Wages by Occupation in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 163,220 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $48,630 for all occupations combined. 372 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

19.5% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±0.7), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 90.0 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 70.9; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 17,023 residents (4.5% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±1,156; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 5.3% in 2025, with a labor force of about 184,737 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

21.1% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.7), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$28,923	$32,485
High school graduate	$40,535	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$49,424	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$66,099	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$84,251	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	26.6% (±2.5)	24.2%
High school graduate	17.6% (±1.2)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	11.4% (±0.9)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1% (±0.9)	4.5%

Unemployment rate by education, ages 25 to 64

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	9.8% (±2.5)	7.7%
High school graduate	6.2% (±1.0)	5.9%
Some college or associate's degree	4.5% (±0.8)	4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7% (±0.8)	2.8%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	28.9%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	12.9%	10.0%
Business	20.4%	20.1%
Education	15.9%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	21.9%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	840	$76,680	$82,820	5.12	0.55
Administrative Services Managers	220	$111,040	$124,290	1.32	0.78
Advertising Sales Agents	30	$38,770	$49,060	0.19	0.32
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	270	$22,270	$24,660	1.63	0.64
Animal Caretakers	150	$29,100	$33,590	0.91	0.53
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	30	$92,360	$94,770	0.19	0.28
Architectural and Civil Drafters	150	$70,730	$69,770	0.94	1.42
Architectural and Engineering Managers	260	$168,480	$179,380	1.62	1.14
Athletic Trainers	30	$71,660	$74,790	0.19	0.98
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	80	$30,680	$32,170	0.46	0.70
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	150	$54,330	$57,670	0.90	0.93
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	890	$47,050	$51,570	5.44	1.20
Bakers	130	$29,300	$31,400	0.82	0.54
Bartenders	550	$22,600	$33,050	3.35	0.69
Bill and Account Collectors	130	$46,820	$45,380	0.79	0.77
Billing and Posting Clerks	360	$42,900	$43,950	2.21	0.85
Boilermakers	230	$73,060	$74,850	1.40	21.39
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,370	$47,270	$49,240	8.39	0.95
Budget Analysts	30	$95,930	$95,880	0.19	0.62
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	340	$57,050	$57,270	2.11	1.13
Bus Drivers, School	410	$40,580	$41,850	2.53	0.98
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	130	$45,620	$42,030	0.82	0.80
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	710	$78,850	$88,340	4.34	0.62
Butchers and Meat Cutters	170	$29,610	$34,590	1.02	1.16
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	500	$74,170	$79,810	3.08	0.97
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	260	$99,400	$95,490	1.59	14.92
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	230	$112,320	$105,580	1.38	5.83
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	60	$64,830	$66,020	0.36	0.90
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	110	$55,280	$55,420	0.66	6.06
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	160	$64,350	$71,910	0.96	1.31
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	320	$60,000	$60,290	1.98	2.76
Cargo and Freight Agents	50	$60,330	$58,420	0.28	0.45
Carpenters	1,000	$58,290	$56,580	6.12	1.42
Cashiers	3,140	$28,730	$28,940	19.26	0.97
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	250	$48,310	$51,580	1.54	1.16
Chefs and Head Cooks	120	$58,440	$60,090	0.76	0.59
Chemical Engineers	140	$129,850	$139,830	0.88	6.46
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	1,540	$96,790	$82,810	9.41	10.48
Chemical Plant and System Operators	—	$117,430	$107,760	—	—
Chemical Technicians	350	$79,290	$80,360	2.12	5.72
Chemists	160	$99,390	$106,180	0.96	1.80
Chief Executives	80	$226,720	$258,110	0.47	0.36
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	260	$50,710	$52,070	1.61	0.64
Childcare Workers	470	$22,940	$25,660	2.90	0.87
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	130	$52,790	$59,060	0.79	1.79
Civil Engineers	720	$95,510	$105,290	4.41	1.87
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	80	$73,920	$76,160	0.49	0.24
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	560	$28,120	$32,970	3.42	1.40
Clergy	50	$59,200	$59,310	0.28	0.76
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	230	$61,380	$61,810	1.38	0.65
Coaches and Scouts	130	$53,080	$52,720	0.81	0.51
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	430	$47,630	$48,590	2.61	2.55
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	100	$43,200	$46,120	0.60	0.87
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	70	$70,700	$78,140	0.40	0.56
Compliance Officers	290	$65,730	$73,170	1.76	0.66
Computer and Information Systems Managers	310	$154,070	$161,280	1.89	0.44
Computer Network Architects	50	$108,740	$116,680	0.30	0.26
Computer Network Support Specialists	50	$78,860	$81,730	0.30	0.32
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	230	$46,550	$48,780	1.44	1.32
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	40	$64,520	$69,000	0.24	1.30
Computer Occupations, All Other	290	$94,130	$102,390	1.79	0.64
Computer Programmers	40	$82,560	$84,760	0.25	0.42
Computer Systems Analysts	140	$101,900	$107,280	0.89	0.27
Computer User Support Specialists	430	$52,920	$58,300	2.61	0.57
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	50	$45,220	$44,450	0.29	0.70
Conservation Scientists	60	$68,620	$67,420	0.36	2.17
Construction and Building Inspectors	270	$62,390	$68,030	1.64	1.73
Construction Laborers	3,340	$44,240	$47,080	20.44	2.90
Construction Managers	1,210	$100,340	$113,290	7.41	3.03
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	260	$45,970	$53,330	1.58	5.09
Cooks, Fast Food	420	$26,610	$27,130	2.55	0.62
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	190	$29,990	$31,350	1.17	0.41
Cooks, Restaurant	1,480	$30,520	$31,210	9.05	1.00
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,730	$54,020	$57,500	10.58	4.32
Cost Estimators	370	$77,420	$82,760	2.26	1.57
Counselors, All Other	30	$51,260	$51,630	0.20	1.07
Counter and Rental Clerks	320	$37,360	$42,320	1.95	0.76
Couriers and Messengers	60	$36,540	$38,920	0.35	0.80
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	30	$108,230	$103,680	0.19	2.24
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	330	$45,620	$46,420	2.00	1.73
Crane and Tower Operators	240	$73,050	$68,190	1.45	5.26
Credit Counselors	30	$40,480	$41,960	0.19	1.04
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	70	$31,850	$33,850	0.45	0.74
Customer Service Representatives	2,560	$37,980	$40,270	15.68	0.94
Data Entry Keyers	120	$36,540	$38,860	0.71	0.86
Data Scientists	90	$97,980	$107,210	0.54	0.32
Dental Assistants	350	$44,820	$43,840	2.13	0.85
Dental Hygienists	150	$97,350	$93,450	0.90	0.63
Dentists, General	70	$157,770	$170,550	0.44	0.55
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	110	$70,760	$72,520	0.67	0.91
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	80	$76,080	$79,640	0.47	0.81
Dietitians and Nutritionists	50	$75,030	$71,910	0.30	0.61
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	610	$20,960	$23,360	3.71	1.06
Dishwashers	310	$27,670	$27,570	1.91	0.62
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	270	$49,740	$53,020	1.68	1.29
Driver/Sales Workers	510	$34,670	$36,820	3.14	1.19
Education Administrators, All Other	30	$60,550	$76,690	0.20	0.57
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	620	$82,830	$87,810	3.81	1.80
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	130	$92,400	$114,130	0.80	0.69
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	110	$76,110	$79,130	0.66	1.69
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	70	$47,520	$48,940	0.45	0.59
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	300	$66,000	$63,740	1.81	0.80
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	170	$75,970	$78,110	1.07	1.74
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	400	$105,520	$96,540	2.47	5.90
Electrical Engineers	360	$124,570	$125,550	2.22	1.74
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	320	$80,500	$80,450	1.96	2.33
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	70	$45,930	$48,160	0.42	0.27
Electricians	2,000	$61,380	$64,520	12.28	2.52
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	40	$118,470	$119,390	0.25	0.40
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,780	$60,260	$57,910	10.88	1.22
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers	70	$100,350	$91,160	0.40	2.64
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	140	$45,620	$45,470	0.83	0.84
Emergency Management Directors	40	$118,370	$115,130	0.27	3.08
Emergency Medical Technicians	230	$34,750	$37,130	1.39	1.20
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	90	$72,580	$73,560	0.58	1.51
Engineers, All Other	270	$107,630	$117,400	1.63	1.65
Environmental Engineers	80	$135,240	$135,550	0.50	2.03
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	80	$49,630	$54,700	0.48	2.15
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	120	$96,100	$106,120	0.72	1.25
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	240	$66,740	$72,300	1.48	0.50
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	160	$41,660	$42,180	0.95	0.46
Facilities Managers	200	$118,310	$127,050	1.21	1.21
Family Medicine Physicians	40	$249,990	$242,510	0.27	0.38
Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,050	$26,630	$26,130	30.93	1.25
File Clerks	130	$36,210	$38,730	0.80	1.70
Financial and Investment Analysts	130	$80,050	$93,160	0.79	0.34
Financial Managers	520	$149,360	$158,480	3.21	0.59
Financial Specialists, All Other	60	$61,120	$64,540	0.38	0.44
Firefighters	380	$64,540	$59,100	2.33	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	2,460	$76,390	$74,610	15.10	2.89
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	140	$62,590	$72,090	0.88	2.55
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	120	$82,740	$80,050	0.75	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,490	$34,810	$38,620	9.11	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	160	$39,640	$41,210	0.96	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	90	$46,390	$50,920	0.54	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,280	$78,910	$87,350	7.82	1.97
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	180	$64,480	$76,140	1.11	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,570	$61,250	$66,330	9.60	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	100	$48,250	$46,260	0.64	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	100	$99,700	$99,240	0.59	0.60
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,290	$80,860	$91,800	7.93	1.83
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,320	$41,770	$46,750	8.09	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	50	$49,890	$54,510	0.33	0.63
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	670	$60,980	$62,580	4.10	1.02
Floral Designers	50	$29,980	$32,150	0.32	1.22
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	40	$29,580	$30,520	0.26	0.48
Food Preparation Workers	880	$28,700	$30,190	5.41	0.94
Food Processing Workers, All Other	50	$38,870	$40,680	0.31	0.74
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	80	$28,510	$28,070	0.47	0.25
Food Service Managers	270	$55,810	$60,630	1.66	1.08
Fundraisers	30	$50,110	$59,840	0.19	0.26
Funeral Attendants	70	$29,530	$31,700	0.45	2.27
Funeral Home Managers	30	$75,140	$81,710	0.20	2.28
General and Operations Managers	4,560	$97,470	$119,110	27.91	1.24
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	30	$46,410	$52,400	0.21	4.68
Graphic Designers	80	$45,380	$50,530	0.47	0.37
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	110	$39,720	$41,770	0.69	1.61
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	220	$29,050	$36,270	1.32	0.67
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	120	$121,170	$129,810	0.75	5.43
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	220	$100,060	$139,070	1.32	0.93
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	90	$46,970	$52,790	0.58	0.50
Healthcare Social Workers	100	$65,680	$70,720	0.63	0.52
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	90	$43,000	$49,120	0.52	0.74
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	50	$63,960	$65,670	0.32	3.59
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	390	$56,720	$56,580	2.41	0.91
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,100	$54,900	$56,560	12.86	0.97
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	230	$45,560	$43,980	1.41	8.87
Helpers--Carpenters	90	$48,250	$46,750	0.56	3.99
Helpers--Electricians	290	$46,050	$44,180	1.79	4.38
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	280	$38,620	$38,660	1.70	2.77
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	160	$39,130	$41,140	0.97	3.42
Helpers--Production Workers	490	$36,300	$38,010	3.02	2.84
Highway Maintenance Workers	110	$45,910	$43,880	0.67	0.67
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,390	$23,510	$25,450	20.75	0.75
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	450	$23,550	$24,780	2.76	0.99
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	280	$27,420	$26,960	1.70	1.01
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	50	$45,790	$46,640	0.29	0.50
Human Resources Managers	190	$130,260	$147,090	1.15	0.81
Human Resources Specialists	680	$62,900	$70,050	4.19	0.71
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	70	$121,320	$109,490	0.41	0.85
Industrial Engineers	710	$123,660	$125,640	4.34	1.85
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,430	$61,950	$68,720	8.79	3.11
Industrial Production Managers	550	$150,860	$151,020	3.37	2.13
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	840	$45,710	$48,490	5.16	1.04
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	130	$39,570	$42,540	0.79	0.91
Information Security Analysts	80	$105,140	$122,770	0.46	0.38
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,030	$51,430	$61,790	6.28	1.64
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	270	$44,310	$46,090	1.67	1.47
Instructional Coordinators	250	$65,900	$71,110	1.51	1.03
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	200	$47,610	$49,540	1.20	4.20
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	110	$47,770	$50,120	0.70	4.26
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	70	$43,340	$46,490	0.42	0.30
Insurance Sales Agents	310	$37,530	$45,150	1.92	0.62
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	50	$41,380	$43,680	0.32	0.34
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,000	$31,490	$32,370	12.26	0.86
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	30	$132,550	$122,740	0.19	1.25
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	80	$53,660	$54,340	0.51	0.73
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,010	$37,660	$40,060	12.30	0.65
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	550	$34,740	$36,470	3.38	0.55
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	200	$26,840	$30,190	1.23	0.97
Lawyers	500	$131,680	$158,920	3.08	0.63
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	150	$46,510	$50,060	0.89	0.89
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	100	$62,570	$64,280	0.59	0.69
Library Assistants, Clerical	70	$30,140	$28,940	0.41	0.74
Library Technicians	50	$36,370	$38,560	0.32	0.72
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	950	$58,590	$57,080	5.83	1.40
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	90	$59,000	$63,310	0.53	1.11
Light Truck Drivers	790	$38,820	$45,360	4.83	0.76
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	150	$47,340	$49,040	0.91	0.86
Loan Officers	200	$60,440	$66,270	1.25	0.71
Logisticians	230	$79,550	$87,640	1.40	0.86
Machinists	520	$59,800	$65,570	3.21	1.74
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	650	$28,140	$27,030	3.96	0.72
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,750	$45,210	$47,180	10.72	1.09
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	320	$91,440	$90,520	1.99	5.14
Management Analysts	240	$113,070	$122,000	1.48	0.26
Managers, All Other	580	$133,800	$146,120	3.54	0.88
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	410	$52,530	$59,710	2.49	0.43
Marketing Managers	230	$129,500	$142,990	1.44	0.57
Material Moving Workers, All Other	40	$45,970	$52,070	0.26	1.73
Mechanical Drafters	120	$87,220	$91,660	0.70	2.74
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	60	$97,300	$94,970	0.36	1.55
Mechanical Engineers	470	$122,280	$124,940	2.90	1.52
Medical and Health Services Managers	650	$102,420	$107,460	4.00	1.04
Medical Assistants	700	$37,690	$39,520	4.27	0.81
Medical Equipment Preparers	60	$35,980	$40,140	0.36	0.73
Medical Records Specialists	130	$41,280	$45,850	0.79	0.63
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	650	$38,090	$40,970	3.98	0.64
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	80	$48,020	$53,080	0.48	0.52
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	30	$45,260	$55,970	0.20	0.24
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	140	$33,110	$36,540	0.84	0.79
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	800	$60,780	$59,540	4.92	1.23
Millwrights	100	$64,070	$69,530	0.62	2.40
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	880	$38,920	$41,490	5.37	0.59
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	360	$62,100	$63,350	2.23	1.96
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	30	$47,030	$46,430	0.21	1.29
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	40	$49,930	$52,570	0.25	1.67
Motorboat Operators	50	$60,920	$57,110	0.31	19.46
Natural Sciences Managers	40	$128,910	$137,460	0.27	0.38
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	240	$91,220	$97,910	1.45	0.72
New Accounts Clerks	60	$40,970	$42,470	0.34	1.45
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	40	$41,470	$52,380	0.23	0.92
Nurse Practitioners	240	$133,130	$137,660	1.48	0.71
Nursing Assistants	1,200	$35,110	$35,570	7.38	0.79
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	450	$84,360	$94,080	2.77	3.07
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	70	$74,620	$75,410	0.40	2.06
Occupational Therapists	120	$105,830	$109,450	0.73	0.70
Occupational Therapy Assistants	70	$82,610	$80,320	0.42	1.29
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	190	$41,260	$43,170	1.16	0.93
Office Clerks, General	2,540	$39,310	$41,400	15.54	0.98
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	1,120	$56,850	$56,690	6.84	2.22
Operations Research Analysts	50	$77,730	$85,270	0.28	0.41
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	40	$36,390	$35,630	0.27	2.29
Opticians, Dispensing	100	$36,420	$38,150	0.58	1.23
Optometrists	40	$131,060	$135,210	0.25	0.90
Order Clerks	50	$37,910	$41,320	0.30	0.63
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	40	$46,280	$48,690	0.23	0.98
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	130	$34,730	$36,130	0.80	0.33
Packers and Packagers, Hand	260	$28,800	$30,100	1.60	0.45
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	530	$45,840	$46,070	3.23	2.23
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	220	$48,890	$56,540	1.32	0.52
Paramedics	170	$50,470	$54,310	1.02	1.57
Parking Attendants	50	$31,760	$31,350	0.29	0.33
Parts Salespersons	300	$34,080	$38,630	1.84	1.06
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	80	$54,130	$53,920	0.47	1.77
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	160	$50,450	$52,170	1.00	1.02
Personal Financial Advisors	110	$64,050	$129,210	0.69	0.40
Pest Control Workers	150	$36,900	$40,780	0.93	1.40
Petroleum Engineers	90	$167,600	$161,270	0.56	4.86
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	1,480	$100,660	$96,630	9.07	42.53
Pharmacists	230	$137,570	$137,290	1.40	0.68
Pharmacy Aides	60	$37,530	$37,550	0.34	1.33
Pharmacy Technicians	510	$42,140	$43,040	3.15	1.04
Phlebotomists	130	$36,500	$39,310	0.82	0.89
Photographers	40	$41,840	$40,980	0.26	0.77
Physical Therapist Aides	70	$28,200	$32,130	0.45	1.44
Physical Therapist Assistants	150	$77,830	$76,420	0.94	1.29
Physical Therapists	250	$113,700	$110,930	1.50	0.87
Physician Assistants	90	$132,920	$135,490	0.56	0.54
Physicians, All Other	170	$314,220	$295,290	1.06	0.48
Pile Driver Operators	90	$66,140	$65,720	0.58	39.01
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	1,250	$62,220	$65,990	7.64	2.55
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	830	$78,450	$75,260	5.10	1.18
Postal Service Clerks	70	$62,610	$63,950	0.43	0.92
Postal Service Mail Carriers	470	$58,170	$61,200	2.88	1.36
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	50	$57,800	$61,790	0.30	0.44
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	460	$32,270	$36,610	2.79	0.91
Printing Press Operators	50	$36,930	$41,350	0.28	0.30
Private Detectives and Investigators	50	$57,620	$57,630	0.30	1.32
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	180	$52,860	$55,990	1.12	1.96
Producers and Directors	50	$46,520	$58,630	0.28	0.30
Production Workers, All Other	100	$41,030	$44,650	0.62	0.38
Project Management Specialists	1,670	$100,470	$107,930	10.22	1.49
Property Appraisers and Assessors	100	$60,200	$70,220	0.60	1.63
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	360	$60,510	$65,820	2.19	1.10
Psychiatric Technicians	80	$37,990	$38,830	0.46	0.46
Psychologists, All Other	40	$71,670	$80,290	0.21	1.77
Public Relations Managers	50	$146,970	$135,640	0.29	0.60
Public Relations Specialists	170	$59,450	$64,200	1.03	0.57
Public Safety Telecommunicators	140	$49,790	$47,640	0.86	1.31
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	90	$82,090	$82,830	0.53	8.38
Purchasing Managers	120	$129,410	$134,540	0.73	1.35
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	270	$66,700	$67,950	1.66	1.12
Rail Car Repairers	190	$56,820	$54,480	1.18	8.62
Real Estate Sales Agents	180	$46,850	$55,460	1.09	0.88
Receptionists and Information Clerks	900	$31,960	$33,300	5.52	0.94
Recreation Workers	140	$32,450	$38,630	0.88	0.41
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	250	$48,650	$48,330	1.50	1.59
Registered Nurses	3,100	$81,180	$85,900	19.02	0.88
Rehabilitation Counselors	30	$51,170	$46,990	0.20	0.33
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers	200	$60,320	$55,950	1.23	13.85
Respiratory Therapists	130	$76,660	$77,780	0.80	0.89
Retail Salespersons	3,840	$29,810	$33,230	23.54	0.94
Riggers	210	$63,950	$61,010	1.30	8.94
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	220	$43,110	$42,420	1.34	4.64
Sailors and Marine Oilers	200	$52,000	$54,500	1.23	6.03
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	80	$37,180	$38,400	0.52	0.87
Sales Engineers	50	$115,850	$122,740	0.30	0.89
Sales Managers	490	$122,990	$139,120	3.00	0.73
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	1,140	$57,680	$67,620	7.01	0.87
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	980	$62,410	$76,950	5.99	0.75
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	200	$101,360	$104,170	1.23	0.67
School Bus Monitors	60	$30,070	$31,740	0.34	0.67
School Psychologists	40	$72,860	$76,640	0.24	0.60
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,320	$63,210	$61,990	8.07	1.18
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,980	$43,310	$43,940	12.13	1.10
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	240	$60,410	$124,600	1.44	0.46
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	30	$53,000	$55,420	0.20	0.35
Security Guards	1,100	$35,010	$36,430	6.74	0.82
Self-Enrichment Teachers	200	$46,270	$46,840	1.23	0.57
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	100	$60,070	$66,130	0.61	2.19
Sewing Machine Operators	50	$29,230	$30,690	0.31	0.46
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	830	$41,610	$44,920	5.07	0.97
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	140	$37,430	$36,290	0.87	0.54
Social and Community Service Managers	110	$75,680	$78,810	0.70	0.52
Social and Human Service Assistants	220	$44,460	$43,970	1.34	0.47
Software Developers	420	$124,470	$127,210	2.57	0.24
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	50	$99,670	$99,420	0.32	0.26
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	500	$60,300	$57,820	3.06	1.82
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	60	$63,110	$61,830	0.37	0.60
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	110	$63,350	$62,070	0.69	0.66
Speech-Language Pathologists	210	$91,860	$95,270	1.30	1.10
Stockers and Order Fillers	3,080	$35,630	$35,890	18.84	1.03
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	310	$57,220	$54,590	1.89	4.29
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	170	$52,660	$53,940	1.06	3.15
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	220	$59,680	$64,060	1.33	0.42
Surgical Technologists	120	$61,650	$60,990	0.74	0.98
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	160	$57,260	$55,040	0.97	2.60
Surveyors	180	$66,340	$71,990	1.13	3.45
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	60	$28,850	$28,360	0.36	1.65
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	50	$69,910	$64,200	0.28	0.39
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,500	$24,470	$27,970	9.22	1.01
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	60	$30,650	$37,930	0.37	0.35
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	100	$57,380	$61,690	0.60	0.66
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	90	$65,440	$66,930	0.58	0.92
Telephone Operators	—	$37,150	$36,370	—	—
Tellers	420	$36,910	$37,850	2.59	1.22
Tire Repairers and Changers	230	$34,630	$35,480	1.43	2.05
Tool and Die Makers	60	$37,910	$45,290	0.39	1.05
Training and Development Managers	30	$117,890	$125,450	0.20	0.64
Training and Development Specialists	430	$62,130	$72,790	2.61	0.89
Transportation Inspectors	50	$73,480	$69,090	0.33	2.07
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	370	$104,550	$114,920	2.25	1.58
Tutors	70	$31,230	$32,510	0.43	0.38
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	110	$24,350	$26,630	0.65	0.82
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	80	$33,000	$34,050	0.48	0.59
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	160	$37,590	$39,340	1.01	1.21
Waiters and Waitresses	2,250	$22,400	$27,860	13.80	0.94
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	170	$52,510	$59,760	1.04	1.26
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	40	$45,110	$43,740	0.26	0.77
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,980	$59,190	$62,080	12.10	4.52
Wellhead Pumpers	60	$50,770	$56,340	0.35	3.06

Colleges in this area

8 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Barbers Trade School	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	9
Lamar Institute of Technology	Public	2-year	5,680
Lamar State College-Orange	Public	2-year	3,629
Lamar State College-Port Arthur	Public	2-year	4,680
Lamar University	Public	4-year or above	17,772
Pathway Vocational Academy	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	—
Southeast Texas Career Institute	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	75
Texas Healthtech Institute	Private for-profit	2-year	150

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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