Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area

257 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 4000003.

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
Cashiers	2,420
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,890
General and Operations Managers	1,720
Nursing Assistants	1,380
Office Clerks, General	1,300
Retail Salespersons	1,280
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,230
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,190
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,180
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,160
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,020
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	940
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	840
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	830
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	790
Waiters and Waitresses	760
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	760
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	720
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	680
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	680

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
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	24.62	420
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	21.18	380
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	20.20	100
Petroleum Engineers	19.54	140
Gas Plant Operators	14.27	100
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	11.55	160
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	10.08	530
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	5.65	310
Highway Maintenance Workers	5.52	340
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	5.00	190
Public Safety Telecommunicators	4.35	180
Tellers	3.92	520
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	3.33	590
Postal Service Clerks	3.26	100
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	3.24	130
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	2.94	130
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.64	680
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	2.64	190
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	2.61	500
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	2.59	130

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$257,490
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$159,500
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$143,150
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$137,250
Software Developers	$128,050
Nurse Practitioners	$126,710
Pharmacists	$125,510
Dentists, General	$125,230
Construction Managers	$124,300
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$122,930
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	$121,850
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$117,020
Electrical Engineers	$105,760
Sales Managers	$103,580
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$103,090
Dental Hygienists	$100,480
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$99,170
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$98,330
Management Analysts	$98,230
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$96,930

All 257 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	460	$74,140	0.79
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	50	$83,550	0.46
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	30	$34,900	2.95
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	310	$78,520	5.65
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	70	$27,350	0.46
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$27,210	0.58
Animal Control Workers `33-9011`	30	$30,590	7.05
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$44,890	0.75
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	370	$45,300	1.33
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	60	$31,760	1.51
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$27,060	0.61
Bartenders `35-3011`	110	$22,360	0.36
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	110	$36,840	0.66
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	530	$40,070	0.97
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	150	$35,820	0.92
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	100	$47,990	1.56
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	160	$49,030	1.35
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	170	$75,360	0.38
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	90	$30,130	1.70
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$70,450	0.51
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	130	$64,520	2.94
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	110	$52,370	2.54
Carpenters `47-2031`	80	$43,430	0.30
Cashiers `41-2011`	2,420	$26,790	1.96
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	60	$42,950	0.73
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	70	$143,150	0.82
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	280	$43,950	1.78
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	400	$23,230	1.92
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	60	$36,270	0.49
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$28,300	0.63
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9192`	60	Not available	10.47
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	170	$54,200	1.28
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	70	$38,580	0.74
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	70	$42,730	1.05
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	90	$61,780	0.52
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$66,560	0.61
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	60	$89,420	0.34
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	70	$94,630	0.34
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	250	$48,230	0.86
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$137,250	0.26
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	40	$76,400	3.76
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	630	$38,470	1.43
Construction Managers `11-9021`	50	$124,300	0.30
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	60	$44,660	1.08
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	90	$60,070	4.69
Conveyor Operators and Tenders `53-7011`	50	$38,260	5.18
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	590	$27,100	3.33
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	520	$28,270	0.92
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	300	$42,990	2.00
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$67,370	0.39
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	160	$36,770	0.97
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	190	$39,270	2.64
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	610	$36,170	0.59
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$35,360	0.73
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	130	$45,090	0.81
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$100,480	0.84
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$125,230	0.80
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5011`	90	$50,330	22.40
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	40	$68,120	0.91
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$23,860	0.57
Dishwashers `35-9021`	100	$23,610	0.55
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	110	$47,570	1.40
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	180	$22,630	1.08
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	230	$85,170	1.72
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	50	$80,750	0.71
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	210	$55,510	1.49
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	$105,760	0.68
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	530	$72,240	10.08
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	70	$89,260	1.71
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	80	$88,710	2.97
Electricians `47-2111`	310	$53,970	1.01
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	1,020	$46,870	1.83
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	140	$35,360	1.92
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining `47-5022`	160	$46,490	11.55
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	60	$52,030	0.31
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$23,390	0.38
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$70,650	0.53
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	50	Not available	1.09
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	80	$59,720	5.25
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	80	$28,080	0.71
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,890	$22,770	1.23
File Clerks `43-4071`	50	$28,110	1.77
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	220	$122,930	0.66
Firefighters `33-2011`	190	$36,490	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	650	$70,910	2.00
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	50	$53,270	2.43
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	50	$54,360	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	680	$30,010	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers `39-1013`	30	$50,100	2.98
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$34,190	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$43,620	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	510	$79,430	2.07
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	60	$74,290	0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	530	$56,930	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	60	$34,140	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	130	$60,960	2.09
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	380	$72,180	1.41
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	630	$36,940	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$52,780	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	270	$60,540	1.06
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	90	$34,660	1.23
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	230	$22,110	0.65
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	80	$27,590	0.64
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	50	$59,280	0.52
Funeral Attendants `39-4021`	30	$31,600	2.50
Gambling Cage Workers `43-3041`	60	$34,250	11.02
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers `41-2012`	40	$29,500	4.73
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators `33-9031`	50	$36,090	12.49
Gas Plant Operators `51-8092`	100	$79,190	14.27
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,720	$77,850	1.23
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians `19-4043`	Not available	$45,560
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$43,750	0.40
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	40	$62,630	0.40
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$46,070	0.86
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	180	$45,470	1.07
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,160	$50,840	1.41
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	Not available	$43,750
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	190	$37,520	5.00
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	30	$27,750	0.49
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	340	$37,940	5.52
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	790	$26,790	0.46
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	110	$21,840	0.66
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	160	$27,020	1.55
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	240	$61,450	0.66
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	30	$99,170	0.24
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	390	$68,390	2.21
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	70	$117,020	0.75
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	270	$42,250	0.86
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	60	$52,440	1.04
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	240	$56,690	1.00
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$121,850	0.64
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$56,850	0.48
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$32,740	0.37
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	220	$43,280	1.16
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	50	$37,290	0.92
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	830	$28,460	0.94
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	90	$47,060	2.15
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,230	$37,350	1.05
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	360	$30,590	0.94
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	100	$24,520	1.31
Lawyers `23-1011`	130	$92,000	0.42
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	100	$50,010	1.89
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	60	$27,470	1.74
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	680	$53,210	2.64
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	60	$27,040	0.88
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	280	$41,860	0.72
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	160	$41,340	2.47
Loan Officers `13-2072`	190	$71,850	1.73
Lodging Managers `11-9081`	40	$38,430	2.08
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	50	$88,710	0.47
Machinists `51-4041`	110	$49,980	0.95
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	450	$26,160	1.30
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	70	$52,000	3.08
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	760	$36,760	1.24
Management Analysts `13-1111`	70	$98,230	0.20
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$53,370	0.39
Mechanical Drafters `17-3013`	30	$64,780	1.93
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	110	$103,090	0.91
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	260	$36,610	0.79
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$43,500	0.67
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	260	$34,690	0.67
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	180	$95,300	0.76
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	470	$49,380	1.90
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	150	$37,710	0.26
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	50	$43,470	1.27
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	150	$49,260	2.08
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	Not available	0.40
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	60	$37,410	4.38
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	110	$126,710	0.86
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	1,380	$30,820	2.38
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	40	$70,860	1.30
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$79,060	1.02
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$98,330	0.46
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,300	$36,170	1.32
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	500	$47,040	2.61
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	30	$34,250	1.09
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	90	$28,860	0.38
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	30	$36,350	0.34
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	40	$52,420	0.28
Paramedics `29-2043`	90	$47,520	2.12
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	160	$32,180	1.44
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$44,130	0.98
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation `37-3012`	50	$32,580	4.53
Petroleum Engineers `17-2171`	140	Not available	19.54
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers `51-8093`	80	$79,790	5.82
Pharmacists `29-1051`	160	$125,510	1.26
Pharmacy Aides `31-9095`	50	$26,620	3.09
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	240	$38,300	1.25
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	40	$29,990	0.76
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$57,630	1.28
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$88,710	0.85
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$159,500	0.85
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	Not available	$257,490
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	160	$53,710	0.88
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	430	$44,720	1.62
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	100	$58,150	3.26
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	260	$53,310	1.96
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents `11-9131`	30	$96,930	5.62
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	230	$33,030	1.18
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	50	$30,150	0.93
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	70	$48,030	2.07
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	240	$49,510	1.51
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	230	$95,990	0.54
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	60	$40,390	2.43
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	60	$62,400	0.56
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	180	$37,940	4.35
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	180	$61,980	1.98
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	60	$63,220	0.81
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	270	$31,750	0.74
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	90	$33,930	0.69
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	70	$35,790	1.17
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,180	$79,220	0.87
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	100	$38,280	2.55
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	40	$29,340	1.24
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	90	$76,070	1.61
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,280	$29,140	0.82
Riggers `49-9096`	30	$48,490	3.58
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5012`	100	$64,110	20.20
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas `47-5071`	380	$45,800	21.18
Sales Managers `11-2022`	60	$103,580	0.23
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	230	$75,430	0.45
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	420	$50,080	0.84
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	100	$65,900	0.89
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	720	$47,180	1.70
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	940	$38,040	1.38
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	50	Not available	0.25
Security Guards `33-9032`	270	$32,990	0.53
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5013`	420	$48,690	24.62
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	40	$78,520	0.87
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	130	$39,200	0.41
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$58,440	0.84
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	110	$35,320	0.62
Software Developers `15-1252`	70	$128,050	0.11
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	100	$49,670	0.92
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	70	$54,470	1.10
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$78,870	0.84
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,190	$34,040	1.05
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	120	$56,540	0.62
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	210	$20,330	1.02
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	50	$54,320	1.03
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	60	$36,830	1.80
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	70	$71,280	1.45
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	840	$25,910	1.48
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary `25-9044`	30	$47,420	0.46
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	50	$59,430	0.88
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	130	$44,380	3.24
Tellers `43-3071`	520	$29,580	3.92
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	60	$31,050	1.40
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers `23-2093`	60	$44,970	3.29
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	Not available	$70,730
Transportation Workers, All Other `53-6099`	40	$60,880	8.13
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	40	$80,080	0.43
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$62,360	1.27
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	80	$29,560	1.55
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	760	$16,810	0.84
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	130	$37,670	2.59
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	350	$57,790	2.08