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

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 92,680 $16.68 $34,700
Office and administrative support occupations 15,500 $13.30 $27,660
Sales and related occupations 10,360 $13.72 $28,540
Food preparation and serving related occupations 7,980 $8.19 $17,050
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 7,800 $28.75 $59,800
Transportation and material moving occupations 7,670 $13.19 $27,440
Production occupations 6,870 $14.48 $30,110
Education, training, and library occupations 5,630 $19.09 $39,710
Healthcare support occupations 4,540 $11.23 $23,360
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,980 $17.87 $37,170
Retail salespersons 3,730 $10.92 $22,710
Management occupations 3,610 $41.04 $85,360
Registered nurses 3,080 $26.58 $55,280
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,970 $9.63 $20,020
Cashiers 2,930 $7.77 $16,160
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,640 $7.23 $15,030
Business and financial operations occupations 2,380 $26.95 $56,060
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,320 $11.48 $23,870
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,030 $12.07 $25,100
Home health aides 1,820 $9.58 $19,920
Waiters and waitresses 1,760 $7.36 $15,310
Personal care and service occupations 1,750 $9.97 $20,740
Protective service occupations 1,600 $16.76 $34,860
General and operations managers 1,570 $45.10 $93,810
Office clerks, general 1,500 $10.52 $21,880
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,420 $14.35 $29,850
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,380 $24.58 $51,120
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,300 $10.13 $21,080
Customer service representatives 1,240 $11.85 $24,650
Community and social services occupations 1,230 $17.90 $37,240
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,220 $9.10 $18,930
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,200 Not available $42,070
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,160 $18.70 $38,910
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,080 $18.43 $38,330
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,050 $9.97 $20,730
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,020 $20.01 $41,610
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,010 $13.89 $28,890
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 970 $23.35 $48,570
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 960 $17.74 $36,910
Receptionists and information clerks 940 $10.33 $21,490
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 930 $16.76 $34,870
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 900 $17.09 $35,540
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 870 $7.70 $16,010
Industrial truck and tractor operators 860 $14.14 $29,420
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 830 $18.97 $39,450
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 780 $8.95 $18,620
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 750 $12.28 $25,540
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 750 Not available $45,210
Maintenance and repair workers, general 740 $14.31 $29,760
Computer and mathematical occupations 690 $25.35 $52,730
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 650 Not available $43,670
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 630 $23.45 $48,770
Teacher assistants 630 Not available $16,760
Cooks, restaurant 620 $9.07 $18,870
Legal occupations 610 $37.47 $77,940
Medical assistants 570 $12.83 $26,690
Accountants and auditors 560 $29.91 $62,200
Driver/sales workers 490 $9.50 $19,760
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 490 $14.62 $30,400
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 480 $17.09 $35,540
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 480 $13.02 $27,080
Packers and packagers, hand 470 $8.18 $17,020
Medical secretaries 460 $13.20 $27,450
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 450 $11.12 $23,130
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 440 $22.60 $47,000
Tellers 440 $10.26 $21,350
Cooks, fast food 430 $8.12 $16,900
Surveying and mapping technicians 400 $12.47 $25,940
Preschool teachers, except special education 390 $9.07 $18,870
Counter and rental clerks 360 $10.28 $21,380
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 360 $22.69 $47,190
Radiologic technologists and technicians 360 $24.67 $51,310
Industrial machinery mechanics 350 $19.49 $40,540
Medical and health services managers 350 $37.71 $78,440
Life, physical, and social science occupations 340 $23.86 $49,630
Parts salespersons 340 $15.98 $33,230
Security guards 330 $11.31 $23,520
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 310 $27.82 $57,870
Food preparation workers 310 $7.69 $16,000
Machinists 300 $14.57 $30,310
Carpenters 290 $15.54 $32,310
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 280 $7.45 $15,490
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 280 $11.40 $23,710
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 280 $7.78 $16,180
Electricians 270 $16.45 $34,220
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 270 $17.03 $35,420
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 270 $15.56 $32,360
Sales representatives, services, all other 270 $25.03 $52,070
Construction managers 260 $28.27 $58,800
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 250 $16.46 $34,240
Helpers--production workers 250 $11.79 $24,520
Medical records and health information technicians 250 $12.99 $27,030
Postal service mail carriers 250 Not available Not available
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 240 $8.67 $18,030
Dishwashers 240 $7.71 $16,040
Lawyers 240 $61.18 $127,260
Pharmacy technicians 240 $13.07 $27,190
Bus drivers, school 230 $8.47 $17,620
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 230 $7.68 $15,980
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 230 Not available Not available
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 220 $14.09 $29,300
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 220 $12.05 $25,060
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 220 $14.43 $30,020
Paralegals and legal assistants 220 $18.34 $38,140
Business operations specialists, all other 210 $25.36 $52,740
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 210 $23.22 $48,290
Amusement and recreation attendants 200 $7.88 $16,390
Child care workers 200 $7.82 $16,260
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 200 $12.55 $26,100
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 190 $10.49 $21,810
Insurance sales agents 190 Not available Not available
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 190 $14.53 $30,220
Computer support specialists 180 $16.78 $34,910
Dental assistants 180 $15.45 $32,140
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 180 $24.51 $50,980
Pharmacists 180 $53.33 $110,930
Physical therapists 180 $36.56 $76,050
Physicians and surgeons, all other 180 More than $70 More than $145,600
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 170 $9.23 $19,190
Education teachers, postsecondary 170 Not available $50,820
Healthcare support workers, all other 170 $11.56 $24,050
Public relations specialists 170 $22.73 $47,280
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 160 $16.80 $34,940
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 160 $7.36 $15,320
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 160 $14.07 $29,270
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 160 $13.68 $28,450
Network and computer systems administrators 160 $23.03 $47,890
Switchboard operators, including answering service 160 $9.28 $19,310
Child, family, and school social workers 150 $15.66 $32,560
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 150 Not available $65,570
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 150 $21.50 $44,730
Financial managers 150 $45.75 $95,170
Loan officers 150 $24.05 $50,020
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 150 Not available $51,820
Speech-language pathologists 150 $29.22 $60,770
Teachers and instructors, all other 150 Not available $21,070
Bill and account collectors 140 $12.22 $25,420
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 140 $12.59 $26,180
Couriers and messengers 140 $9.98 $20,750
Surgical technologists 140 $17.19 $35,760
Bartenders 130 $10.54 $21,920
Civil engineering technicians 130 $19.97 $41,540
Data entry keyers 130 $10.79 $22,450
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 130 $8.98 $18,680
Food service managers 130 $26.52 $55,160
Management analysts 130 $27.01 $56,170
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 130 $23.63 $49,150
Architectural and civil drafters 120 $18.56 $38,600
Civil engineers 120 $35.12 $73,050
Computer programmers 120 $30.79 $64,040
Dental hygienists 120 $27.14 $56,440
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 120 $14.55 $30,260
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 120 $32.06 $66,690
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 120 $8.16 $16,970
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 120 $15.36 $31,940
Medical transcriptionists 120 $14.52 $30,200
Nonfarm animal caretakers 120 $8.57 $17,830
Real estate sales agents 120 $19.32 $40,180
Respiratory therapists 120 $22.27 $46,330
Self-enrichment education teachers 120 $14.71 $30,600
Administrative services managers 110 $40.30 $83,820
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 110 $8.19 $17,040
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 110 $12.26 $25,510
Computer systems analysts 110 $30.37 $63,180
File clerks 110 $10.18 $21,170
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 110 $19.09 $39,710
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 110 $15.99 $33,260
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 110 $10.04 $20,890
Physical therapist assistants 110 $26.80 $55,750
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 110 $18.08 $37,600
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 110 $19.87 $41,320
Sales managers 110 $50.83 $105,720
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 110 $18.24 $37,930
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 100 $24.89 $51,780
Automotive body and related repairers 100 $19.42 $40,390
Cement masons and concrete finishers 100 $12.50 $26,000
Chief executives 100 $72.47 $150,730
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 100 $28.85 $60,020
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 100 $15.89 $33,060
Detectives and criminal investigators 100 $22.58 $46,960
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 100 $20.03 $41,660
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 100 $16.27 $33,830
Producers and directors 100 Not available Not available
Service station attendants 100 $9.87 $20,520
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 100 Not available $45,170
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $47,940
Bakers 90 Not available Not available
Community and social service specialists, all other 90 $17.02 $35,400
Construction and building inspectors 90 $16.14 $33,570
Cooks, short order 90 $9.47 $19,690
Cost estimators 90 $24.91 $51,820
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $43,190
Financial analysts 90 $34.48 $71,720
Industrial production managers 90 $52.17 $108,520
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 90 Not available $34,870
Market research analysts 90 $21.36 $44,430
Production workers, all other 90 $11.65 $24,230
Property, real estate, and community association managers 90 $20.92 $43,520
Recreation workers 90 $9.60 $19,960
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 90 $38.76 $80,630
Team assemblers 90 $10.63 $22,110
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 90 Not available Not available
Training and development specialists 90 $19.23 $40,010
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 90 $20.91 $43,490
Advertising sales agents 80 $27.17 $56,520
Chefs and head cooks 80 $15.14 $31,500
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 80 $28.63 $59,550
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 80 $17.34 $36,060
Instructional coordinators 80 $25.76 $53,590
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $44,240
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 80 $9.38 $19,510
Occupational therapists 80 $34.95 $72,700
Order clerks 80 $10.56 $21,950
Painters, construction and maintenance 80 $13.08 $27,200
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 80 $14.19 $29,500
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 80 Not available Not available
Coaches and scouts 70 Not available $34,400
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $49,570
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 70 $8.61 $17,910
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 70 $14.15 $29,430
Library assistants, clerical 70 $10.61 $22,070
Loan interviewers and clerks 70 $14.78 $30,740
Physician assistants 70 $44.88 $93,360
Printing machine operators 70 $13.64 $28,370
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 70 $13.13 $27,320
Roofers 70 $12.38 $25,750
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 70 Not available $43,810
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 70 $8.80 $18,300
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 70 $13.91 $28,940
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 70 $10.99 $22,860
All other information and record clerks 60 $12.11 $25,190
Business teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $61,930
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 60 $24.22 $50,380
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 60 $25.00 $52,010
Engineering managers 60 $53.16 $110,570
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 60 $12.19 $25,360
Helpers--electricians 60 $10.02 $20,830
Librarians 60 $24.13 $50,190
Medical equipment preparers 60 $11.66 $24,250
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 60 $16.84 $35,040
Painters, transportation equipment 60 $19.69 $40,950
Photographers 60 $12.67 $26,360
Social and community service managers 60 $24.54 $51,040
Special education teachers, middle school 60 Not available $44,480
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $51,690
Court, municipal, and license clerks 50 $14.02 $29,170
Crossing guards 50 $9.03 $18,790
Education administrators, postsecondary 50 $43.64 $90,770
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 50 $24.36 $50,660
Financial specialists, all other 50 $20.08 $41,770
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 50 $16.99 $35,340
Floral designers 50 $11.69 $24,310
Graphic designers 50 $15.94 $33,160
Industrial engineers 50 $33.11 $68,860
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 50 $15.14 $31,500
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $13.78 $28,650
Occupational therapist assistants 50 $26.14 $54,370
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $13.01 $27,060
Postal service clerks 50 Not available Not available
Surveyors 50 $25.38 $52,780
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $34.30 $71,350
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 50 $6.92 $14,400
Veterinary technologists and technicians 50 $11.00 $22,870
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 40 $26.30 $54,710
Brokerage clerks 40 $18.52 $38,530
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 40 $10.07 $20,940
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 40 $24.78 $51,530
Chemical technicians 40 $17.21 $35,790
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 40 $10.32 $21,470
Demonstrators and product promoters 40 $9.40 $19,560
Editors 40 $18.81 $39,120
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 40 $25.25 $52,520
Interpreters and translators 40 $12.72 $26,470
Mechanical drafters 40 $30.75 $63,970
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 40 Not available Not available
Photographic processing machine operators 40 $9.02 $18,760
Rehabilitation counselors 40 $17.02 $35,400
Residential advisors 40 $9.31 $19,360
Sociology teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $50,570
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 40 $15.13 $31,470
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers 40 $9.47 $19,690
Tax preparers 40 $19.60 $40,770
Veterinarians 40 $35.20 $73,220
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $49,410
Clergy 30 $22.17 $46,110
Communications teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $45,840
Computer and information systems managers 30 $38.59 $80,260
Database administrators 30 $27.99 $58,210
Dietitians and nutritionists 30 $23.81 $49,530
Electrical engineers 30 $41.06 $85,400
Health educators 30 $19.21 $39,960
History teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $50,300
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 30 $19.01 $39,540
Managers, all other 30 $32.69 $67,990
Mechanical engineers 30 $37.14 $77,250
Motorcycle mechanics 30 $20.57 $42,780
Network systems and data communications analysts 30 $25.02 $52,050
Prepress technicians and workers 30 $12.74 $26,500
Automotive glass installers and repairers Not available $18.13 $37,710
Butchers and meat cutters Not available $9.30 $19,340
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic Not available $15.18 $31,580
Construction and extraction occupations Not available $15.11 $31,430
Construction laborers Not available $10.21 $21,230
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Not available $15.92 $33,110
Crane and tower operators Not available $20.08 $41,770
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $13.69 $28,480
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $14.58 $30,320
Dentists, general Not available $79.81 $166,000
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $12.46 $25,920
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles Not available $17.56 $36,530
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $37.55 $78,110
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $10.88 $22,620
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors Not available $37.56 $78,130
Health technologists and technicians, all other Not available $15.97 $33,220
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Not available $19.85 $41,280
Helpers--carpenters Not available $9.08 $18,880
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Not available $10.45 $21,740
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $12.52 $26,030
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Not available $12.89 $26,810
Legal secretaries Not available $15.56 $32,370
Machine feeders and offbearers Not available $13.60 $28,300
Medical and public health social workers Not available $21.71 $45,160
Mental health counselors Not available $16.13 $33,550
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $13.41 $27,890
Motor vehicle operators, all other Not available $9.75 $20,280
Office and administrative support workers, all other Not available $9.00 $18,710
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $11.12 $23,140
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Not available $12.43 $25,840
Personal financial advisors Not available $46.18 $96,060
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Not available $14.92 $31,030
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers Not available $28.04 $58,310
Physical therapist aides Not available $11.20 $23,300
Reporters and correspondents Not available $13.84 $28,800
Respiratory therapy technicians Not available $19.14 $39,810
Security and fire alarm systems installers Not available $12.77 $26,560
Sewing machine operators Not available $10.60 $22,050
Social and human service assistants Not available $15.39 $32,010
Social workers, all other Not available $11.25 $23,390
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Not available $15.80 $32,870
Surgeons Not available $96.92 $201,600
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $20.50 $42,640
Tire repairers and changers Not available $8.09 $16,820
Word processors and typists Not available $15.58 $32,410
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