Occupational employment / Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, 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 "Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 120,490 $16.31 $33,920
Office and administrative support occupations 19,070 $12.73 $26,480
Sales and related occupations 13,020 $13.40 $27,870
Food preparation and serving related occupations 10,950 $8.08 $16,810
Education, training, and library occupations 10,920 $17.71 $36,840
Transportation and material moving occupations 8,320 $11.97 $24,890
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 8,100 $30.22 $62,860
Production occupations 7,250 $13.62 $28,320
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,610 $17.04 $35,440
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 5,190 $7.29 $15,160
Protective service occupations 4,920 $15.33 $31,890
Construction and extraction occupations 4,720 $14.87 $30,930
Business and financial operations occupations 4,450 $26.66 $55,460
Retail salespersons 4,370 $11.06 $23,010
Management occupations 4,200 $36.73 $76,400
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,000 $9.39 $19,540
Healthcare support occupations 3,780 $10.65 $22,150
Cashiers 3,630 $8.42 $17,510
Personal care and service occupations 3,320 $8.80 $18,300
Registered nurses 3,280 $29.22 $60,780
Computer and mathematical occupations 2,770 $30.17 $62,750
Correctional officers and jailers 2,640 $13.56 $28,210
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,600 $11.49 $23,890
Elementary school teachers, except special education 2,380 Not available $42,720
Office clerks, general 2,060 $10.26 $21,340
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,010 $10.77 $22,390
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,880 $9.14 $19,020
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,860 $11.78 $24,490
Customer service representatives 1,820 $10.78 $22,410
Teacher assistants 1,820 Not available $15,820
Waiters and waitresses 1,810 $7.57 $15,750
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,620 $31.00 $64,480
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,600 $10.63 $22,120
Community and social services occupations 1,520 $19.35 $40,250
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,400 $17.79 $37,000
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,370 Not available $45,790
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,360 $14.85 $30,880
General and operations managers 1,310 $36.32 $75,540
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,300 Not available $43,620
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,200 $12.90 $26,830
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,190 $13.78 $28,650
Business operations specialists, all other 1,190 $28.82 $59,950
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,170 $15.26 $31,750
Personal and home care aides 1,150 $6.92 $14,400
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,140 $8.23 $17,110
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,090 $12.22 $25,410
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,080 $17.50 $36,390
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,010 $18.10 $37,640
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 1,000 $17.37 $36,130
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 990 $10.92 $22,720
Team assemblers 930 $12.12 $25,210
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 910 $21.47 $44,660
Construction laborers 900 $10.63 $22,120
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 840 $20.69 $43,030
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 810 $16.14 $33,560
Computer support specialists 790 $22.37 $46,530
All other information and record clerks 770 $15.48 $32,200
Packers and packagers, hand 750 $11.88 $24,720
Life, physical, and social science occupations 740 $23.84 $49,580
Teachers and instructors, all other 690 Not available $21,050
Cooks, restaurant 670 $8.80 $18,290
Counter and rental clerks 670 $12.63 $26,280
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 650 $9.70 $20,170
Child care workers 640 $7.73 $16,070
Tellers 630 $9.21 $19,160
Receptionists and information clerks 620 $9.49 $19,750
Accountants and auditors 570 $29.63 $61,630
Bus drivers, school 570 $8.52 $17,720
Industrial truck and tractor operators 550 $12.91 $26,860
Preschool teachers, except special education 540 $13.43 $27,940
Electricians 520 $17.82 $37,060
Driver/sales workers 510 $8.18 $17,020
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 500 $15.13 $31,460
Carpenters 490 $16.12 $33,520
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 490 $23.63 $49,160
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 470 $13.19 $27,440
Computer systems analysts 450 $32.78 $68,190
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 450 $11.78 $24,490
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 440 $13.63 $28,360
Telemarketers 440 $9.31 $19,370
Fire fighters 420 $18.51 $38,490
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 420 $13.40 $27,860
Pharmacy technicians 400 $14.06 $29,250
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 380 $24.25 $50,450
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 370 $23.24 $48,350
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 370 $17.21 $35,790
Security guards 370 $10.50 $21,840
Legal occupations 360 $25.25 $52,520
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 350 $9.06 $18,840
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 350 Not available $69,050
Bill and account collectors 330 $14.00 $29,130
Computer software engineers, systems software 320 $38.02 $79,090
Management analysts 320 $26.01 $54,100
Postal service mail carriers 320 Not available Not available
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 310 $12.07 $25,100
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 310 $11.48 $23,870
Parts salespersons 310 $15.54 $32,310
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 300 $7.60 $15,810
Network and computer systems administrators 300 $31.57 $65,670
Bartenders 290 $8.39 $17,460
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 290 $15.27 $31,770
Amusement and recreation attendants 280 $7.74 $16,100
Construction managers 280 $30.78 $64,010
Training and development specialists 280 $20.29 $42,200
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 270 $13.09 $27,230
Dishwashers 270 $7.43 $15,450
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 270 $23.75 $49,400
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 270 $16.15 $33,590
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 270 Not available $43,050
Medical and health services managers 270 $37.13 $77,240
Medical secretaries 270 $12.77 $26,550
Radiologic technologists and technicians 270 $23.40 $48,680
Computer programmers 260 $32.63 $67,860
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 260 $7.59 $15,780
Office and administrative support workers, all other 260 $16.14 $33,570
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 260 $27.10 $56,360
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 260 Not available $44,240
Child, family, and school social workers 250 $15.83 $32,930
Dental assistants 250 $13.96 $29,030
Pharmacists 250 $50.99 $106,050
Social and human service assistants 250 $17.36 $36,100
Administrative services managers 240 $35.89 $74,650
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 240 $24.23 $50,390
Food preparation workers 230 $7.72 $16,060
Logisticians 230 $33.73 $70,150
Medical assistants 230 $12.78 $26,590
Sales representatives, services, all other 230 $24.99 $51,980
Computer specialists, all other 220 $31.44 $65,400
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 220 $15.00 $31,200
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 220 $7.60 $15,810
Physicians and surgeons, all other 220 $100.41 $208,850
Food service managers 210 $24.83 $51,650
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 210 $15.79 $32,850
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 210 $7.33 $15,250
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 210 $7.86 $16,340
Machinists 210 $17.70 $36,820
Cooks, fast food 200 $8.08 $16,800
Data entry keyers 200 $9.62 $20,010
Healthcare support workers, all other 200 $16.80 $34,950
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 200 $14.86 $30,900
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 200 $16.75 $34,850
Procurement clerks 200 $17.42 $36,240
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 190 $16.91 $35,170
Helpers--electricians 190 $10.20 $21,210
Industrial machinery mechanics 190 $18.08 $37,600
Real estate sales agents 190 $19.49 $40,540
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 190 Not available $46,990
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 190 $13.66 $28,420
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 180 $11.56 $24,030
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 180 $19.14 $39,810
Chief executives 170 $62.74 $130,490
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 170 $28.27 $58,800
Librarians 170 $22.95 $47,730
Service station attendants 170 $8.46 $17,610
Civil engineers 160 $37.31 $77,600
Financial analysts 160 $39.07 $81,260
Loan officers 160 $25.87 $53,800
Medical records and health information technicians 160 $15.56 $32,360
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 160 $18.50 $38,490
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 160 $16.62 $34,560
Sales managers 160 $54.18 $112,700
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 150 $10.24 $21,290
Cement masons and concrete finishers 150 $12.10 $25,170
File clerks 150 $11.14 $23,170
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 150 $13.15 $27,360
Insurance sales agents 150 $23.49 $48,850
Machine feeders and offbearers 150 $14.83 $30,850
Sales and related workers, all other 150 $11.15 $23,180
Social workers, all other 150 $25.94 $53,960
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 140 $16.32 $33,940
Coaches and scouts 140 Not available $24,000
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 140 $18.84 $39,190
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 140 $15.25 $31,730
Public relations specialists 140 $21.63 $45,000
Speech-language pathologists 140 $26.29 $54,670
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 140 $10.20 $21,220
Civil engineering technicians 130 $15.68 $32,610
Cost estimators 130 $26.24 $54,570
Database administrators 130 $30.06 $62,520
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 130 $12.85 $26,730
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 130 $14.20 $29,530
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 130 $15.62 $32,490
Financial managers 130 $37.14 $77,260
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 130 $16.14 $33,560
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 130 $26.83 $55,800
Instructional coordinators 130 $25.67 $53,390
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 130 $12.88 $26,790
New accounts clerks 130 $12.68 $26,370
Order clerks 130 $11.27 $23,450
Painters, construction and maintenance 130 $15.08 $31,370
Printing machine operators 130 $13.29 $27,650
Property, real estate, and community association managers 130 $16.05 $33,380
Automotive body and related repairers 120 $23.75 $49,410
Computer software engineers, applications 120 $42.88 $89,200
Education teachers, postsecondary 120 Not available $41,840
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $14.69 $30,550
Lawyers 120 $38.86 $80,820
Network systems and data communications analysts 120 $20.64 $42,930
Switchboard operators, including answering service 120 $10.92 $22,710
Computer and information systems managers 110 $51.20 $106,490
Computer operators 110 $13.65 $28,390
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $14.34 $29,820
Dental hygienists 110 $35.14 $73,100
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 110 $14.13 $29,400
Loan interviewers and clerks 110 $13.20 $27,450
Nonfarm animal caretakers 110 $7.50 $15,600
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 110 $10.84 $22,540
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 110 Not available Not available
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 100 $22.89 $47,600
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 100 $20.84 $43,340
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 100 $12.68 $26,380
Construction and building inspectors 100 $20.42 $42,480
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 100 $14.46 $30,070
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 100 $7.76 $16,140
Managers, all other 100 $36.31 $75,530
Painters, transportation equipment 100 $14.58 $30,330
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 100 $12.24 $25,460
Veterinary technologists and technicians 100 $11.74 $24,430
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 90 $23.92 $49,760
Credit analysts 90 $17.81 $37,040
Education administrators, postsecondary 90 $34.84 $72,460
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 90 $22.99 $47,820
Health technologists and technicians, all other 90 $19.63 $40,820
Industrial engineers 90 $35.57 $73,980
Library assistants, clerical 90 $9.11 $18,950
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $19.31 $40,170
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $56,020
Paralegals and legal assistants 90 $18.21 $37,870
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 90 $8.78 $18,260
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 90 $25.32 $52,670
Advertising sales agents 80 $15.63 $32,520
Budget analysts 80 $28.74 $59,780
Business teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $47,920
Court, municipal, and license clerks 80 $12.42 $25,830
Industrial production managers 80 $44.62 $92,810
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 80 $13.21 $27,480
Opticians, dispensing 80 $12.62 $26,250
Physical therapists 80 $37.91 $78,850
Social and community service managers 80 $20.79 $43,230
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 80 $33.67 $70,040
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $49,490
Detectives and criminal investigators 70 $24.30 $50,540
Dietitians and nutritionists 70 $26.12 $54,330
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 70 $12.83 $26,690
Food servers, nonrestaurant 70 $8.37 $17,420
Foundry mold and coremakers 70 $12.37 $25,720
Graphic designers 70 $16.54 $34,400
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 70 $10.65 $22,160
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall 70 $13.72 $28,540
Library technicians 70 $11.86 $24,670
Marketing managers 70 $61.42 $127,750
Occupational health and safety specialists 70 $28.49 $59,250
Personal care and service workers, all other 70 $9.85 $20,480
Physician assistants 70 $40.53 $84,300
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Recreation workers 70 $12.14 $25,240
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 70 $13.68 $28,460
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 70 $13.16 $27,380
Counselors, all other 60 $25.79 $53,650
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 60 $19.19 $39,920
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 60 $17.18 $35,730
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 60 $14.49 $30,150
Maintenance workers, machinery 60 $13.45 $27,980
Operations research analysts 60 $40.54 $84,330
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 60 $8.71 $18,130
Special education teachers, middle school 60 Not available $43,800
Tool and die makers 60 $15.37 $31,960
Veterinarians 60 $46.92 $97,590
Butchers and meat cutters 50 $14.78 $30,740
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 50 $23.82 $49,550
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 50 $12.13 $25,230
Editors 50 $15.52 $32,280
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 50 $16.46 $34,240
Floral designers 50 $10.56 $21,970
Food batchmakers 50 $9.62 $20,020
Industrial engineering technicians 50 $24.61 $51,190
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 50 $21.12 $43,920
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 50 $10.88 $22,620
Meter readers, utilities 50 $14.28 $29,700
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 50 $14.31 $29,770
Pest control workers 50 $14.88 $30,960
Photographic processing machine operators 50 $9.25 $19,240
Pipelayers 50 $11.31 $23,520
Reporters and correspondents 50 $12.96 $26,960
Special education teachers, secondary school 50 Not available $43,190
Surveying and mapping technicians 50 $15.74 $32,730
Surveyors 50 $22.29 $46,370
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 50 $8.42 $17,510
Transportation inspectors 50 $22.21 $46,200
Bakers 40 $8.70 $18,090
Brickmasons and blockmasons 40 $19.02 $39,560
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $14.99 $31,170
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $58,260
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 40 $14.68 $30,530
Crane and tower operators 40 $20.70 $43,050
Dentists, general 40 $89.96 $187,110
Engineering managers 40 $62.18 $129,340
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 40 $18.74 $38,980
Financial specialists, all other 40 $24.22 $50,390
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $26.37 $54,850
Funeral attendants 40 $8.07 $16,780
Meeting and convention planners 40 $12.28 $25,550
Motion picture projectionists 40 $8.04 $16,730
Motorcycle mechanics 40 $14.00 $29,110
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 40 $10.37 $21,560
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 40 Not available Not available
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 40 $7.11 $14,780
Purchasing managers 40 $39.42 $81,990
Sewing machine operators 40 $8.66 $18,020
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 40 $22.71 $47,240
Word processors and typists 40 $14.67 $30,520
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $50,440
Compensation and benefits managers 30 $41.06 $85,400
Couriers and messengers 30 $11.22 $23,340
Diagnostic medical sonographers 30 $27.78 $57,780
Engineers, all other 30 $37.53 $78,070
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 30 $20.41 $42,460
Interpreters and translators 30 $13.58 $28,250
Legislators 30 Not available $14,380
Occupational therapists 30 $32.99 $68,620
Photographers 30 $11.53 $23,990
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $75,770
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $47,070
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 30 Not available Not available
Avionics technicians Not available $23.08 $48,000
Carpet installers Not available $13.26 $27,580
Cooks, short order Not available $9.16 $19,060
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Not available $6.97 $14,500
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians Not available $27.67 $57,550
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment Not available $22.08 $45,930
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $56,520
Family and general practitioners Not available $88.59 $184,270
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $52,800
Gaming and sports book writers and runners Not available $14.36 $29,870
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Not available $9.94 $20,670
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $10.25 $21,320
Helpers--production workers Not available $8.68 $18,060
Home appliance repairers Not available $12.62 $26,250
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan Not available $13.91 $28,930
Legal secretaries Not available $14.82 $30,830
Market research analysts Not available $17.38 $36,150
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $48,380
Mechanical drafters Not available $21.96 $45,680
Mechanical engineers Not available $33.11 $68,880
Medical and public health social workers Not available $23.34 $48,560
Medical equipment repairers Not available $15.31 $31,850
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $10.30 $21,430
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Not available $10.99 $22,860
Parking lot attendants Not available $8.45 $17,580
Respiratory therapists Not available $22.67 $47,160
Surgeons Not available $85.47 $177,780
Tax preparers Not available $15.47 $32,170
Telecommunications line installers and repairers Not available $23.92 $49,750
Tire repairers and changers Not available $10.49 $21,830
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $15.17 $31,550
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Not available $7.31 $15,200
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