Wichita Falls, TX

237 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 48660.

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)	2,240
General and Operations Managers	1,640
Retail Salespersons	1,490
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,470
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,330
Cashiers	1,270
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,230
Nursing Assistants	950
Office Clerks, General	920
Customer Service Representatives	910
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	860
Waiters and Waitresses	840
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	730
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	730
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	680
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	650
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	620
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	600
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	590
Food Preparation Workers	580

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	9.88	160
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	6.01	240
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	5.82	290
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations)	5.51	510
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	5.42	220
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	5.06	100
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	4.46	150
Correctional Officers and Jailers	4.02	550
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	3.11	120
Instructional Coordinators	3.08	250
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	2.95	140
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	2.88	130
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.39	550
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	2.32	140
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.03	110
Physical Therapists	2.00	190
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1.95	120
Medical Assistants	1.94	570
Food Service Managers	1.91	160
Driver/Sales Workers	1.88	270

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$292,330
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$163,170
Dentists, General	$148,800
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$139,420
Pharmacists	$139,400
Nurse Practitioners	$130,310
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$128,780
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$127,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$124,540
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$120,440
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$112,260
Marketing Managers	$108,620
Software Developers	$108,260
Electrical Engineers	$107,400
Lawyers	$106,780
Human Resources Managers	$105,680
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$105,640
Medical and Health Services Managers	$105,640
Administrative Services Managers	$102,640
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$101,720

All 237 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	310	$76,050	0.59
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$102,640	0.65
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	290	$67,270	5.82
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers `53-2011`	80	$112,260	2.14
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	70	$22,190	0.52
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$28,850	0.69
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$139,420	0.59
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$45,710	0.99
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	440	$44,780	1.73
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$29,910	0.68
Bartenders `35-3011`	240	$21,460	0.88
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	50	$43,350	0.88
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$38,210	0.89
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	490	$43,910	0.99
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	60	$43,510	0.42
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	80	$54,730	0.78
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	280	$71,280	0.72
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$35,090	1.13
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	180	$73,920	1.01
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	240	$58,180	6.01
Carpenters `47-2031`	80	$38,620	0.33
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,270	$27,650	1.15
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	80	$43,200	1.06
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	30	$163,170	0.44
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	110	$54,950	0.77
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	170	$24,120	0.93
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	90	$76,640	0.72
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	250	$29,620	1.86
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	110	$57,670	0.95
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	70	$48,540	0.76
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	110	$46,380	2.03
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	50	$38,100	2.07
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	100	$72,690	0.66
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	140	$47,090	2.32
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	90	$89,420	0.58
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$85,250	0.29
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	130	$59,750	0.52
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$124,540	0.24
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	240	$36,720	0.62
Construction Managers `11-9021`	130	$92,770	0.96
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$54,820	0.77
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	50	$55,160	2.63
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	210	$32,400	1.34
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	520	$29,790	1.03
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	Not available	$22,430
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	550	$54,020	4.02
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$63,680	0.78
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	180	$35,480	1.23
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	90	$37,110	1.43
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	910	$36,370	0.98
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	120	$40,260	1.95
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	50	$33,860	1.16
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$40,280	0.84
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	40	$91,340	0.56
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$148,800	0.96
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$66,540	1.32
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	180	$20,890	0.91
Dishwashers `35-9021`	120	$28,380	0.71
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	90	$41,530	1.21
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	270	$33,090	1.88
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	180	$91,520	1.50
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	40	$49,940	0.91
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	160	$68,440	1.24
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$107,400	0.52
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	40	$69,420	0.76
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	90	$45,530	1.01
Electricians `47-2111`	190	$45,570	0.69
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	290	$58,900	0.58
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	60	$36,370	0.87
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	50	$62,330	2.34
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	70	$58,060	0.41
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	70	$46,090	0.59
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$85,300	0.70
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,240	$25,540	1.62
File Clerks `43-4071`	60	$31,480	2.41
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$127,490	0.51
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	50	$65,230	0.98
Firefighters `33-2011`	170	$45,710	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	230	$61,200	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	100	$59,890	5.06
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$38,180	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	60	$57,750	1.77
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	730	$32,570	1.66
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$40,460	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$41,490	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	310	$65,100	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	70	$59,650	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	590	$57,100	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$36,520	1.28
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$74,380	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	290	$60,990	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	490	$39,320	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	230	$47,680	1.04
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	580	$35,700	1.81
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	50	$27,080	0.47
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	160	$48,430	1.91
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,640	$76,320	1.31
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$44,870	0.43
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	110	$27,830	1.00
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	40	$53,060	1.60
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	50	$47,740	0.72
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	80	$66,000	1.21
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	120	$39,870	3.11
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	160	$49,240	1.09
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	620	$50,600	0.84
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	150	$34,730	4.46
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	70	$34,630	1.26
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	50	$35,670	0.89
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,330	$22,950	0.86
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	120	$23,510	0.80
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	100	$27,060	1.08
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	40	$45,890	1.12
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$105,680	0.60
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	220	$62,300	0.67
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	90	$93,830	0.70
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	250	$61,330	1.58
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	80	$105,640	0.85
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	210	$44,230	0.76
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	140	Not available	2.95
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	270	$48,250	1.25
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$40,550	1.02
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	250	$86,260	3.08
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	100	$48,520	0.61
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	860	$30,210	1.09
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	680	$34,420	0.64
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	210	$30,690	0.63
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	110	$28,360	1.57
Lawyers `23-1011`	80	$106,780	0.30
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$41,990	0.67
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$48,230	1.14
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	550	$60,330	2.39
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	250	$39,000	0.71
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	70	$46,010	1.20
Loan Officers `13-2072`	70	$58,240	0.69
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$65,360	0.41
Machinists `51-4041`	130	$52,790	1.28
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	450	$27,840	1.46
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	40	$54,960	1.73
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	600	$43,680	1.09
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$95,570	0.18
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	100	$120,440	0.44
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	120	$47,840	0.38
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	60	$108,620	0.43
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	60	$95,710	0.58
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	570	$40,240	1.94
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	110	$45,100	1.54
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	360	$38,660	1.06
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	280	$105,640	1.31
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	40	$63,770	0.92
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	310	$61,250	1.41
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	540	$34,420	1.08
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$64,040	0.57
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	80	$83,150	0.68
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	190	$130,310	1.67
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	950	$37,870	1.83
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$76,400	0.89
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	70	$101,720	1.20
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	50	$74,450	2.93
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	920	$36,580	1.04
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	90	$38,890	1.35
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	180	$47,860	1.04
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	60	$36,330	2.24
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$36,710	1.34
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	200	$46,160	1.51
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	150	$33,910	0.75
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$47,360	0.37
Paramedics `29-2043`	40	$46,550	1.07
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	130	$33,060	1.35
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$48,310	0.95
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	60	$79,210	0.61
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	30	$35,690	0.85
Pharmacists `29-1051`	110	$139,400	0.97
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	240	$43,160	1.42
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	70	$40,440	1.35
Physical Therapist Aides `31-2022`	40	$28,690	2.48
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$78,310	1.62
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	190	$93,250	2.00
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$128,780	0.83
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	70	$292,330	0.56
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$49,210	0.81
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	370	$73,110	1.53
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$61,710	1.48
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	160	$57,700	1.35
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	150	$30,480	0.87
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	40	$51,510	0.81
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	80	$39,220	0.85
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	100	$50,400	0.73
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	220	$80,070	0.58
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	30	$45,810	1.64
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	130	$49,920	1.13
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	80	$57,910	0.79
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	60	$46,220	1.72
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	90	$61,250	1.06
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$35,920	0.63
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	420	$32,940	1.29
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	90	$29,550	0.74
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,470	$83,280	1.22
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,490	$28,610	1.07
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas `47-5012`	40	$57,700	8.67
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas `47-5071`	160	$45,720	9.88
Sales Managers `11-2022`	130	$100,970	0.55
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	300	$49,880	0.68
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	310	$54,760	0.69
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	50	$75,580	0.50
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	70	$29,990	2.19
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	480	$61,970	1.27
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	730	$39,140	1.20
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	140	$60,610	0.82
Security Guards `33-9032`	220	$34,920	0.49
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers `49-2098`	30	$48,310	1.08
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$32,200	0.46
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	50	$29,110	1.30
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	40	$53,460	0.86
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	270	$39,400	0.91
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	60	$35,630	0.64
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	100	$63,900	1.32
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	180	$36,040	1.17
Software Developers `15-1252`	70	$108,260	0.11
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	510	$59,790	5.51
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	50	$61,250	1.56
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$61,160	0.71
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	90	$99,590	1.36
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,230	$34,180	1.21
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	120	$62,070	0.66
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	240	$28,980	1.27
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	220	$73,920	5.42
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	650	$29,000	1.29
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	80	$52,160	1.52
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	60	$77,720	1.71
Tellers `43-3071`	190	$35,230	1.60
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	80	$35,600	2.14
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	170	$60,160	1.05
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	70	$79,440	0.89
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	840	$22,980	1.03
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	130	$44,840	2.88
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	230	$49,010	1.53
Wellhead Pumpers `53-7073`	Not available	$63,530