth drillers, except oil and gas Not available $17.94 $37,310
Education administrators, postsecondary Not available $48.47 $100,830
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health Not available $39.27 $81,690
Family and general practitioners Not available $71.17 $148,030
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand Not available $18.32 $38,110
Graduate teaching assistants Not available Not available $33,890
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Not available $11.06 $23,000
Health educators Not available $28.56 $59,410
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Not available $16.73 $34,790
Helpers--electricians Not available $10.77 $22,410
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $11.12 $23,130
Home health aides Not available $8.86 $18,430
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $11.74 $24,410
Internists, general Not available $89.03 $185,180
Interpreters and translators Not available $18.80 $39,110
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan Not available $14.70 $30,570
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Not available $10.59 $22,020
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians Not available $15.52 $32,280
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists Not available $22.99 $47,810
Medical records and health information technicians Not available $16.93 $35,210
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists Not available $21.51 $44,750
Natural sciences managers Not available $58.68 $122,050
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Not available $11.85 $24,640
Painters, transportation equipment Not available $14.77 $30,720
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Not available $13.55 $28,180
Petroleum engineers Not available $70.45 $146,540
Physician assistants Not available $37.87 $78,780
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Not available $64.00 $133,110
Self-enrichment education teachers Not available $15.92 $33,120
Surgeons Not available $97.97 $203,770
Tax preparers Not available $11.42 $23,750
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers Not available $11.82 $24,580
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Not available $19.52 $40,600
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