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Midland, TX

300 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 33260.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$417,970
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$389,330
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$219,140
Commercial Pilots$198,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers$174,040
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$172,520
Petroleum Engineers$172,070
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$169,240
Public Relations Managers$163,180
Lawyers$163,090
Pharmacists$161,260
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$158,200
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$154,630
Marketing Managers$149,510
Human Resources Managers$148,080
Nurse Practitioners$146,610
Training and Development Managers$144,240
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)$141,120
Sales Managers$139,380
Sales Engineers$138,930
All 300 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-20111,240$100,8901.08
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012140$127,1800.66
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301140$61,7700.58
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-301150$73,9100.44
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091150$27,4300.47
Animal Caretakers 39-2021110$33,6700.52
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101130$99,9900.36
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-3011110$61,6101.29
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-9041260$169,2401.52
Audio and Video Technicians 27-401140$48,4800.69
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021110$58,7500.93
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023600$49,9901.08
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-6031200$30,2602.44
Bakers 51-301170$34,9700.36
Bartenders 35-3011430$21,9800.73
Bill and Account Collectors 43-3011120$51,9300.95
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021180$47,7600.56
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-30311,440$52,2101.34
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 53-305270$51,9500.55
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031580$61,8102.55
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199670$87,8900.78
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302150$43,7100.45
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020310$75,4300.80
Calibration Technologists and Technicians 17-3028140$36,69010.50
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032130$78,2501.50
Carpenters 47-2031170$60,8300.33
Cashiers 41-20111,750$30,1400.72
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051120$47,3600.71
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-1011100$58,1000.65
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-901180$47,5800.69
Chemical Technicians 19-4031160$61,6903.49
Chemists 19-203170$131,8601.00
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011100$389,3300.64
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021120$51,7900.38
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011240$30,0100.59
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302230Not available0.63
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051230$95,4800.81
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061490$35,1401.63
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-919250$33,7904.48
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010110$57,9800.42
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022110$37,6100.57
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124180$46,4901.48
Commercial Pilots 53-201250$198,4801.42
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-114140$79,2800.50
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041300$83,8200.91
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123130$75,3800.28
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299220$97,4700.65
Computer Programmers 15-125160$75,6400.85
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211150$124,5400.37
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232310$62,1400.55
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021310$174,0400.59
Construction Laborers 47-20611,970$39,5002.28
Construction Managers 11-9021600$118,6302.02
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-4011220$59,6301.91
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-90121,030$58,23027.26
Cooks, All Other 35-2019100$40,0406.39
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011300$31,2400.59
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012130$36,4700.38
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014900$35,6700.81
Cooks, Short Order 35-201590$28,3900.85
Cost Estimators 13-1051180$82,5401.02
Counselors, All Other 21-101940$62,9901.70
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021380$39,2401.19
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031130$46,6900.91
Crane and Tower Operators 53-7021150$79,2204.58
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,340$44,8900.66
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403150$45,6000.40
Data Entry Keyers 43-9021100$44,1900.96
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-2051100$125,3300.48
Dental Assistants 31-9091190$45,8200.63
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 47-5011580$56,12069.80
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302160$78,9200.62
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-2032Not available$95,490
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011400$23,4100.93
Dishwashers 35-9021240$30,4200.65
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032350$52,7802.21
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031360$39,9601.11
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas 47-502360$63,7304.24
Editors 27-304140$60,0800.62
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032240$86,2100.93
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-9099Not available$56,220
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012180$83,3000.66
Electrical Engineers 17-2071130$127,4200.85
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051290$77,3902.81
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302350$74,7600.61
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-2094430$74,0008.36
Electricians 47-2111980$59,5301.64
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-3024110Not available8.62
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (2 O*NET occupations) 17-207230$132,0600.46
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021380$61,3500.35
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406160$45,8400.45
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-204250$44,1400.38
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 17-3029300$59,4906.37
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-2199Not available$104,840
Environmental Engineers 17-208160$123,0601.96
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-4042100$49,7103.83
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204170$80,4501.02
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-5022150$49,0705.45
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011320Not available0.89
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031150$40,6900.60
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3013150$116,5401.21
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30233,240$28,6501.07
File Clerks 43-4071110$45,6501.89
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031800$172,5201.20
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-209980$72,4500.76
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-2051230$106,4600.82
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-10112,700$79,9404.23
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101470$38,8000.88
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012950$36,3600.99
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011110$39,4200.80
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101260$47,8300.61
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-10111,370$81,8802.83
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-1012170$82,6301.00
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-10111,100$72,9700.97
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102270$44,3500.75
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101250$122,7400.39
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011430$80,1700.82
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011760$46,2200.86
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047720$70,8401.47
Food Batchmakers 51-309230$28,3300.24
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021500$33,2000.72
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041150$34,1600.66
Food Service Managers 11-9051200$60,6701.06
Gas Plant Operators 51-809290$79,9106.30
General and Operations Managers 11-10214,830$132,4201.75
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians 19-4043Not available$29,790
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 19-2042370$219,14020.14
Graphic Designers 27-102490$57,5800.60
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501290$30,0400.38
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 29-902150$37,6601.80
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209940$50,4900.27
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-211160$137,0303.62
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102230$78,9000.20
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909950$44,7300.54
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021260$57,8000.80
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30324,540$58,2002.80
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other 47-301990$39,6504.87
Helpers--Electricians 47-3013160$48,0503.19
Helpers--Extraction Workers 47-5081150$42,81028.69
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-9098250$41,0403.34
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198350$38,1702.71
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,460$26,8500.43
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031300$27,6000.89
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416140$53,6400.53
Human Resources Managers 11-3121160$148,0800.94
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071580$78,6500.81
Hydrologic Technicians 19-4044Not available$102,150
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302630$114,1400.57
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112320$141,1201.11
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-90412,630$60,4207.62
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051220$135,2001.12
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051390$46,3400.64
Information Security Analysts 15-121250$129,5300.33
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419940$36,8700.40
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061720$47,5901.54
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099280$47,3901.99
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031300$74,8901.70
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021150$48,1400.40
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,070$35,0100.62
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,500$41,9100.65
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011390$37,5500.52
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011230$30,5701.45
Lawyers 23-1011280$163,0900.47
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601250$60,0700.39
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402250$66,7200.47
Library Technicians 25-403140$39,2200.65
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061280$64,2400.55
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-909240$31,6400.35
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033540$47,3300.70
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413170$49,3900.55
Loan Officers 13-207280$72,0300.36
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1081150$81,8900.78
Machinists 51-4041270$58,8001.18
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012660$29,7800.98
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-9043180$43,7503.87
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,200$47,8801.00
Management Analysts 13-1111140$104,2600.20
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199760$154,6301.54
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161250$72,5500.35
Marketing Managers 11-2021290$149,5100.92
Mechanical Drafters 17-301340$86,1001.43
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302740$63,9501.42
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141250$125,2001.07
Medical Assistants 31-9092300$44,0100.47
Medical Records Specialists 29-207280$52,7400.50
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013360$44,2500.47
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111280$108,3900.60
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112150$56,4400.41
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102690$38,2700.73
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other 51-4199Not available$39,450
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-20221,170$64,3002.41
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090470$47,2700.43
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers (3 O*NET occupations) 47-409070$58,3602.97
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023160$54,0902.21
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042620$64,2004.49
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-912150$111,9500.59
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244240$83,9200.98
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171100$146,6100.38
Nursing Assistants 31-1131580$35,9700.51
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011580$91,5705.29
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 19-501250$62,4702.06
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112270$105,6700.56
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,760$46,4400.91
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199110$45,0000.70
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-20731,150$57,9003.06
Operations Research Analysts 15-203170$100,3900.84
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205750$38,0700.91
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208140$38,0800.70
Order Clerks 43-415140$39,6600.61
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111120$28,5300.40
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-706490$34,3500.20
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141150$45,2200.83
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011100$64,5000.33
Paramedics 29-204380$51,8501.03
Parts Salespersons 41-2022220$37,5301.06
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-3051100$59,5100.82
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205270$98,9300.32
Petroleum Engineers 17-2171940$172,07066.36
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 51-8093310$80,54011.87
Pharmacists 29-1051130$161,2600.51
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052160$45,7900.44
Phlebotomists 31-909740$41,8900.33
Physical Therapist Aides 31-202250$37,0201.30
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202170$82,6200.74
Physical Therapists 29-1123130$118,4500.62
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107160$158,2000.49
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229160$417,9700.61
Pipelayers 47-2151100$45,4403.88
Plant and System Operators, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 51-809940$60,1003.61
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152510$60,7001.41
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051340$80,2600.65
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052140$59,8800.55
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 43-505360$57,9500.77
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011180$35,1000.47
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109240$51,5800.54
Production Workers, All Other 51-919970$46,0600.35
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061280$58,4500.91
Project Management Specialists 13-1082930$98,1701.11
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141470$96,5001.94
Public Relations Managers 11-203250$163,1800.77
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031130$64,4000.57
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503130$61,2500.38
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 53-7072270$54,80035.24
Purchasing Managers 11-306170$131,2201.04
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034100$80,7000.58
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022340$109,7602.21
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171590$37,2800.83
Recreation Workers 39-903260$30,3200.23
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708180$56,6600.72
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,210$82,1200.46
Respiratory Therapists 29-112660$77,3700.54
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,210$33,6600.72
Riggers 49-9096190$49,83010.76
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas 47-5012490$78,26049.47
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 47-50713,940$47,180111.55
Sales Engineers 41-903170$138,9301.66
Sales Managers 11-2022590$139,3801.19
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-30911,710$80,4601.74
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012960$76,9300.99
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-909990$39,1101.20
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031680$65,5400.81
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,400$48,2701.04
Security Guards 33-9032240$37,5000.23
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021110$34,7700.41
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 47-407150$43,3702.16
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 47-50133,460$49,470101.99
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071490$45,0600.76
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305360$37,4400.31
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915190$76,6800.55
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093150$46,4200.42
Software Developers 15-1252400$126,1900.30
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-125360$94,5000.42
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-205240$59,6500.19
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-2057240$65,1303.22
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205860$77,4800.44
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112780$81,1000.57
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,900$38,2000.85
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-101880$50,3300.21
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031560$32,8101.35
Surgical Assistants 29-909340$47,1302.45
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-3031250$45,8605.54
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) 17-102290$61,1802.20
Tax Preparers 13-208230$46,2100.57
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309960$62,7200.64
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045600$30,0000.54
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-2022110$60,3800.98
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-9052130$81,6201.75
Tellers 43-3071190$38,1800.73
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-3093170$35,8401.95
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-2093140$112,4203.65
Training and Development Managers 11-313140$144,2401.06
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151300$64,2800.83
Transportation Security Screeners 33-909350$61,1101.29
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3071340$103,9901.96
Tutors 25-3041140$39,1601.04
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205670$39,4000.71
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,560$23,7000.88
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031220$47,9302.19
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121810$61,4102.47
Wellhead Pumpers 53-70731,660$72,110117.60