Occupational employment / McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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 "McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 218,800 $13.85 $28,810
Office and administrative support occupations 38,650 $11.40 $23,700
Education, training, and library occupations 24,180 $19.26 $40,060
Sales and related occupations 23,240 $11.81 $24,560
Personal care and service occupations 21,880 $7.25 $15,070
Food preparation and serving related occupations 18,840 $7.95 $16,540
Personal and home care aides 18,530 $7.05 $14,660
Transportation and material moving occupations 16,570 $11.22 $23,350
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 12,220 $28.89 $60,080
Retail salespersons 9,200 $8.91 $18,530
Healthcare support occupations 8,230 $10.03 $20,870
Construction and extraction occupations 7,850 $11.44 $23,790
Production occupations 7,700 $11.46 $23,840
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 7,670 $12.77 $26,560
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 7,420 $7.44 $15,480
Cashiers 6,340 $7.52 $15,630
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 6,300 $8.97 $18,650
Elementary school teachers, except special education 6,200 Not available $45,420
Management occupations 5,940 $36.02 $74,920
Protective service occupations 5,840 $16.75 $34,840
Customer service representatives 5,440 $9.52 $19,800
Office clerks, general 5,270 $9.33 $19,410
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 4,450 $14.79 $30,770
Business and financial operations occupations 4,330 $23.28 $48,430
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 4,230 $11.20 $23,300
Teacher assistants 4,060 Not available $17,850
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 3,880 $8.15 $16,950
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 3,740 $9.24 $19,230
Registered nurses 3,730 $30.49 $63,420
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 3,570 Not available $48,550
Waiters and waitresses 3,490 $6.94 $14,440
Stock clerks and order fillers 3,380 $8.95 $18,610
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 3,270 Not available $46,760
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 2,810 $8.45 $17,580
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 2,550 $18.28 $38,020
Home health aides 2,360 $8.89 $18,480
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 2,300 $17.65 $36,710
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 2,290 $12.33 $25,650
General and operations managers 2,270 $38.37 $79,810
Community and social services occupations 2,240 $21.16 $44,010
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 2,100 $8.30 $17,260
Construction laborers 2,090 $8.36 $17,380
Maintenance and repair workers, general 2,070 $10.26 $21,340
Receptionists and information clerks 1,880 $8.96 $18,640
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,770 $20.43 $42,500
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,690 $11.25 $23,400
Medical assistants 1,640 $10.08 $20,960
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,600 $12.19 $25,350
Teachers and instructors, all other 1,550 Not available $17,980
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 1,540 $20.30 $42,230
Child care workers 1,490 $7.55 $15,700
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,490 $16.56 $34,450
Security guards 1,420 $9.22 $19,170
Cooks, restaurant 1,400 $7.94 $16,520
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,380 $22.87 $47,580
Bus drivers, school 1,250 $9.87 $20,540
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 1,240 $11.70 $24,340
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,210 $17.82 $37,070
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,170 $7.10 $14,760
Tellers 1,160 $9.92 $20,640
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,140 $21.47 $44,660
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 1,120 $7.28 $15,140
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,060 $21.08 $43,850
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 1,040 $10.93 $22,720
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,010 $9.32 $19,390
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,000 $8.44 $17,550
Correctional officers and jailers 990 $13.71 $28,510
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 950 $13.06 $27,170
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 900 $9.65 $20,070
Packers and packagers, hand 890 $8.68 $18,060
Medical secretaries 870 $11.00 $22,890
Pharmacy technicians 870 $12.35 $25,690
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 860 $13.62 $28,330
Bill and account collectors 840 $9.77 $20,310
Accountants and auditors 820 $23.45 $48,780
Life, physical, and social science occupations 820 $22.74 $47,290
Driver/sales workers 780 $8.90 $18,520
Legal occupations 780 $32.62 $67,850
Detectives and criminal investigators 770 $24.54 $51,050
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 770 $25.50 $53,040
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 740 $12.63 $26,270
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 670 $25.67 $53,380
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 640 Not available $69,820
Parts salespersons 640 $10.26 $21,340
Sales representatives, services, all other 620 Not available Not available
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 610 $12.57 $26,140
Food preparation workers 600 $7.63 $15,860
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 600 $13.27 $27,610
Cooks, fast food 580 $7.70 $16,020
Child, family, and school social workers 550 $17.95 $37,330
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 550 $12.61 $26,220
Preschool teachers, except special education 550 $15.04 $31,280
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 550 $7.09 $14,750
Business operations specialists, all other 540 $24.94 $51,870
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 540 $18.12 $37,680
Carpenters 510 $9.52 $19,810
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 510 $7.18 $14,940
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 500 $6.99 $14,550
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 500 Not available $51,200
Data entry keyers 490 $9.95 $20,700
Insurance sales agents 490 $22.01 $45,770
Pharmacists 480 $57.89 $120,400
Bartenders 470 $7.44 $15,460
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 470 $12.45 $25,890
Counter and rental clerks 460 $10.23 $21,270
Instructional coordinators 460 $28.05 $58,340
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 450 $7.98 $16,590
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 450 Not available $48,250
Computer support specialists 440 $15.47 $32,170
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 440 $19.63 $40,820
Dishwashers 420 $6.90 $14,350
Electricians 420 $13.85 $28,810
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 420 $21.28 $44,260
Legal secretaries 420 $13.76 $28,620
Postal service mail carriers 410 Not available Not available
Cement masons and concrete finishers 400 $11.12 $23,130
File clerks 400 $9.59 $19,950
Loan officers 390 $28.44 $59,150
Physical therapists 390 $44.36 $92,260
Recreation workers 390 $8.27 $17,190
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 370 $9.56 $19,890
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 370 $11.11 $23,100
Construction managers 370 $23.43 $48,740
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 370 Not available $44,470
Radiologic technologists and technicians 370 $26.13 $54,350
Team assemblers 370 $8.91 $18,540
Graders and sorters, agricultural products 360 $7.02 $14,600
Helpers--electricians 350 $9.19 $19,110
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 350 $8.44 $17,550
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 340 $12.72 $26,470
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 340 $12.85 $26,730
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 330 $22.70 $47,220
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 330 $7.42 $15,440
Industrial machinery mechanics 330 $17.13 $35,620
Librarians 330 $25.33 $52,680
Medical and health services managers 330 $36.81 $76,570
Dental assistants 320 $9.84 $20,470
Fire fighters 320 $16.20 $33,700
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 320 $8.86 $18,430
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 320 $8.12 $16,900
Medical records and health information technicians 320 $12.01 $24,980
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining 320 $17.54 $36,490
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 320 $11.84 $24,630
All other information and record clerks 310 $12.31 $25,610
Lawyers 310 $51.02 $106,120
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 310 $12.70 $26,420
Speech-language pathologists 310 $31.67 $65,880
Tire repairers and changers 310 $7.69 $15,990
Administrative services managers 300 $34.84 $72,470
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 290 $7.17 $14,920
Paralegals and legal assistants 290 $19.18 $39,890
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 270 $12.68 $26,370
Financial managers 270 $44.13 $91,790
Loan interviewers and clerks 270 $14.42 $30,000
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 270 $13.16 $27,380
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 270 $10.53 $21,910
New accounts clerks 260 $13.77 $28,650
Public relations specialists 250 $25.29 $52,610
Switchboard operators, including answering service 250 $9.09 $18,910
Food service managers 240 $24.97 $51,940
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 240 $8.42 $17,510
Painters, construction and maintenance 240 $11.45 $23,820
Roustabouts, oil and gas 240 $10.65 $22,140
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 240 $28.93 $60,180
Bakers 230 $8.44 $17,560
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 230 $14.37 $29,890
Machinists 230 $12.75 $26,510
Civil engineering technicians 220 $15.76 $32,770
Cooks, short order 220 $7.04 $14,640
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 220 $24.98 $51,970
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 220 $12.34 $25,670
Property, real estate, and community association managers 220 $15.28 $31,770
Butchers and meat cutters 210 $12.29 $25,570
Counselors, all other 210 $27.70 $57,620
Healthcare support workers, all other 210 $13.19 $27,430
Library assistants, clerical 210 $9.42 $19,580
Management analysts 210 $25.27 $52,560
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 200 $12.32 $25,620
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 200 $11.91 $24,770
Respiratory therapists 200 $28.37 $59,010
Sales and related workers, all other 200 $13.01 $27,070
Sales managers 200 $40.65 $84,560
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 200 $7.00 $14,560
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 190 $22.88 $47,600
Physical therapist assistants 190 $31.12 $64,740
Social and human service assistants 190 $10.49 $21,810
Demonstrators and product promoters 180 $11.27 $23,430
Food batchmakers 180 $7.48 $15,550
Health technologists and technicians, all other 180 $14.59 $30,350
Occupational therapists 180 $35.97 $74,830
Order clerks 180 $9.98 $20,760
Physical therapist aides 180 $10.26 $21,350
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 180 Not available Not available
Self-enrichment education teachers 180 $11.04 $22,960
Special education teachers, middle school 180 Not available $47,220
Surgical technologists 180 $18.98 $39,490
Chief executives 170 $76.22 $158,550
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 170 $15.04 $31,280
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 170 $12.55 $26,100
Opticians, dispensing 170 $11.40 $23,710
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 170 $7.92 $16,470
Pharmacy aides 170 $10.92 $22,710
Advertising sales agents 160 $18.32 $38,100
Architectural and civil drafters 160 $13.67 $28,420
Automotive body and related repairers 160 $14.82 $30,820
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 160 $8.71 $18,120
Office machine operators, except computer 160 $10.97 $22,820
Surveying and mapping technicians 160 $13.31 $27,670
Training and development specialists 160 $21.06 $43,800
Construction and building inspectors 150 $15.02 $31,230
Farm equipment mechanics 150 $11.82 $24,590
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 150 $9.90 $20,580
Crossing guards 140 $9.26 $19,260
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 140 $13.86 $28,830
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 140 $12.08 $25,130
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 140 $35.17 $73,150
Library technicians 140 $11.58 $24,090
Managers, all other 140 $38.56 $80,210
Medical and public health social workers 140 $25.98 $54,030
Network and computer systems administrators 140 $21.04 $43,750
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 140 $15.83 $32,920
Special education teachers, secondary school 140 Not available $47,820
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 140 $24.00 $49,920
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 140 $29.71 $61,800
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 130 $13.06 $27,170
Computer programmers 130 $24.88 $51,750
Computer systems analysts 130 $23.09 $48,030
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 130 $8.87 $18,440
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 130 $12.17 $25,320
Nonfarm animal caretakers 130 $8.83 $18,380
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 130 $11.39 $23,690
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 130 $18.61 $38,710
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 130 $17.59 $36,580
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 120 $19.56 $40,690
Family and general practitioners 120 $88.50 $184,070
Helpers--production workers 120 $6.93 $14,420
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 120 $8.98 $18,690
Cargo and freight agents 110 $18.33 $38,130
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 110 $24.95 $51,890
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 110 $20.74 $43,130
Cost estimators 110 $23.77 $49,440
Dental hygienists 110 $27.05 $56,260
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 110 $16.44 $34,190
Medical transcriptionists 110 $14.62 $30,410
Radio and television announcers 110 $17.74 $36,910
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 110 $11.44 $23,800
Dietitians and nutritionists 100 $23.57 $49,030
Graphic designers 100 $14.12 $29,360
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 100 $7.62 $15,840
Meter readers, utilities 100 $11.98 $24,910
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 100 Not available $55,810
Printing machine operators 100 $11.43 $23,770
Amusement and recreation attendants 90 $8.20 $17,060
Brickmasons and blockmasons 90 $11.75 $24,440
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 90 $10.07 $20,940
Fire inspectors and investigators 90 $19.43 $40,420
Market research analysts 90 $20.83 $43,340
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 90 $14.75 $30,670
Network systems and data communications analysts 90 $23.71 $49,310
Personal financial advisors 90 $25.76 $53,590
Photographers 90 $11.83 $24,620
Pipelayers 90 $8.43 $17,530
Social and community service managers 90 $24.82 $51,620
Database administrators 80 $21.41 $44,530
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 80 $14.59 $30,350
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $85,540
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 80 $7.45 $15,500
Occupational therapist assistants 80 $26.96 $56,070
Parking lot attendants 80 $7.97 $16,570
Physician assistants 80 $38.63 $80,350
Procurement clerks 80 $12.95 $26,930
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 80 $20.27 $42,160
Vocational education teachers, middle school 80 Not available $51,710
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 80 $11.88 $24,710
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 70 $8.29 $17,240
Civil engineers 70 $31.66 $65,850
Diagnostic medical sonographers 70 $30.12 $62,650
Editors 70 $20.09 $41,800
Financial specialists, all other 70 $16.20 $33,700
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 70 $11.20 $23,300
Industrial production managers 70 $40.16 $83,540
Maintenance workers, machinery 70 $13.07 $27,190
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 70 $11.55 $24,020
Pest control workers 70 $13.20 $27,460
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Shoe and leather workers and repairers 70 $10.71 $22,270
Veterinary technologists and technicians 70 $13.44 $27,960
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $8.39 $17,440
Computer and information systems managers 60 $45.93 $95,540
Court, municipal, and license clerks 60 $12.21 $25,390
Crane and tower operators 60 $15.16 $31,530
Credit analysts 60 $25.23 $52,480
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 60 $24.37 $50,680
Food servers, nonrestaurant 60 $7.37 $15,320
Health educators 60 $16.86 $35,060
Home appliance repairers 60 $11.18 $23,250
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 60 $25.90 $53,880
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 60 $15.34 $31,910
Painters, transportation equipment 60 $17.08 $35,520
Photographic processing machine operators 60 $8.52 $17,730
Producers and directors 60 $20.75 $43,160
Sewing machine operators 60 $9.77 $20,320
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 60 $13.71 $28,530
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 50 $33.99 $70,690
Computer operators 50 $13.84 $28,780
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 50 $16.04 $33,360
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $9.27 $19,290
Lodging managers 50 $24.66 $51,290
Office and administrative support workers, all other 50 $12.82 $26,670
Security and fire alarm systems installers 50 $10.98 $22,840
Social workers, all other 50 $14.33 $29,810
Urban and regional planners 50 $20.07 $41,750
Agricultural and food science technicians 40 $13.22 $27,500
Animal control workers 40 $10.77 $22,410
Architects, except landscape and naval 40 $29.89 $62,160
Athletic trainers 40 Not available $51,190
Broadcast technicians 40 $14.51 $30,180
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels 40 $11.13 $23,150
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 40 $29.16 $60,650
Coaches and scouts 40 Not available $44,050
Computer software engineers, systems software 40 $32.40 $67,390
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 40 $19.65 $40,860
Floral designers 40 $7.81 $16,230
Funeral attendants 40 $8.68 $18,050
Helpers--carpenters 40 $8.65 $18,000
Interpreters and translators 40 $12.59 $26,180
Legislators 40 Not available Not available
Nuclear medicine technologists 40 $29.36 $61,070
Occupational health and safety specialists 40 $18.16 $37,760
Rehabilitation counselors 40 $21.72 $45,170
Reporters and correspondents 40 $14.21 $29,550
Surveyors 40 $18.82 $39,140
Audio and video equipment technicians 30 $15.74 $32,730
Budget analysts 30 $19.41 $40,380
Conveyor operators and tenders 30 $7.63 $15,870
Education administrators, all other 30 $42.56 $88,510
Highway maintenance workers 30 $10.05 $20,910
Industrial engineers 30 Not available Not available
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 30 $29.15 $60,630
Law clerks 30 $15.51 $32,260
Public relations managers 30 $35.24 $73,300
Travel agents 30 $11.07 $23,030
Agricultural equipment operators Not available $9.12 $18,970
Chefs and head cooks Not available $13.10 $27,250
Commercial pilots Not available Not available $81,420
Couriers and messengers Not available $8.94 $18,590
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Not available $8.53 $17,740
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $9.93 $20,650
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $12.00 $24,960
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $14.13 $29,380
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles Not available $10.18 $21,180
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $9.35 $19,440
Gas plant operators Not available $27.34 $56,880
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Not available $13.72 $28,540
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $12.40 $25,800
Internists, general Not available $86.63 $180,190
Job printers Not available $11.10 $23,090
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Not available $11.49 $23,900
Loan counselors Not available $18.19 $37,840
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Not available $11.54 $24,010
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Not available $11.93 $24,820
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Not available $15.22 $31,650
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers Not available $19.64 $40,860
Physicians and surgeons, all other Not available $70.63 $146,900
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Not available $7.51 $15,620
Protective service workers, all other Not available $12.58 $26,160
Radiation therapists Not available $37.62 $78,240
Real estate sales agents Not available $15.43 $32,090
Roofers Not available $13.45 $27,980
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Not available $17.97 $37,370
Service station attendants Not available $8.79 $18,280
Sheet metal workers Not available $10.50 $21,840
Skin care specialists Not available $14.65 $30,470
Tax preparers Not available $8.36 $17,400
Telemarketers Not available $11.69 $24,320
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Not available $23.77 $49,440
Writers and authors Not available $21.17 $44,030
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