Texarkana, TX-AR

229 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 45500.

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
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2,170
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,760
Retail Salespersons	1,650
General and Operations Managers	1,630
Cashiers	1,410
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,190
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,160
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,080
Office Clerks, General	1,050
Waiters and Waitresses	970
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	920
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	870
Nursing Assistants	820
Customer Service Representatives	740
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	720
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	670
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	670
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	660
Correctional Officers and Jailers	660
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	650

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
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	7.44	150
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	7.03	460
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	5.12	210
Correctional Officers and Jailers	4.65	660
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	3.83	590
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	3.55	100
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	2.77	100
Tire Repairers and Changers	2.41	100
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	2.39	170
Respiratory Therapists	2.05	110
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.02	130
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1.97	450
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1.93	480
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1.85	440
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	1.77	150
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1.73	380
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	1.72	180
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1.70	280
Tellers	1.68	210
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1.65	380

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$516,930
Nurse Anesthetists	$199,320
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$161,180
Pharmacists	$132,530
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$128,650
Nurse Practitioners	$127,920
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$124,870
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$121,770
Personal Financial Advisors	$120,420
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$118,450
Lawyers	$118,410
Software Developers	$116,490
Human Resources Managers	$106,610
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$106,330
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$106,060
Physical Therapists	$105,580
Electrical Engineers	$103,380
Sales Managers	$102,780
Speech-Language Pathologists	$99,990
Marketing Managers	$99,790

All 229 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	320	$69,440	0.60
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	50	$99,460	0.55
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	80	$22,880	0.51
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	40	$28,220	0.41
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$48,080	1.49
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	410	$44,940	1.56
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$30,020	1.15
Bakers `51-3011`	80	$30,370	0.94
Bartenders `35-3011`	160	$22,880	0.59
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	50	$37,840	0.83
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	120	$38,700	0.82
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	420	$43,810	0.83
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	240	$23,100	1.58
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	40	$37,280	0.66
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	180	$47,400	1.72
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	420	$78,850	1.05
Business Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1011`	60	$73,330	1.89
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$31,420	0.88
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	130	$60,390	0.73
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2023`	40	$59,910	5.89
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	210	$61,210	5.12
Carpenters `47-2031`	90	$42,650	0.37
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,410	$26,850	1.23
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	120	$40,710	1.54
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	50	$50,270	0.65
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	Not available	$59,490
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	70	$161,180	0.92
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	70	$46,900	0.46
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	190	$24,680	0.98
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	60	$80,780	0.43
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	210	$26,550	1.51
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	130	$61,620	1.09
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	70	$39,940	1.22
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	60	$53,150	0.40
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	100	$91,920	0.64
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$90,640	0.19
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	160	$48,520	0.59
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$128,650	0.26
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	450	$36,360	1.11
Construction Managers `11-9021`	120	$85,560	0.87
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	50	$49,910	0.84
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	230	$24,500	0.98
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	140	$27,620	0.87
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	640	$29,490	1.23
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	660	$51,310	4.65
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$65,320	0.98
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	200	$33,850	1.38
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	70	$37,250	1.05
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	740	$36,090	0.77
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	130	$44,610	2.02
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	60	$32,610	1.18
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$38,180	0.85
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$82,800	0.85
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	30	$55,950	0.80
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	30	$83,340	1.01
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	190	$20,640	0.96
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$26,510	0.76
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$43,980	1.00
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	210	$34,770	1.36
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	200	$82,050	1.61
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	70	$95,790	1.05
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	30	$36,050	1.22
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	130	$61,650	1.02
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	30	$103,380	0.46
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	60	$62,820	2.59
Electricians `47-2111`	390	$58,140	1.38
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	720	$50,270	1.39
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$47,830	0.92
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	80	$55,200	0.47
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$98,140	0.88
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,170	$22,880	1.52
File Clerks `43-4071`	40	$34,510	1.43
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	170	$121,770	0.54
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	40	$71,450	0.74
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	30	$68,310	0.23
Firefighters `33-2011`	180	$49,940	1.42
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	280	$58,000	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	150	$53,620	7.44
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	70	$69,530	1.95
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	670	$30,000	1.47
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$36,430	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$42,600	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	450	$75,880	1.97
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	80	$70,750	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	530	$56,840	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	60	$72,880	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	480	$65,150	1.93
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	650	$37,540	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	220	$51,690	0.96
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	310	$27,290	0.95
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	70	$24,770	0.63
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	130	$48,850	1.44
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,630	$77,060	1.26
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$46,140	0.52
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	50	$27,750	0.42
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	80	$38,110	1.22
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$70,390	0.56
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	40	$41,590	0.94
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$47,760	0.88
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,190	$49,050	1.55
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	80	$33,520	2.26
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	80	$36,110	1.35
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	60	$39,250	1.08
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,160	$24,630	0.73
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	170	$23,570	1.03
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	100	$26,860	1.01
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$106,610	0.42
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	210	$61,350	0.63
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	280	$65,980	1.70
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	100	$118,450	1.14
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	190	$37,810	0.67
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	80	$46,860	1.61
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	380	$49,070	1.73
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	80	$36,400	1.18
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	130	$74,950	1.54
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	90	$40,830	0.52
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	60	$39,660	1.10
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	870	$32,010	1.07
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates `23-1023`	30	$78,630	3.70
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	920	$36,710	0.84
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	280	$29,590	0.81
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	90	$27,020	1.27
Lawyers `23-1011`	120	$118,410	0.43
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	30	$45,410	0.52
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	30	$56,650	0.66
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	440	$57,370	1.85
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	440	$38,800	1.20
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	70	$43,340	1.17
Loan Officers `13-2072`	90	$58,350	0.84
Machinists `51-4041`	140	$49,310	1.34
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	300	$26,580	0.93
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	570	$40,030	1.01
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	Not available	0.19
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	130	$98,280	0.56
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	110	$48,510	0.32
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$99,790	0.33
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	70	$106,330	0.60
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	230	$36,160	0.76
Medical Equipment Repairers `49-9062`	70	$36,750	3.05
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$34,940	0.87
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	310	$35,340	0.86
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	300	$97,100	1.37
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	70	$33,790	1.21
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	380	$51,230	1.65
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	320	$35,990	0.62
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	460	$60,920	7.03
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	80	$76,020	0.72
Nurse Anesthetists `29-1151`	40	$199,320	2.25
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	150	$127,920	1.22
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	820	$32,880	1.54
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	100	$81,450	3.55
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$76,400	0.89
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	70	$106,060	1.24
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	40	$79,720	1.92
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,050	$36,040	1.15
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	170	$36,990	2.39
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	280	$46,800	1.58
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	30	$32,110	1.27
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$39,920	1.33
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	130	$34,880	0.90
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	110	$32,880	0.53
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	130	$47,300	1.57
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	60	$52,590	0.43
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	160	$35,660	1.64
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$44,290	0.70
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$120,420	0.47
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	50	$38,440	1.23
Pharmacists `29-1051`	120	$132,530	1.04
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	200	$38,190	1.15
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	70	$35,140	1.37
Physical Therapist Aides `31-2022`	60	$32,770	3.34
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	90	$73,560	2.09
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	140	$105,580	1.43
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$124,870	0.73
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	90	$516,930	0.71
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	150	$48,480	0.86
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	400	$57,180	1.61
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$61,050	1.14
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	180	$55,930	1.50
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	200	$29,210	1.12
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	80	$47,880	2.37
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	60	$56,930	3.00
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	140	$49,100	1.46
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	160	$61,480	1.14
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	210	$74,590	0.53
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	120	$58,760	1.06
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$52,570	0.65
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$40,220	1.30
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	150	$77,810	1.77
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	30	$36,660	0.43
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	340	$30,470	1.01
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	60	$34,240	0.47
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	30	$36,890	0.58
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,760	$80,610	1.41
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	110	$78,880	2.05
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,650	$28,700	1.14
Sales Managers `11-2022`	170	$102,780	0.73
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	340	$49,870	0.72
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	390	$58,940	0.84
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	Not available	$69,380
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	610	$59,770	1.54
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	670	$37,490	1.06
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	130	$51,220	0.71
Security Guards `33-9032`	150	$34,060	0.32
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers `49-2098`	70	$36,460	2.07
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	50	$49,090	1.06
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	400	$35,920	1.31
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	80	$27,220	0.84
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	80	$56,850	0.99
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$40,060	0.53
Software Developers `15-1252`	80	$116,490	0.12
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	130	$51,130	1.34
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	100	$50,600	2.77
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	30	$53,360	0.52
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	110	$99,990	1.58
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,080	$33,180	1.03
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	50	$56,030	0.28
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	30	$45,370	1.50
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	660	$28,040	1.26
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary `25-9044`	70	$47,440	1.21
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	70	$46,840	1.29
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	40	$77,700	1.23
Tellers `43-3071`	210	$35,550	1.68
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	100	$34,020	2.41
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	110	$42,830	0.67
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	90	$82,900	1.07
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	970	$23,330	1.16
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$39,260	0.86
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	590	$41,920	3.83