Odessa, TX

243 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 36220.

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
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,190
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2,960
General and Operations Managers	2,630
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	2,060
Retail Salespersons	1,900
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,810
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	1,730
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,660
Cashiers	1,580
Waiters and Waitresses	1,400
Office Clerks, General	1,390
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,380
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,230
Customer Service Representatives	1,150
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,140
Electricians	1,030
Construction Laborers	970
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	950
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	920
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	900

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
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	88.19	2,060
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	77.08	1,730
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	70.42	390
Wellhead Pumpers	35.79	330
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	35.06	230
Petroleum Engineers	22.98	220
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	16.44	410
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	7.55	100
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	7.28	1,660
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	5.96	550
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	4.22	310
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	3.81	130
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	3.66	180
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	3.66	790
Chemical Technicians	3.37	100
Tire Repairers and Changers	3.37	190
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	3.27	1,380
Helpers--Production Workers	3.14	270
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations)	3.01	230
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	2.99	200

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$281,480
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$200,310
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$166,340
Dentists, General	$153,860
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$152,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$146,830
Pharmacists	$141,260
Petroleum Engineers	$135,620
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$134,830
Sales Engineers	$134,740
Marketing Managers	$133,420
Lawyers	$133,340
Human Resources Managers	$132,250
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$129,730
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$129,380
Software Developers	$127,080
Nurse Practitioners	$126,690
Sales Managers	$125,370
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$125,070
Management Analysts	$122,080

All 243 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	550	$80,260	0.73
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	80	$115,470	0.58
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	60	$27,010	0.27
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	40	$35,500	0.26
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	70	$166,340	0.57
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	100	$55,100	1.23
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	640	$47,510	1.74
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	60	$31,270	1.15
Bakers `51-3011`	110	$31,480	0.92
Bartenders `35-3011`	380	$20,370	0.97
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	40	$43,010	0.45
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	170	$41,600	0.79
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	880	$48,930	1.23
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	420	$61,560	2.76
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	360	$97,720	0.63
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	80	$36,370	1.11
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	200	$67,230	0.79
Calibration Technologists and Technicians `17-3028`	50	$68,630	5.71
Carpenters `47-2031`	180	$52,260	0.52
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,580	$29,000	0.98
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	110	$47,940	1.01
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	70	$49,820	0.65
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	100	$60,580	3.37
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	$281,480	0.45
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	80	$54,510	0.41
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	200	$27,210	0.75
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	130	$78,660	0.68
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$59,710	0.24
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	340	$31,390	1.73
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	130	$55,030	0.77
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	80	$49,730	0.59
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	180	$47,340	2.18
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	120	$73,280	0.58
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	140	$49,420	1.58
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	50	$84,750	0.23
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$84,510	0.18
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	170	$62,120	0.46
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	100	$146,830	0.30
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	970	$38,380	1.69
Construction Managers `11-9021`	340	$106,800	1.73
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	230	$49,610	3.01
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	410	$60,300	16.44
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	210	$27,520	0.64
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	90	$34,330	0.39
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	840	$34,900	1.14
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	70	$24,350	0.93
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	100	$79,760	0.83
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	300	$38,590	1.42
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	90	$75,310	3.89
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,150	$39,270	0.85
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	60	$44,820	0.67
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	50	$35,270	0.79
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	150	$44,300	0.76
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$153,860	0.56
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5011`	390	$53,130	70.42
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	30	$104,280	0.69
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	320	$20,320	1.15
Dishwashers `35-9021`	210	$30,060	0.86
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	240	$56,620	2.27
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	380	$38,580	1.78
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers `47-2081`	40	$49,040	0.91
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	200	$95,190	1.18
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	90	Not available	0.93
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	30	$57,670	0.84
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	120	$101,810	0.67
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers `49-2092`	70	$45,990	8.64
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	70	$111,750	0.64
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	200	$67,260	2.99
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	110	$82,130	2.23
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	130	$61,840	3.81
Electricians `47-2111`	1,030	$57,110	2.61
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	820	$63,020	1.13
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	50	$64,870	1.68
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	40	$100,600	0.52
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining `47-5022`	40	$50,230	2.06
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	110	$70,020	0.48
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	70	$42,110	0.40
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	60	$109,740	0.77
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	100	$65,530	1.74
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,960	$28,390	1.48
File Clerks `43-4071`	40	$37,170	1.14
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	280	$152,200	0.63
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	40	$62,090	0.63
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	1,380	$78,580	3.27
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	830	$35,810	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$43,110	0.57
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	820	$84,570	2.56
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	140	$77,750	1.25
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	790	$63,280	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$51,520	0.62
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	380	$73,990	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	710	$45,170	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	440	$62,950	1.36
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	470	$30,550	1.01
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	40	$27,730	0.26
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	230	$58,270	1.83
Funeral Attendants `39-4021`	40	$30,450	2.25
General Internal Medicine Physicians `29-1216`	70	$65,630	2.10
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	2,630	$104,100	1.44
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians `19-4043`	Not available	$31,950
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers `19-2042`	60	$129,730	4.83
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$47,630	0.39
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	90	$64,820	0.77
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	50	$48,610	0.57
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$81,310	0.43
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	30	$36,030	0.60
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	160	$58,580	0.76
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	3,190	$58,370	2.97
Helpers--Extraction Workers `47-5081`	70	$39,480	21.03
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	180	$39,970	3.66
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters `47-3015`	50	$41,280	2.04
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	270	$37,130	3.14
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	30	$44,740	0.40
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	950	$27,670	0.42
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	290	$27,040	1.29
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	180	$28,760	1.35
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	80	$132,250	0.72
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	290	$65,110	0.61
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	90	$105,390	0.50
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	1,660	$60,190	7.28
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	150	$125,070	1.19
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	380	$45,510	0.94
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	510	$46,640	1.64
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	190	$54,980	2.09
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	80	$100,770	0.64
Insulation Workers, Mechanical `47-2132`	100	$52,760	7.55
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	130	$46,250	0.54
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	840	$37,320	0.73
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,230	$39,600	0.80
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	160	$36,390	0.32
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	140	$27,980	1.38
Lawyers `23-1011`	110	$133,340	0.29
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$45,150	0.49
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	30	$84,260	0.49
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	320	$62,490	0.94
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	480	$42,160	0.94
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	30	$44,830	0.38
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	70	$78,150	0.51
Machinists `51-4041`	380	$59,770	2.55
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	370	$29,100	0.83
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	90	$51,110	2.98
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	770	$47,290	0.97
Management Analysts `13-1111`	120	$122,080	0.26
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	240	$134,830	0.73
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	100	$56,330	0.20
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	80	$133,420	0.39
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	120	$111,700	0.75
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	280	$37,820	0.65
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$50,410	0.50
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	280	$40,220	0.56
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	240	$105,310	0.77
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	70	$38,250	0.84
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	450	$63,390	1.40
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	340	$44,880	0.47
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	90	$52,360	1.74
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	550	$65,740	5.96
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers `39-4031`	30	$45,960	2.33
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	120	$92,690	0.72
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	70	$126,690	0.41
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	410	$36,250	0.54
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	80	$96,960	2.07
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	310	$66,110	4.22
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians `19-5012`	40	$65,480	2.31
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$109,220	0.47
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,390	$40,110	1.08
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	100	$36,040	1.03
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	670	$55,430	2.71
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	50	$40,570	1.19
Order Clerks `43-4151`	30	$48,640	0.79
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	130	$30,200	0.44
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	110	$47,870	0.94
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	100	$59,890	0.47
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	350	$38,180	2.50
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	50	$49,700	2.23
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$56,000	0.72
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	100	Not available	1.94
Petroleum Engineers `17-2171`	220	$135,620	22.98
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$141,260	0.59
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	160	$44,620	0.64
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	70	$36,340	0.97
Physical Therapist Aides `31-2022`	40	$26,870	1.78
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$70,470	1.04
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	60	$109,690	0.46
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$129,380	0.47
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	30	$200,310	0.19
Pipelayers `47-2151`	40	$41,990	2.57
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	290	$61,870	1.19
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	140	$56,660	0.83
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	170	$30,250	0.69
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	40	$35,560	0.57
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$62,140	0.86
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	30	$44,670	0.45
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	90	$44,000	0.67
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	170	$59,420	0.83
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	480	$98,590	0.86
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	180	$60,770	1.10
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$60,350	0.45
Purchasing Managers `11-3061`	30	$101,870	0.77
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	100	$65,840	0.85
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	70	$45,750	0.66
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	380	$36,200	0.80
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	40	$34,300	0.25
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	60	$46,180	0.83
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,140	$81,370	0.65
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,900	$30,320	0.94
Riggers `49-9096`	70	$46,120	6.01
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5012`	230	$59,560	35.06
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas `47-5071`	2,060	$45,650	88.19
Sales Engineers `41-9031`	50	$134,740	1.73
Sales Managers `11-2022`	340	$125,370	1.01
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	770	$73,350	1.18
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	900	$65,750	1.40
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	130	$99,340	0.86
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	70	$32,180	1.35
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	580	$66,620	1.04
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	920	$45,060	1.03
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	120	$59,190	0.46
Security Guards `33-9032`	230	$38,420	0.34
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	40	$48,240	0.26
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5013`	1,730	$49,080	77.08
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	40	$36,380	0.72
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	560	$44,070	1.32
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	40	$35,600	0.29
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	60	$75,390	0.53
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	110	$43,560	0.50
Software Developers `15-1252`	110	$127,080	0.13
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	30	$67,910	0.63
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	70	$98,920	0.69
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,810	$39,810	1.23
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	60	$50,680	0.22
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	Not available	$28,410
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-1022`	30	$59,660	1.15
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	730	$34,800	0.99
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	50	$48,730	0.72
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	40	$92,750	0.74
Tellers `43-3071`	180	$36,860	1.04
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	190	$35,520	3.37
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	150	$43,580	0.63
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	190	$95,980	1.65
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	50	$35,360	0.69
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,400	$22,600	1.18
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	790	$63,470	3.66
Wellhead Pumpers `53-7073`	330	$75,450	35.79