Occupational employment / Lubbock, 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 "Lubbock, TX" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 122,510 $16.41 $34,140
Office and administrative support occupations 23,270 $12.98 $27,010
Sales and related occupations 14,590 $14.34 $29,820
Food preparation and serving related occupations 14,170 $9.01 $18,730
Education, training, and library occupations 9,270 $26.63 $55,390
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 8,030 $29.63 $61,630
Transportation and material moving occupations 7,480 $11.76 $24,470
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,310 $17.40 $36,200
Production occupations 5,070 $12.26 $25,490
Management occupations 4,730 $39.43 $82,020
Retail salespersons 4,710 $11.03 $22,950
Personal care and service occupations 4,630 $8.35 $17,360
Construction and extraction occupations 4,360 $13.98 $29,080
Healthcare support occupations 4,290 $10.46 $21,750
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 4,030 $7.34 $15,280
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,960 $9.21 $19,170
Customer service representatives 3,920 $11.40 $23,720
Cashiers 3,390 $7.67 $15,950
Business and financial operations occupations 3,240 $24.55 $51,070
Registered nurses 3,140 $26.18 $54,450
Waiters and waitresses 3,100 $8.04 $16,720
Protective service occupations 2,560 $17.64 $36,700
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 2,160 $20.66 $42,980
Personal and home care aides 2,130 $7.37 $15,340
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,130 $12.64 $26,290
Office clerks, general 2,120 $10.45 $21,740
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,030 $9.63 $20,040
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,990 $9.62 $20,010
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,970 $10.02 $20,850
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,870 $8.75 $18,200
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,800 $15.60 $32,450
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,750 $14.19 $29,510
General and operations managers 1,690 $44.60 $92,780
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,690 $24.62 $51,200
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,470 $24.54 $51,050
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,470 $14.90 $30,990
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,420 $17.17 $35,720
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,400 Not available $40,350
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,330 $18.80 $39,100
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,210 $16.96 $35,280
Cooks, restaurant 1,170 $8.66 $18,020
Receptionists and information clerks 1,130 $9.88 $20,560
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,080 $7.87 $16,370
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,070 $13.39 $27,850
Construction laborers 980 $10.27 $21,360
Teacher assistants 980 Not available $15,490
Architecture and engineering occupations 960 $22.94 $47,720
Accountants and auditors 830 $25.25 $52,530
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 820 Not available $43,670
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 820 $12.65 $26,310
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 810 Not available $41,930
Life, physical, and social science occupations 790 Not available Not available
Home health aides 770 $9.29 $19,320
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 710 $16.36 $34,040
Tellers 710 $9.37 $19,490
Administrative services managers 690 $37.91 $78,850
Bartenders 670 $8.88 $18,470
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 670 $9.79 $20,350
Child care workers 650 $7.46 $15,520
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 640 $7.30 $15,190
Security guards 610 $10.83 $22,540
Legal occupations 590 $27.18 $56,540
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 580 $23.62 $49,120
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 570 $10.52 $21,880
Food preparation workers 570 $8.86 $18,430
Correctional officers and jailers 530 $13.35 $27,760
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 530 $12.44 $25,890
Counter and rental clerks 520 $9.51 $19,780
Driver/sales workers 490 $10.91 $22,700
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 490 $19.30 $40,140
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 490 $21.44 $44,600
Medical assistants 470 $9.79 $20,360
Carpenters 460 $14.83 $30,840
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 450 $21.49 $44,690
Sales representatives, services, all other 450 $19.68 $40,930
Teachers and instructors, all other 450 Not available $43,900
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 440 $12.97 $26,980
Cooks, fast food 430 $8.32 $17,300
Insurance sales agents 420 $27.84 $57,900
Preschool teachers, except special education 420 $9.72 $20,220
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 400 Not available Not available
Bus drivers, school 390 $8.74 $18,180
Dishwashers 390 $7.92 $16,470
Industrial truck and tractor operators 390 $12.19 $25,350
Computer support specialists 370 $16.48 $34,280
Dental assistants 370 $12.83 $26,690
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 360 $7.58 $15,770
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 360 $7.34 $15,260
Pharmacy technicians 360 $12.92 $26,870
Team assemblers 360 $12.08 $25,120
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 350 $11.87 $24,680
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 340 $8.18 $17,020
Medical secretaries 340 $11.73 $24,390
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 340 $12.91 $26,850
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 330 $9.85 $20,480
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 330 $24.41 $50,760
Packers and packagers, hand 330 $7.06 $14,680
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 320 $15.52 $32,280
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 310 $23.24 $48,340
Medical and health services managers 310 $30.88 $64,220
Education teachers, postsecondary 300 Not available $68,710
Electricians 300 $16.33 $33,960
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 290 $27.35 $56,890
Lawyers 290 $36.52 $75,960
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 290 $8.87 $18,450
Bill and account collectors 280 $12.30 $25,580
Business operations specialists, all other 280 $25.22 $52,460
Postal service mail carriers 280 Not available Not available
Switchboard operators, including answering service 280 $8.35 $17,360
Computer systems analysts 270 $24.58 $51,120
Pharmacists 270 $53.79 $111,890
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 260 $22.46 $46,720
Physicians and surgeons, all other 260 $101.81 $211,770
Radiologic technologists and technicians 260 $21.27 $44,250
Business teachers, postsecondary 250 Not available Not available
Management analysts 250 $25.61 $53,260
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 240 Not available $80,300
Child, family, and school social workers 240 $15.42 $32,080
Network and computer systems administrators 240 $26.13 $54,360
Public relations specialists 240 $21.85 $45,440
Coaches and scouts 230 Not available $64,370
Computer programmers 230 $23.13 $48,110
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 230 $9.19 $19,120
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 230 $15.10 $31,420
Parts salespersons 230 $15.59 $32,430
Loan officers 220 $33.00 $68,640
Order clerks 220 $11.37 $23,660
Painters, construction and maintenance 220 $12.41 $25,810
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 210 Not available $68,560
Data entry keyers 200 $10.74 $22,340
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 200 $11.43 $23,780
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 200 $17.90 $37,220
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 200 Not available $39,630
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 200 $8.69 $18,080
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 200 $15.62 $32,490
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 200 Not available Not available
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 200 $7.91 $16,450
Advertising sales agents 190 $22.95 $47,740
Agricultural equipment operators 190 $8.80 $18,300
Construction managers 190 $27.66 $57,530
Financial managers 190 $44.19 $91,910
Food service managers 190 $23.70 $49,300
Helpers--production workers 190 $8.70 $18,100
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 190 $11.27 $23,440
Loan counselors 190 $15.66 $32,580
Property, real estate, and community association managers 190 $19.58 $40,720
Telemarketers 190 $8.29 $17,240
Automotive body and related repairers 180 $23.54 $48,970
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 180 $16.98 $35,310
Couriers and messengers 180 $9.15 $19,040
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 180 $16.81 $34,970
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 180 $9.60 $19,970
File clerks 180 $10.45 $21,730
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 180 $8.71 $18,110
Industrial machinery mechanics 180 $15.74 $32,740
Real estate sales agents 180 $11.73 $24,390
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 170 $17.81 $37,050
Nonfarm animal caretakers 170 $9.60 $19,960
Service station attendants 170 $8.46 $17,590
Cement masons and concrete finishers 160 $14.03 $29,190
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 160 Not available $72,890
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 160 $13.92 $28,950
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 160 $23.35 $48,560
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 160 $8.56 $17,800
Machinists 160 $14.81 $30,800
Medical and public health social workers 160 $18.71 $38,920
Sales managers 160 $42.44 $88,270
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 160 $13.63 $28,360
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 150 $8.18 $17,010
Market research analysts 150 $24.35 $50,650
Medical records and health information technicians 150 $11.16 $23,200
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 150 $12.93 $26,890
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 150 $12.92 $26,870
Printing machine operators 150 $11.51 $23,940
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 150 $12.18 $25,340
Respiratory therapists 150 $21.99 $45,730
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 140 $16.71 $34,750
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 140 $11.26 $23,420
Helpers--electricians 140 $10.33 $21,490
Instructional coordinators 140 $20.20 $42,020
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 140 Not available $94,430
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 140 $16.93 $35,220
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 140 Not available $47,300
All other information and record clerks 130 $13.35 $27,760
Amusement and recreation attendants 130 $9.36 $19,470
Civil engineering technicians 130 $15.79 $32,850
Civil engineers 130 $20.80 $43,270
Healthcare support workers, all other 130 $12.54 $26,080
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $14.86 $30,900
Library assistants, clerical 130 $9.72 $20,220
Loan interviewers and clerks 130 $16.38 $34,070
Medical transcriptionists 130 $13.39 $27,850
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 130 $16.52 $34,370
Occupational therapists 130 $25.65 $53,350
Paralegals and legal assistants 130 $18.65 $38,790
Physical therapist aides 130 $9.99 $20,780
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 130 $11.67 $24,260
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 120 $20.94 $43,550
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 120 $13.82 $28,740
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary 120 Not available $74,480
Health technologists and technicians, all other 120 Not available Not available
Managers, all other 120 $39.42 $81,990
New accounts clerks 120 $13.79 $28,680
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 120 $22.78 $47,370
Residential advisors 120 $9.14 $19,010
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 120 Not available $40,910
Surgical technologists 120 $16.89 $35,140
Veterinary technologists and technicians 120 $9.35 $19,440
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 120 $14.84 $30,880
Word processors and typists 120 $8.81 $18,330
Cooks, short order 110 $8.81 $18,330
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 110 $28.38 $59,030
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 110 $12.31 $25,610
Legal secretaries 110 $15.31 $31,840
Medical equipment repairers 110 $16.39 $34,090
Network systems and data communications analysts 110 $21.39 $44,500
Training and development specialists 110 $18.72 $38,940
Computer operators 100 $12.04 $25,040
Education administrators, postsecondary 100 $69.09 $143,710
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 100 $17.18 $35,730
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 100 $11.56 $24,050
Librarians 100 $23.24 $48,340
Special education teachers, middle school 100 Not available $42,960
Special education teachers, secondary school 100 Not available Not available
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 100 $14.65 $30,480
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 100 $25.66 $53,360
Bakers 90 $9.80 $20,370
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 90 $24.41 $50,760
Chief executives 90 $74.14 $154,210
Communications teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $82,500
Computer and information systems managers 90 $36.38 $75,680
Computer software engineers, systems software 90 $43.92 $91,360
Cost estimators 90 $18.06 $37,560
Credit analysts 90 $28.86 $60,030
Detectives and criminal investigators 90 $24.37 $50,690
Library technicians 90 $12.78 $26,580
Machine feeders and offbearers 90 $8.61 $17,910
Photographers 90 $13.56 $28,210
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 90 $14.25 $29,650
Prepress technicians and workers 90 $11.00 $22,870
Speech-language pathologists 90 $25.86 $53,800
Tax preparers 90 $15.65 $32,550
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 90 $9.22 $19,170
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 90 $34.80 $72,390
Architectural and civil drafters 80 $14.03 $29,190
Budget analysts 80 $22.07 $45,900
Computer software engineers, applications 80 $38.11 $79,260
Counselors, all other 80 $24.21 $50,350
Crossing guards 80 $7.75 $16,120
Demonstrators and product promoters 80 $13.06 $27,160
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 80 $14.11 $29,340
Graphic designers 80 $14.56 $30,280
Law clerks 80 $11.17 $23,240
Procurement clerks 80 $14.44 $30,040
Radio and television announcers 80 $12.48 $25,960
Sheet metal workers 80 $13.38 $27,820
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 80 $19.48 $40,520
Surveying and mapping technicians 80 $15.45 $32,140
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $107,290
Construction and building inspectors 70 $19.02 $39,570
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 70 $24.53 $51,020
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 70 $13.49 $28,060
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $12.07 $25,100
Floral designers 70 $9.44 $19,630
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $11.35 $23,610
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $12.89 $26,810
Parking lot attendants 70 $8.15 $16,960
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $58,930
Social and community service managers 70 $25.23 $52,470
Sociology teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $76,910
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 60 $12.93 $26,900
Cargo and freight agents 60 $19.61 $40,780
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 60 $27.55 $57,300
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $22.57 $46,940
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $125,880
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 60 $16.31 $33,920
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 $20.17 $41,950
Food servers, nonrestaurant 60 $7.70 $16,020
Health educators 60 $20.09 $41,780
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 60 $22.71 $47,230
Interior designers 60 $17.90 $37,220
Medical equipment preparers 60 $11.50 $23,910
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 60 $11.92 $24,790
Meter readers, utilities 60 $14.66 $30,490
Pharmacy aides 60 $9.76 $20,300
Photographic processing machine operators 60 $10.77 $22,400
Physical therapist assistants 60 $21.67 $45,070
Sewing machine operators 60 $8.92 $18,540
Architects, except landscape and naval 50 $22.23 $46,250
Dentists, general 50 $50.78 $105,610
Diagnostic medical sonographers 50 $27.80 $57,830
Electrical engineers 50 $35.12 $73,050
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 50 $22.51 $46,810
Financial analysts 50 $32.63 $67,880
Financial specialists, all other 50 $18.83 $39,160
Marketing managers 50 $47.97 $99,770
Office machine operators, except computer 50 $9.21 $19,150
Pest control workers 50 $14.16 $29,450
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $81,070
Postal service clerks 50 Not available Not available
Production workers, all other 50 $9.98 $20,760
Veterinarians 50 $34.46 $71,670
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 50 $10.06 $20,920
Audio and video equipment technicians 40 $11.63 $24,200
Broadcast technicians 40 $9.03 $18,790
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 40 Not available Not available
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $10.59 $22,020
Editors 40 $20.07 $41,750
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 40 $17.84 $37,100
Electronics engineers, except computer 40 $32.44 $67,480
Financial examiners 40 $34.38 $71,500
Industrial production managers 40 $50.80 $105,670
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 40 $7.30 $15,180
Lodging managers 40 $24.04 $50,010
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 40 $10.14 $21,100
Maintenance workers, machinery 40 $16.18 $33,650
Mechanical drafters 40 $15.14 $31,480
Motor vehicle operators, all other 40 $6.83 $14,200
Painters, transportation equipment 40 $18.75 $38,990
Physician assistants 40 $48.53 $100,940
Producers and directors 40 $17.47 $36,350
Reporters and correspondents 40 $14.78 $30,740
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 30 $12.10 $25,170
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 30 $10.26 $21,340
Database administrators 30 $30.36 $63,160
Desktop publishers 30 $15.53 $32,300
Engineering managers 30 $46.89 $97,540
Industrial engineers 30 $34.42 $71,600
Nuclear medicine technologists 30 $26.63 $55,390
Office and administrative support workers, all other 30 $10.93 $22,730
Opticians, dispensing 30 Not available Not available
Pediatricians, general 30 $80.15 $166,700
Protective service workers, all other 30 $11.50 $23,930
Rehabilitation counselors 30 $19.44 $40,430
Agricultural and food science technicians Not available $15.35 $31,930
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $9.05 $18,830
Athletic trainers Not available Not available $44,790
Bindery workers Not available $10.77 $22,400
Biological science teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $100,100
Brickmasons and blockmasons Not available $18.96 $39,440
Butchers and meat cutters Not available $11.99 $24,930
Chefs and head cooks Not available $16.76 $34,860
Community and social service specialists, all other Not available $16.30 $33,910
Community and social services occupations Not available $15.66 $32,570
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Not available $18.61 $38,710
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $10.94 $22,760
Dental hygienists Not available $31.29 $65,080
Dental laboratory technicians Not available $18.68 $38,850
Environmental engineers Not available $25.78 $53,620
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $7.04 $14,640
Family and general practitioners Not available $75.00 More than $145,600
Farm equipment mechanics Not available $15.34 $31,910
Gaming and sports book writers and runners Not available $10.87 $22,610
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $16.73 $34,800
Insurance underwriters Not available $22.72 $47,250
Legal support workers, all other Not available $22.12 $46,000
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses Not available $18.22 $37,900
Locksmiths and safe repairers Not available $12.74 $26,500
Logisticians Not available $21.41 $44,540
Mechanical engineers Not available $36.78 $76,500
Occupational therapist assistants Not available $27.24 $56,660
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Not available $9.69 $20,160
Personal care and service workers, all other Not available $7.41 $15,410
Physical therapists Not available $35.03 $72,860
Recreation workers Not available $9.50 $19,760
Sales and related workers, all other Not available $17.75 $36,920
Sales engineers Not available $37.70 $78,410
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products Not available $29.38 $61,110
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood Not available $13.06 $27,160
Security and fire alarm systems installers Not available $13.17 $27,400
Self-enrichment education teachers Not available $16.72 $34,770
Surgeons Not available $69.42 $144,390
Telecommunications line installers and repairers Not available $23.11 $48,060
Tire repairers and changers Not available $9.82 $20,430
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers Not available $10.99 $22,860
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators Not available $12.09 $25,150
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