Farmington, NM

208 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 22140.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,900
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,730
Retail Salespersons	1,430
Construction Laborers	1,310
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,250
Cashiers	1,140
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	960
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	840
Stockers and Order Fillers	830
Office Clerks, General	820
General and Operations Managers	790
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	770
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	770
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	680
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	640
Customer Service Representatives	630
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	590
Waiters and Waitresses	570
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	560
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	560

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	55.68	180
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	44.99	590
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	23.09	180
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	15.37	210
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	5.07	200
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	4.11	220
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	3.95	500
Construction Laborers	3.91	1,310
Tire Repairers and Changers	3.90	130
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3.87	520
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	3.31	480
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	3.07	770
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	2.96	120
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	2.66	130
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2.39	1,250
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	2.28	200
Driver/Sales Workers	2.08	260
Emergency Medical Technicians	1.92	110
Carpenters	1.90	390
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	1.88	190

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Dentists, General	$195,760
Pharmacists	$147,390
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$142,890
Medical and Health Services Managers	$129,400
Nurse Practitioners	$126,900
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$125,990
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$123,140
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$122,400
Education Administrators, All Other	$118,080
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$115,920
Software Developers	$113,780
Petroleum Engineers	$111,570
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$108,750
Lawyers	$108,090
Sales Managers	$107,110
Administrative Services Managers	$105,770
School Psychologists	$104,740
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$103,520
Construction Managers	$102,780
Boilermakers	$101,250

All 208 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	240	$76,100	0.55
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	110	$105,770	1.41
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	80	$27,080	0.68
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$47,240	1.16
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	400	$46,660	1.83
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	30	$30,880	0.98
Bakers `51-3011`	40	$35,360	0.55
Bartenders `35-3011`	120	$31,030	0.52
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	120	$40,650	1.00
Boilermakers `47-2011`	Not available	$101,250
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	560	$46,010	1.32
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	180	$46,260	1.42
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	200	$52,000	2.28
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	290	$77,780	0.88
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$36,510	1.07
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	80	$70,340	0.53
Carpenters `47-2031`	390	$59,720	1.90
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,140	$28,610	1.20
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	120	$46,850	1.83
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	150	$60,890	1.28
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	240	$34,820	1.48
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$60,630	1.87
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	60	$97,470	0.55
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	120	$29,640	1.07
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	80	$55,200	0.77
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	40	$38,860	0.81
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	120	$62,690	0.93
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$61,870	0.73
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$84,000	0.34
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	140	$54,590	0.63
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$122,400	0.23
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	1,310	$38,150	3.91
Construction Managers `11-9021`	190	$102,780	1.60
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	70	$61,320	1.48
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	50	$67,520	3.31
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	210	$28,730	1.06
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	250	$37,310	1.85
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	370	$34,540	0.86
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$62,530	0.84
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	140	$35,570	1.14
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	60	$47,360	1.06
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	630	$37,500	0.80
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	210	$42,400	1.77
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	120	$90,420	1.74
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$195,760	1.21
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5011`	180	$52,640	55.68
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	40	$69,640	1.26
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	130	$27,940	0.77
Dishwashers `35-9021`	180	$29,490	1.20
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$44,660	1.23
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	260	$26,900	2.08
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	40	$118,080	2.43
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	190	$103,520	1.88
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$78,440	0.92
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	120	$77,650	2.96
Electricians `47-2111`	340	$57,150	1.48
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	640	$76,840	1.50
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	40	$58,280	0.82
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	110	$37,020	1.92
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	30	Not available	0.66
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining `47-5022`	50	$85,880	4.37
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	100	$68,590	0.74
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	30	$43,070	0.33
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	60	$32,240	0.76
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,730	$27,420	1.46
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	90	$125,990	0.36
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	770	$76,520	3.07
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	380	$38,130	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	30	$46,630	0.57
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	260	$78,300	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	370	$62,280	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$96,420	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	170	$71,840	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	510	$44,190	1.48
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	160	$57,050	0.81
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	320	$31,030	1.17
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	40	$29,380	0.42
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$59,720	0.93
Forest and Conservation Technicians `19-4071`	30	$50,130	3.43
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	790	$95,170	0.74
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	50	$27,360	0.57
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers `47-4041`	80	$52,760	5.22
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	80	$38,850	1.36
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-2111`	40	$90,080	5.81
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	30	$62,220	0.53
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$48,380	1.40
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	110	$52,040	0.91
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	960	$51,070	1.52
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other `47-3019`	180	$37,280	23.09
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	30	$46,220	1.55
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	80	$41,470	2.68
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	80	$35,360	1.65
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,900	$27,290	1.44
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	150	$27,540	1.13
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	80	$28,810	1.05
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	160	$64,170	0.57
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	520	$62,190	3.87
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	50	$123,140	0.63
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	70	$44,710	0.29
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	50	$59,060	0.30
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	30	$47,260	0.63
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$82,550	0.53
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$43,780	0.80
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	770	$36,750	1.13
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	680	$37,850	0.75
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	180	$37,130	0.63
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	90	$29,600	1.52
Lawyers `23-1011`	100	$108,090	0.43
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	$49,340	1.02
Library Technicians `25-4031`	50	$38,870	2.55
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	120	$62,690	0.62
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	300	$42,780	1.00
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$36,590	0.72
Loan Officers `13-2072`	40	$58,740	0.43
Machinists `51-4041`	60	$58,460	0.68
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	240	$28,040	0.92
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	500	$46,910	1.07
Management Analysts `13-1111`	70	$79,440	0.27
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	110	$115,920	0.58
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	50	$59,400	0.17
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	360	$37,440	1.43
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	40	$36,720	1.64
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	90	$54,700	1.50
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	180	$39,090	0.61
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	150	$129,400	0.83
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	50	$36,970	1.07
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	280	$76,820	1.47
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers `17-2151`	Not available	$79,890
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	90	$39,570	0.20
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers (3 O*NET occupations) `47-4090`	50	$47,150	5.25
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	220	$79,730	4.11
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	60	$126,900	0.63
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	330	$39,390	0.74
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$94,920	1.38
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians `19-5012`	40	$66,370	4.20
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$93,590	0.99
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	820	$36,470	1.08
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	480	$55,180	3.31
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	50	$27,090	0.28
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$44,780	0.67
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	30	$59,380	0.27
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	130	$37,410	1.53
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	60	$43,780	4.38
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$57,200	1.30
Petroleum Engineers `17-2171`	30	$111,570	5.65
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers `51-8093`	80	$70,080	7.45
Pharmacists `29-1051`	80	$147,390	0.79
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	110	$47,070	0.77
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	Not available	$36,720
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$54,100	1.78
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	60	$98,260	0.74
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$142,890	1.08
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	170	Not available	1.63
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	230	$48,970	1.58
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	230	$62,200	1.14
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$65,710	1.37
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	60	$57,700	0.61
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	190	$37,230	1.31
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	30	$46,860	1.76
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	90	$34,630	1.18
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	50	Not available	0.45
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	150	$96,210	0.47
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	30	$48,590	1.90
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$60,770	0.62
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	30	$91,170	0.52
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	250	$35,440	0.88
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	40	$35,780	0.37
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	840	$83,070	0.81
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	50	$36,150	1.80
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	50	$67,600	1.12
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,430	$31,530	1.20
Roofers `47-2181`	30	$39,420	0.81
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5012`	60	$62,730	16.24
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas `47-5071`	210	$48,970	15.37
Sales Managers `11-2022`	120	$107,110	0.59
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	170	$60,680	0.44
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	250	$61,540	0.65
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	30	$35,610	1.06
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	Not available	$36,250
School Psychologists `19-3034`	50	$104,740	2.32
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	530	$76,770	1.63
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,250	$45,860	2.39
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	50	$58,720	0.36
Security Guards `33-9032`	500	$36,820	1.28
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$46,990	0.49
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5013`	590	$64,500	44.99
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	170	$39,180	0.67
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	Not available	$35,360
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$74,190	0.86
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	120	$45,140	0.88
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	$113,780	0.10
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	40	$75,830	0.51
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	130	$79,190	2.66
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$91,120	0.97
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	830	$35,680	0.96
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	120	$73,070	0.80
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	260	$36,170	1.62
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	30	$52,670	1.72
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	560	$39,960	1.29
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$54,330	0.90
Tellers `43-3071`	120	$36,460	1.20
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	130	$31,240	3.90
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	80	$63,040	0.55
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$108,750	0.79
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	570	$37,210	0.82
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	200	$48,080	5.07
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	500	$57,440	3.95
Wellhead Pumpers `53-7073`	80	$63,230	14.65