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

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 100,480 $16.72 $34,780
Office and administrative support occupations 16,870 $13.71 $28,520
Production occupations 10,770 $14.60 $30,370
Sales and related occupations 10,500 $14.45 $30,060
Food preparation and serving related occupations 9,150 $8.00 $16,650
Education, training, and library occupations 6,930 $20.01 $41,620
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,130 $12.83 $26,690
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,030 $16.72 $34,770
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 4,980 $32.32 $67,210
Management occupations 3,840 $40.21 $83,630
Business and financial operations occupations 3,560 $26.38 $54,880
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,480 $9.77 $20,320
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,430 $7.38 $15,340
Healthcare support occupations 3,390 $11.13 $23,150
Retail salespersons 3,160 $10.68 $22,220
Personal care and service occupations 2,810 $8.76 $18,210
Cashiers 2,460 $7.99 $16,610
Waiters and waitresses 2,020 $7.15 $14,880
Registered nurses 1,950 $30.44 $63,320
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,950 $11.81 $24,560
Protective service occupations 1,930 $16.19 $33,670
Customer service representatives 1,850 $11.87 $24,700
Office clerks, general 1,850 $11.50 $23,930
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,760 $9.00 $18,720
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,600 $10.04 $20,890
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,490 $10.77 $22,400
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,460 $19.83 $41,250
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,410 $14.69 $30,560
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,400 $23.18 $48,210
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,390 $26.48 $55,080
Construction laborers 1,380 $10.11 $21,020
General and operations managers 1,340 $44.80 $93,180
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,320 $14.22 $29,580
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,310 $16.47 $34,250
Home health aides 1,260 $10.00 $20,800
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,200 $20.60 $42,860
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,200 $10.27 $21,360
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,130 $29.59 $61,560
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,130 Not available $40,740
Team assemblers 1,070 $12.34 $25,670
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,040 $17.54 $36,480
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,020 $20.80 $43,270
Community and social services occupations 990 $19.49 $40,530
Teacher assistants 950 Not available $18,720
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 890 Not available $43,930
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 830 $10.33 $21,490
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 800 $26.19 $54,480
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 790 $24.31 $50,570
Cooks, restaurant 780 $8.26 $17,180
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 770 $12.99 $27,030
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 760 $18.91 $39,320
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 740 $11.90 $24,760
Receptionists and information clerks 730 $10.41 $21,660
Life, physical, and social science occupations 690 $29.69 $61,760
Accountants and auditors 680 $23.13 $48,100
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 630 Not available $42,220
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 590 $20.36 $42,350
Teachers and instructors, all other 570 Not available $20,360
Security guards 560 $10.98 $22,830
Legal occupations 550 $37.75 $78,520
Child care workers 520 $8.75 $18,200
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 520 $16.66 $34,640
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 500 $12.93 $26,890
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 480 $7.72 $16,070
Industrial truck and tractor operators 470 $12.19 $25,360
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 470 $14.76 $30,690
Tellers 460 $11.03 $22,930
Driver/sales workers 450 $10.47 $21,780
Bus drivers, school 410 $10.53 $21,900
Business operations specialists, all other 410 $30.09 $62,590
Sales representatives, services, all other 410 $27.53 $57,260
Machinists 390 $15.98 $33,230
Counter and rental clerks 380 $9.02 $18,760
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 380 $17.69 $36,790
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 360 $15.66 $32,570
Medical assistants 360 $13.01 $27,060
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 350 $14.33 $29,810
Avionics technicians 340 $20.06 $41,730
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 340 $8.48 $17,630
Electricians 340 $20.80 $43,250
Computer support specialists 320 $19.09 $39,710
Food preparation workers 320 $8.11 $16,870
Industrial machinery mechanics 320 $18.94 $39,390
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 320 Not available Not available
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 310 $14.18 $29,500
Cement masons and concrete finishers 300 $12.79 $26,600
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 300 $25.97 $54,020
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 300 $14.60 $30,370
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 280 $12.80 $26,630
Construction managers 280 $31.15 $64,780
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 280 $7.54 $15,680
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 280 $25.15 $52,310
Medical and health services managers 280 $30.94 $64,350
Lawyers 270 $55.23 $114,880
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 270 $12.48 $25,960
Preschool teachers, except special education 270 $11.05 $22,970
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 270 $22.90 $47,640
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 260 $13.22 $27,500
Dishwashers 260 $7.36 $15,310
Market research analysts 260 $36.12 $75,120
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 260 $12.40 $25,780
Postal service mail carriers 260 Not available Not available
Public relations specialists 250 $22.29 $46,360
Carpenters 230 $14.17 $29,480
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 230 $14.00 $29,110
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 230 $7.45 $15,500
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 230 $14.90 $31,000
Radiologic technologists and technicians 230 $22.50 $46,800
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 220 $10.28 $21,390
Brickmasons and blockmasons 220 $20.34 $42,310
Cooks, fast food 220 $7.05 $14,660
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 220 $22.75 $47,330
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 220 $13.60 $28,290
Network and computer systems administrators 220 $25.38 $52,780
Parts salespersons 220 $14.67 $30,510
Administrative services managers 210 $34.51 $71,780
All other information and record clerks 210 $13.44 $27,950
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 210 Not available $64,620
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 210 Not available Not available
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 210 $7.72 $16,050
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 210 Not available Not available
Bartenders 200 $7.87 $16,370
Computer systems analysts 200 $23.26 $48,380
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 200 $12.76 $26,550
Cost estimators 190 $23.22 $48,300
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 190 $10.13 $21,070
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 190 $30.65 $63,750
Helpers--production workers 190 $9.19 $19,120
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 190 $15.62 $32,490
Computer programmers 180 $32.04 $66,650
Data entry keyers 180 $9.32 $19,380
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 180 $14.53 $30,220
Instructional coordinators 180 $26.64 $55,400
Pharmacy technicians 180 $14.10 $29,330
Printing machine operators 180 $12.07 $25,100
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 180 $22.70 $47,210
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 170 $8.10 $16,860
Coaches and scouts 170 Not available $54,550
Financial managers 170 $42.26 $87,900
Food service managers 170 $29.32 $60,990
Healthcare support workers, all other 170 $14.89 $30,980
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 170 $10.42 $21,660
Paralegals and legal assistants 170 $18.88 $39,260
Automotive body and related repairers 160 $19.95 $41,490
Bill and account collectors 160 $12.89 $26,820
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 160 $15.86 $32,980
File clerks 160 $11.42 $23,750
Loan officers 160 $37.15 $77,260
Packers and packagers, hand 160 $8.70 $18,090
Dental assistants 150 $14.82 $30,830
Industrial engineering technicians 150 $22.24 $46,270
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 150 Not available $42,040
Legal secretaries 150 $15.29 $31,810
Pharmacists 150 $55.03 $114,460
Sewing machine operators 150 $8.92 $18,550
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 150 $11.73 $24,390
Industrial engineers 140 $45.66 $94,970
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 140 $7.32 $15,220
Mechanical engineers 140 $33.02 $68,680
Medical secretaries 140 $12.73 $26,480
Nonfarm animal caretakers 140 $9.12 $18,980
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 140 $14.90 $30,990
Physicians and surgeons, all other 140 $105.00 $218,400
Chief executives 130 $60.87 $126,600
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 130 $12.15 $25,270
Family and general practitioners 130 $83.98 $174,680
Industrial production managers 130 $40.90 $85,070
Child, family, and school social workers 120 $16.83 $35,000
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 120 $23.89 $49,680
Graphic designers 120 $15.65 $32,560
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 120 $15.40 $32,030
Sales managers 120 $53.55 $111,370
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 120 Not available $40,850
Business teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available $92,350
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $15.23 $31,670
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 110 $10.59 $22,040
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 110 $18.35 $38,170
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 110 $12.71 $26,430
Librarians 110 $21.45 $44,620
Library assistants, clerical 110 $11.97 $24,900
Physical therapists 110 $35.98 $74,840
Property, real estate, and community association managers 110 $20.43 $42,500
Switchboard operators, including answering service 110 $10.58 $22,010
Community and social service specialists, all other 100 $14.04 $29,200
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 100 $25.22 $52,460
Computer and information systems managers 100 $47.48 $98,760
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 100 Not available $61,340
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 100 $14.67 $30,500
Management analysts 100 $36.31 $75,520
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 100 $17.29 $35,960
Order clerks 100 $11.31 $23,530
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 100 Not available Not available
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $13.08 $27,210
Computer operators 90 $12.40 $25,790
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 90 $12.67 $26,340
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 90 $9.20 $19,130
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 90 $16.81 $34,970
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 90 $13.06 $27,170
Medical records and health information technicians 90 $15.99 $33,260
Office and administrative support workers, all other 90 $14.02 $29,150
Painters, construction and maintenance 90 $15.76 $32,780
Recreation workers 90 $9.96 $20,710
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 90 $16.98 $35,330
Roofers 90 $12.43 $25,850
Speech-language pathologists 90 $24.55 $51,070
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 90 $26.38 $54,860
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 90 Not available $44,520
Civil engineering technicians 80 $16.68 $34,690
Civil engineers 80 $35.43 $73,700
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 80 $31.44 $65,390
Dental hygienists 80 $30.43 $63,290
Loan interviewers and clerks 80 $16.19 $33,670
Medical and public health social workers 80 $22.00 $45,750
Network systems and data communications analysts 80 $28.51 $59,310
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 80 $12.29 $25,570
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 80 $10.25 $21,320
Special education teachers, secondary school 80 Not available $43,340
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 80 $21.42 $44,540
Training and development specialists 80 $23.85 $49,600
Aerospace engineers 70 $42.66 $88,740
Bakers 70 $10.07 $20,950
Butchers and meat cutters 70 $11.25 $23,410
Computer software engineers, applications 70 $35.10 $73,010
Counselors, all other 70 $23.76 $49,420
Database administrators 70 $26.39 $54,890
Education administrators, postsecondary 70 Not available Not available
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 70 $22.54 $46,890
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 70 $19.14 $39,810
Helpers--electricians 70 $12.63 $26,270
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 70 $14.60 $30,370
Library technicians 70 $10.34 $21,510
Loan counselors 70 $18.85 $39,210
Machine feeders and offbearers 70 $11.55 $24,010
Maintenance workers, machinery 70 $16.34 $33,990
Sheet metal workers 70 $19.77 $41,120
Social and community service managers 70 $24.33 $50,600
Special education teachers, middle school 70 Not available $40,980
Tile and marble setters 70 $13.67 $28,440
Amusement and recreation attendants 60 $8.49 $17,660
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $22.23 $46,240
Couriers and messengers 60 $10.45 $21,730
Court, municipal, and license clerks 60 $13.89 $28,900
Editors 60 $22.35 $46,490
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 60 $26.53 $55,190
Food servers, nonrestaurant 60 $8.09 $16,830
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $58,420
Managers, all other 60 $47.52 $98,840
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $73,120
Mechanical drafters 60 $23.00 $47,850
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 60 $15.17 $31,550
Personal financial advisors 60 $30.04 $62,470
Public relations managers 60 $53.55 $111,390
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 60 $43.80 $91,100
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 60 $6.84 $14,220
Advertising sales agents 50 $15.64 $32,540
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 50 $17.79 $37,000
Construction and building inspectors 50 $18.10 $37,650
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 50 $9.42 $19,600
Financial analysts 50 $31.71 $65,960
Food batchmakers 50 $11.25 $23,400
Funeral attendants 50 $8.32 $17,310
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 50 $25.09 $52,190
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $9.95 $20,690
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $12.29 $25,570
Occupational therapists 50 $32.92 $68,460
Pest control workers 50 $13.95 $29,010
Pipelayers 50 $13.60 $28,290
Prepress technicians and workers 50 $15.84 $32,960
Procurement clerks 50 $17.61 $36,630
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $67,150
Sales and related workers, all other 50 $12.92 $26,870
Self-enrichment education teachers 50 $11.30 $23,500
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 40 Not available Not available
Architectural and civil drafters 40 $12.48 $25,960
Budget analysts 40 $31.04 $64,560
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 Not available Not available
Electrical engineers 40 $50.58 $105,210
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 40 $19.57 $40,700
Engineering managers 40 $57.70 $120,010
Floral designers 40 $10.60 $22,040
Logisticians 40 $30.29 $63,000
Meeting and convention planners 40 $18.15 $37,760
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $10.07 $20,940
Occupational health and safety specialists 40 $27.22 $56,610
Office machine operators, except computer 40 $11.12 $23,130
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 40 $11.03 $22,950
Physical therapist assistants 40 $23.37 $48,600
Postal service clerks 40 Not available Not available
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 40 $29.80 $61,990
Security and fire alarm systems installers 40 $20.95 $43,570
Social workers, all other 40 $25.51 $53,060
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 40 $13.93 $28,980
Veterinarians 40 $32.57 $67,750
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 40 $9.04 $18,810
Veterinary technologists and technicians 40 $11.83 $24,610
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 40 $19.78 $41,150
Photographic processing machine operators 30 $9.93 $20,660
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 30 $8.69 $18,080
Travel agents 30 $13.84 $28,780
Upholsterers 30 $10.28 $21,380
Bindery workers Not available $11.15 $23,200
Brokerage clerks Not available $14.55 $30,270
Chemical technicians Not available $21.14 $43,980
Chiropractors Not available $38.51 $80,100
Computer software engineers, systems software Not available $36.04 $74,970
Computer specialists, all other Not available $20.03 $41,650
Construction and extraction occupations Not available $14.26 $29,670
Cooks, short order Not available $8.79 $18,290
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Not available $8.06 $16,770
Crane and tower operators Not available $16.29 $33,870
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $14.12 $29,380
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program Not available $16.57 $34,480
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Not available $13.02 $27,090
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers Not available $13.64 $28,380
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers Not available $18.02 $37,490
Hazardous materials removal workers Not available $22.98 $47,800
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Not available $14.13 $29,390
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters Not available $9.84 $20,460
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $9.69 $20,160
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $13.51 $28,090
Insurance sales agents Not available $24.03 $49,980
Insurance underwriters Not available $28.33 $58,930
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers Not available $8.46 $17,600
Locksmiths and safe repairers Not available $12.19 $25,360
Marketing managers Not available $56.24 $116,980
Mechanical engineering technicians Not available $22.91 $47,650
Medical equipment repairers Not available $17.55 $36,490
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Not available $10.15 $21,100
New accounts clerks Not available $14.21 $29,560
Opticians, dispensing Not available $11.98 $24,930
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $18.49 $38,450
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Not available $7.64 $15,880
Real estate sales agents Not available $11.08 $23,040
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Not available $10.67 $22,190
Service station attendants Not available $8.88 $18,460
Social and human service assistants Not available $13.17 $27,400
Structural iron and steel workers Not available $15.45 $32,130
Surgical technologists Not available $16.39 $34,090
Telemarketers Not available $9.83 $20,450
Tire repairers and changers Not available $9.06 $18,840
Word processors and typists Not available $15.68 $32,610
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