Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

196 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 4800005.

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)	1,840
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,750
General and Operations Managers	1,330
Cashiers	1,210
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	1,160
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,120
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,100
Retail Salespersons	1,070
Correctional Officers and Jailers	950
Stockers and Order Fillers	910
Office Clerks, General	850
Customer Service Representatives	770
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	740
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	720
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	700
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	620
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	600
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	520
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	470
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	470

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
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	53.42	170
Wellhead Pumpers	46.00	250
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	43.48	170
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	33.69	1,160
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	31.67	430
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	20.20	260
Correctional Officers and Jailers	8.30	950
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	8.29	350
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	8.09	120
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	5.93	200
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations)	5.51	430
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	4.41	170
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	4.26	250
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	3.81	210
Highway Maintenance Workers	3.69	170
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations)	3.42	430
Emergency Medical Technicians	2.93	160
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	2.82	110
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2.46	190
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	2.32	120

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$373,440
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$182,260
Pharmacists	$153,310
Petroleum Engineers	$131,460
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$130,060
Lawyers	$129,130
Nurse Practitioners	$128,060
Marketing Managers	$127,230
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$126,930
Human Resources Managers	$122,980
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$122,930
Software Developers	$122,510
Physical Therapists	$118,410
Sales Managers	$105,880
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$105,760
Construction Managers	$105,620
Commercial Pilots	$101,560
Medical and Health Services Managers	$99,300
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$96,100
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	$94,520

All 196 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	260	$73,280	0.59
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$91,860	0.55
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	350	$74,640	8.29
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$27,080	0.39
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	360	$49,790	1.67
Bartenders `35-3011`	120	$21,760	0.51
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	30	$35,820	0.68
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$39,520	1.03
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	450	$45,230	1.08
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	180	$36,310	1.49
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	140	$57,080	1.56
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	330	$75,190	1.02
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$39,830	1.05
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	90	$65,650	0.59
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	200	$61,320	5.93
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,210	$28,600	1.30
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$182,260	0.63
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	110	$45,000	0.92
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	180	$27,770	1.17
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$70,550	0.34
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	130	$30,280	1.17
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	80	$62,590	0.76
Commercial Pilots `53-2012`	30	$101,560	2.23
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	70	$37,710	2.10
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	430	$75,360	3.42
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	60	$82,960	0.47
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	130	$55,300	0.59
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	40	$130,060	0.21
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	330	$37,180	0.99
Construction Managers `11-9021`	90	$105,620	0.76
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	90	$60,600	1.94
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	120	$53,520	8.09
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	230	$25,730	1.16
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	110	$30,590	0.86
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	300	$29,180	0.71
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	950	$49,970	8.30
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	80	$36,590	0.68
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	210	$37,460	3.81
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	770	$31,790	0.98
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	Not available	1.02
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	50	$38,000	0.45
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5011`	170	$50,970	53.42
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	1,160	$94,520	33.69
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	30	$78,290	1.14
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	100	$44,460	1.62
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	110	$38,300	0.89
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	170	$83,770	1.70
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	140	$72,800	1.33
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	170	$65,260	4.41
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	80	$76,460	4.31
Electricians `47-2111`	250	$63,730	1.08
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	290	$61,350	0.70
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	60	$45,620	1.20
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	160	$36,980	2.93
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	Not available	$62,450
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	60	$63,470	0.42
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$93,400	1.02
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	100	$31,790	1.26
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals `45-2093`	60	$29,170	6.53
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,840	$24,130	1.58
File Clerks `43-4071`	30	$37,340	1.47
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	140	$126,930	0.55
Firefighters `33-2011`	170	$50,980	1.59
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	350	$76,610	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	40	$61,740	2.62
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	30	$62,410	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	470	$33,570	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$35,900	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	290	$76,560	1.56
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	470	$56,570	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$75,130	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	140	$57,950	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other `33-1099`	40	$58,810	6.12
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	460	$43,220	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	200	$56,590	1.07
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	260	$30,780	0.97
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	40	$29,050	2.00
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	30	$25,720	0.35
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$50,430	1.07
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators `53-7071`	60	$67,080	55.08
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,330	$84,440	1.26
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	80	$37,660	1.52
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	70	$50,930	0.54
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,120	$50,390	1.80
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	50	$38,760	1.60
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	170	$39,740	3.69
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,750	$22,790	1.35
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	190	$26,870	2.46
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$122,980	0.62
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	170	$60,830	0.61
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	240	$58,440	1.78
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	180	$37,790	0.78
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	110	$34,510	2.82
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	130	$28,370	0.74
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	40	$44,340	0.75
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	90	$77,110	1.30
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	50	$39,460	0.32
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	70	$35,690	1.53
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,100	$34,720	1.64
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	520	$33,350	0.58
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	160	$30,530	0.56
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	110	$27,410	1.79
Lawyers `23-1011`	90	$129,130	0.41
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$46,490	1.22
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	280	$59,080	1.42
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	240	$36,780	0.81
Loan Officers `13-2072`	40	$64,080	0.52
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$65,310	0.51
Machinists `51-4041`	30	$47,560	0.36
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	380	$27,470	1.48
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	720	$42,650	1.56
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	360	$122,930	1.94
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	70	$52,340	0.25
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	40	$127,230	0.36
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	40	$105,760	0.45
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	230	$36,870	0.94
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$44,190	0.90
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	180	$37,430	0.62
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	180	$99,300	1.01
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	40	$35,560	0.72
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	300	$60,560	1.59
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	160	$27,630	0.38
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	120	$60,430	2.32
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$82,220	0.63
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	70	$128,060	0.68
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	300	$35,490	0.69
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	80	$78,820	1.78
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	850	$35,250	1.15
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	250	$34,220	4.26
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	290	$48,370	2.00
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	30	$61,590	0.46
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$59,000	0.40
Paramedics `29-2043`	90	$45,650	2.80
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	100	$32,480	1.25
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$44,110	1.03
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	Not available	0.38
Petroleum Engineers `17-2171`	60	$131,460	11.03
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers `51-8093`	60	$68,670	6.03
Pharmacists `29-1051`	40	$153,310	0.42
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	80	$45,400	0.57
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	60	$36,110	1.34
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	30	$76,950	0.97
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	40	$118,410	0.52
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	40	$373,440	0.38
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	70	$55,810	0.51
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	450	$55,430	2.22
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	50	$67,140	2.07
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	80	$64,250	0.76
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	150	$30,330	1.03
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	80	$54,730	0.69
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	140	$81,250	0.42
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	50	$49,110	3.08
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	80	$57,030	0.90
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$51,640	0.52
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	80	$40,150	2.50
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	70	$75,340	1.02
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$57,180	0.65
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	180	$30,950	0.65
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	100	$32,140	0.97
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$38,970	1.12
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	700	$81,850	0.68
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,070	$29,180	0.91
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5012`	170	$75,390	43.48
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas `47-5071`	430	$43,850	31.67
Sales Managers `11-2022`	110	$105,880	0.56
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	220	$69,990	0.57
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	170	$59,990	0.45
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	600	$60,610	1.88
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	620	$41,840	1.21
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	50	$74,260	0.33
Security Guards `33-9032`	230	$41,610	0.59
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5013`	260	$53,340	20.20
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	160	$38,590	0.67
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$37,480	0.63
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	80	$72,110	1.21
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	100	$44,870	0.74
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	$122,510	0.10
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	430	$61,460	5.51
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	70	$57,540	2.30
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$56,340	0.89
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$84,780	0.86
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	910	$36,960	1.07
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	30	$49,080	0.22
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	80	$22,880	0.49
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	740	$28,800	1.72
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary `25-9044`	50	$21,570	1.08
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$55,370	0.89
Tellers `43-3071`	150	$35,630	1.47
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	60	$36,440	1.85
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	80	$52,010	0.58
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	100	$96,100	1.44
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$37,840	1.10
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	450	$21,230	0.66
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	90	$41,410	2.27
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	140	$49,230	1.13
Wellhead Pumpers `53-7073`	250	$60,930	46.00