Lawton, OK

214 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 30020.

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
Retail Salespersons	1,370
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,310
Cashiers	1,120
Office Clerks, General	1,090
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	990
General and Operations Managers	970
Stockers and Order Fillers	900
Customer Service Representatives	840
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	750
Waiters and Waitresses	700
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	610
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	570
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	520
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	510
Nursing Assistants	490
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	460
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	460
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	450
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	450
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	430

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
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	42.39	110
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	17.43	100
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	9.30	290
Gambling Dealers	6.10	140
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	4.99	610
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	3.95	170
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	2.78	120
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	2.61	130
Tellers	2.53	230
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	2.49	280
Medical Records Specialists	2.19	120
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.11	380
Cooks, Fast Food	2.03	360
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	1.96	100
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1.91	210
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.85	260
Real Estate Sales Agents	1.85	100
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	1.78	270
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	1.77	170
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	1.73	110

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$448,460
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$254,300
Pharmacists	$137,540
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$137,500
Nurse Practitioners	$132,940
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$132,220
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$125,510
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$124,340
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$116,340
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	$115,090
Sales Managers	$109,340
Software Developers	$107,240
Medical and Health Services Managers	$106,330
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$104,990
Administrative Services Managers	$100,760
Speech-Language Pathologists	$100,420
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$98,940
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$98,840
Physical Therapists	$98,590
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$96,890

All 214 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	280	$71,520	0.71
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	30	$100,760	0.47
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	30	$21,200	0.29
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	90	$26,890	1.22
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$45,820	1.40
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	260	$45,010	1.34
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	30	$39,710	1.09
Bakers `51-3011`	40	$31,530	0.56
Bartenders `35-3011`	140	$21,230	0.66
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	80	$40,710	0.74
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	370	$45,110	0.98
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	120	$38,250	1.11
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	120	$37,640	2.78
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	70	$48,310	0.82
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	370	$94,520	1.24
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$30,380	1.73
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	130	$75,570	0.98
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	60	$62,070	2.02
Carpenters `47-2031`	80	$50,400	0.45
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,120	$27,250	1.31
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	70	$47,680	1.24
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	30	$137,500	0.54
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	210	$43,950	1.91
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	260	$33,300	1.85
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$83,650	0.47
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$75,050	0.44
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	90	$27,530	0.84
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	150	$60,970	1.69
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	100	$61,780	0.86
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	150	$96,890	1.28
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	70	$96,250	0.49
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	210	$46,670	1.06
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$104,990	0.31
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	270	$36,630	0.89
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	60	$56,960	1.40
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	360	$25,600	2.03
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	610	$37,450	4.99
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	410	$28,800	1.05
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	90	$38,970	0.83
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	100	$36,300	0.92
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	90	$37,000	1.84
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	840	$35,080	1.17
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$43,430	1.15
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$92,210	1.22
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	30	$78,920	1.02
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	30	$61,970	1.47
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	270	$37,000	1.78
Dishwashers `35-9021`	110	$26,390	0.86
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$42,270	0.92
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	160	$26,660	1.38
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	120	$64,970	1.32
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	40	$38,500	2.03
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	170	$60,750	1.77
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	30	Not available	0.57
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	40	$98,840	1.18
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	40	$79,440	1.51
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	60	$89,250	3.46
Electricians `47-2111`	190	$56,500	0.90
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	450	$47,330	1.19
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	40	$59,310	0.31
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$48,540	0.62
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$84,640	0.83
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	80	$448,460	2.87
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,310	$22,430	1.23
File Clerks `43-4071`	60	$41,710	2.91
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	100	$116,340	0.42
Firefighters `33-2011`	160	$36,500	1.69
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	230	$62,310	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	80	$56,920	3.06
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	520	$34,580	1.54
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers `39-1013`	80	$52,220	11.76
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	100	$37,320	1.96
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	220	$71,810	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$52,740	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	450	$54,510	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$35,100	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	170	$76,960	3.95
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	230	$71,090	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	430	$43,900	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	60	$52,020	2.87
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	150	$50,920	0.86
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	150	$27,130	0.63
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	50	$39,720	0.56
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	50	$63,060	0.77
Gambling Cage Workers `43-3041`	80	$36,610	21.34
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers `41-2012`	100	$30,620	17.43
Gambling Dealers `39-3011`	140	$30,010	6.10
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators `33-9031`	110	$32,080	42.39
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	970	$77,840	1.01
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	70	$28,050	0.89
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$45,700	0.87
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$58,570	0.69
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	90	$51,630	2.83
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	280	$72,980	2.49
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	380	$47,280	0.67
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	40	$42,580	2.17
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	60	$36,270	1.44
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	320	$26,530	0.27
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	150	$22,690	1.25
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	80	$24,890	1.10
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	70	$51,630	2.81
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$95,180	0.52
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	220	$59,880	0.89
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	Not available	$58,940
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	Not available	$125,510
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	90	$36,590	0.42
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	200	$47,360	1.23
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$65,790	1.09
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$76,460	0.86
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$36,280	0.93
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	750	$30,290	1.23
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$46,910	1.25
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	460	$36,170	0.57
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	240	$36,290	0.93
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	60	$26,370	1.12
Lawyers `23-1011`	60	$92,000	0.30
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$62,320	1.22
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$33,480	1.95
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	380	$57,260	2.11
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-4099`	Not available	$115,090
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	200	$37,780	0.73
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	80	$38,660	1.83
Loan Officers `13-2072`	110	$59,640	1.44
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	100	$81,330	1.50
Machinists `51-4041`	90	$51,290	1.17
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	250	$28,140	1.07
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	Not available	$61,700
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	510	$43,550	1.20
Management Analysts `13-1111`	140	$86,260	0.55
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	120	$62,590	0.50
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	180	$35,820	0.81
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	120	$49,940	2.19
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	190	$37,230	0.70
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	210	$106,330	1.25
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	30	$38,430	0.66
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	270	$61,240	1.59
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	Not available	$40,360
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	130	$61,100	2.61
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$75,400	0.56
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	40	$37,390	4.23
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	70	$132,940	0.78
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	490	$35,190	1.24
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$80,140	1.54
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$98,940	0.68
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,090	$35,370	1.60
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	210	$46,030	1.58
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	50	$36,230	2.32
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$29,770	0.50
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	70	$38,390	1.15
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	40	$49,940	0.35
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	100	$30,840	1.33
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	50	$45,660	4.59
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$49,940	1.53
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	40	$44,210	1.53
Pharmacists `29-1051`	110	$137,540	1.23
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	140	$43,730	1.04
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	80	$35,600	1.90
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$64,660	1.52
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	60	$98,590	0.79
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	30	$132,220	0.68
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	80	$254,300	0.87
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$51,870	1.00
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	280	$54,870	1.52
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$59,970	1.53
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	130	$55,490	1.44
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	230	$28,390	1.72
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	60	$54,950	4.02
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	140	$46,650	1.27
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	140	$81,720	0.48
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	30	$44,760	2.21
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	50	$57,470	0.61
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$73,920	0.54
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	60	$51,270	2.12
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	110	$74,980	1.73
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	100	$35,710	1.85
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	170	$32,100	0.68
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	40	$33,830	0.42
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$37,490	1.24
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	990	$80,570	1.07
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,370	$28,150	1.28
Sales Managers `11-2022`	40	$109,340	0.20
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	160	$52,690	0.45
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	320	$124,340	0.95
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	370	$51,000	1.26
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	570	$37,240	1.20
Security Guards `33-9032`	410	$33,280	1.15
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$31,200	0.53
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	40	$73,510	1.10
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	160	$49,270	0.71
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	30	$30,050	0.46
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	80	$34,750	0.65
Software Developers `15-1252`	80	$107,240	0.16
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	70	$57,630	0.94
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	50	$60,770	1.76
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	50	$51,540	1.18
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$100,420	0.86
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	900	$34,560	1.15
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	80	$45,660	0.61
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	70	$19,490	0.47
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	70	$59,110	2.07
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	290	$81,330	9.30
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	460	$28,700	1.19
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	30	$46,020	0.78
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	40	$41,100	1.39
Tellers `43-3071`	230	$34,950	2.53
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	50	$34,990	1.61
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers `23-2093`	30	$48,380	2.49
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$55,550	1.12
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$54,100	0.50
Tutors `25-3041`	90	$62,700	1.82
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	40	$30,520	1.10
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	700	$17,150	1.12
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$40,190	1.60
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	80	$49,720	0.70