Wages by Occupation in Lubbock, TX

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Lubbock, TX metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 166,780 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $42,130 for all occupations combined. 398 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

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

31.6% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.0), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 91.3 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 76.4; 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 42,545 residents (12.3% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±1,628; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 3.5% in 2025, with a labor force of about 187,590 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

31.1% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±2.0), 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	$29,994	$32,485
High school graduate	$36,239	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$43,484	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$61,330	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$70,940	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	27.9% (±2.4)	24.2%
High school graduate	14.1% (±1.1)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	9.7% (±0.9)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8% (±0.6)	4.5%

Unemployment rate by education, ages 25 to 64

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	6.1% (±1.7)	7.7%
High school graduate	4.7% (±1.1)	5.9%
Some college or associate's degree	4.8% (±0.8)	4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0% (±0.6)	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	10.9%	10.0%
Business	19.7%	20.1%
Education	15.2%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	25.3%	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	960	$74,390	$80,850	5.73	0.61
Administrative Services Managers	200	$100,540	$110,310	1.21	0.72
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	30	$52,000	$50,510	0.19	0.78
Advertising Sales Agents	70	$53,310	$60,410	0.44	0.75
Agricultural Equipment Operators	210	$34,570	$33,530	1.25	6.82
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$105,370	$103,180	0.61	10.67
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	30	$65,980	$69,140	0.19	0.21
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	1,100	$24,670	$28,050	6.62	2.59
Animal Caretakers	240	$29,030	$35,020	1.44	0.84
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	70	$87,700	$90,990	0.45	0.65
Architectural and Civil Drafters	90	$52,780	$57,260	0.53	0.80
Architectural and Engineering Managers	70	$150,150	$160,850	0.40	0.28
Athletic Trainers	40	$68,060	$71,660	0.23	1.18
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	30	$81,350	$89,430	0.18	2.80
Audio and Video Technicians	40	$41,870	$42,740	0.26	0.57
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	30	$43,680	$44,930	0.20	1.55
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	80	$29,400	$30,770	0.47	0.72
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	220	$48,310	$51,600	1.35	1.40
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	60	$43,470	$43,550	0.37	2.80
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,180	$44,950	$47,680	7.10	1.57
Bakers	310	$35,750	$33,770	1.85	1.22
Bartenders	790	$20,990	$29,300	4.77	0.98
Bill and Account Collectors	190	$37,440	$38,200	1.15	1.12
Billing and Posting Clerks	340	$39,350	$42,200	2.06	0.79
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$92,040	$95,380	0.45	1.41
Biological Technicians	30	$38,640	$49,250	0.18	0.41
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,500	$45,560	$47,040	9.01	1.02
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	80	$49,680	$50,880	0.51	1.49
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	340	$49,900	$51,790	2.05	1.10
Bus Drivers, School	330	$41,080	$42,640	1.95	0.75
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	530	$73,320	$76,940	3.18	0.45
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	280	$106,150	$132,500	1.68	3.18
Butchers and Meat Cutters	120	$35,410	$35,870	0.74	0.85
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	340	$55,800	$59,290	2.06	0.65
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	70	$36,360	$38,010	0.43	0.88
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	50	$58,210	$63,510	0.32	2.91
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$61,520	$63,910	0.73	1.00
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	410	$60,850	$60,120	2.44	3.40
Cargo and Freight Agents	70	$53,190	$56,000	0.42	0.67
Carpenters	280	$43,500	$44,570	1.69	0.39
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	40	$71,820	$75,530	0.22	2.39
Cashiers	3,370	$27,220	$27,450	20.21	1.02
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	150	$47,900	$47,330	0.89	0.67
Chefs and Head Cooks	100	$56,950	$58,230	0.62	0.48
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	100	$47,320	$56,670	0.61	0.68
Chemists	40	$57,090	$78,820	0.23	0.43
Chief Executives	120	$174,120	$236,210	0.72	0.55
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	500	$48,490	$49,390	2.99	1.18
Childcare Workers	620	$26,650	$26,560	3.71	1.11
Chiropractors	30	$79,910	$89,600	0.18	0.71
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$51,980	$52,090	0.28	0.63
Civil Engineers	250	$81,840	$91,790	1.47	0.62
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	120	$69,200	$70,610	0.70	0.34
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	690	$27,040	$28,390	4.12	1.68
Clergy	30	$57,820	$59,470	0.20	0.54
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	60	$73,180	$77,640	0.37	0.76
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	430	$61,490	$61,890	2.60	1.22
Coaches and Scouts	290	$38,800	$100,350	1.75	1.09
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	140	$42,240	$45,900	0.84	0.83
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$60,680	$75,680	0.75	3.96
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	90	$51,380	$49,750	0.55	0.79
Community Health Workers	60	$46,740	$48,880	0.33	0.83
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	40	$58,410	$65,090	0.23	0.32
Compliance Officers	320	$61,410	$67,240	1.94	0.72
Computer and Information Systems Managers	280	$139,250	$143,780	1.68	0.39
Computer Network Architects	30	$103,420	$106,830	0.18	0.16
Computer Network Support Specialists	120	$48,310	$57,520	0.69	0.74
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	110	$45,580	$45,150	0.67	0.61
Computer Occupations, All Other	190	$82,520	$90,760	1.11	0.40
Computer Programmers	100	$70,260	$77,460	0.61	1.03
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$81,130	$100,730	0.29	1.27
Computer Systems Analysts	190	$85,660	$97,890	1.17	0.35
Computer User Support Specialists	610	$49,840	$52,420	3.63	0.79
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	90	$45,450	$44,600	0.54	1.28
Concierges	30	$26,170	$27,800	0.18	0.58
Conservation Scientists	40	$77,980	$80,980	0.21	1.26
Construction and Building Inspectors	150	$48,010	$56,570	0.91	0.97
Construction Laborers	980	$36,970	$38,900	5.90	0.84
Construction Managers	520	$86,230	$96,550	3.10	1.27
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	170	$55,890	$55,710	1.03	3.32
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	60	$29,120	$32,220	0.35	2.40
Cooks, All Other	80	$24,650	$27,990	0.47	3.77
Cooks, Fast Food	590	$25,500	$26,970	3.52	0.86
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	440	$29,700	$31,050	2.62	0.92
Cooks, Restaurant	1,700	$30,250	$30,420	10.18	1.12
Cooks, Short Order	160	$25,550	$26,270	0.98	1.10
Correctional Officers and Jailers	790	$54,020	$54,160	4.76	1.95
Cost Estimators	220	$63,120	$70,140	1.32	0.92
Counselors, All Other	40	$65,520	$57,210	0.22	1.21
Counter and Rental Clerks	450	$35,000	$38,190	2.67	1.04
Couriers and Messengers	100	$37,930	$37,690	0.61	1.38
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	160	$45,660	$44,340	0.98	0.85
Credit Analysts	40	$72,390	$83,570	0.23	0.57
Credit Counselors	50	$40,960	$44,540	0.28	1.59
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	40	$35,650	$33,370	0.22	0.36
Customer Service Representatives	3,830	$35,940	$38,110	22.94	1.37
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$36,980	$39,690	0.34	0.31
Data Entry Keyers	140	$35,930	$36,930	0.84	1.03
Data Scientists	90	$89,490	$96,610	0.55	0.33
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	40	$32,970	$34,790	0.25	0.60
Dental Assistants	440	$39,900	$41,380	2.62	1.05
Dental Hygienists	170	$86,340	$87,860	1.04	0.72
Dental Laboratory Technicians	30	$36,170	$39,270	0.19	0.87
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	120	$47,690	$45,480	0.70	10.28
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	280	$72,820	$77,580	1.68	2.29
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	110	$83,900	$83,700	0.64	1.10
Dietitians and Nutritionists	80	$64,120	$65,630	0.49	0.97
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	730	$20,140	$22,300	4.36	1.25
Dishwashers	450	$28,970	$27,630	2.69	0.87
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	210	$43,540	$46,590	1.27	0.97
Drafters, All Other	40	$58,430	$53,470	0.22	2.37
Driver/Sales Workers	720	$33,190	$35,120	4.29	1.63
Editors	30	$52,670	$55,780	0.21	0.35
Education Administrators, All Other	40	$48,830	$69,560	0.21	0.61
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	500	$84,310	$90,840	2.98	1.41
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	580	$85,370	$113,480	3.47	2.99
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	70	$47,800	$49,420	0.42	0.88
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	160	$57,690	$63,350	0.94	2.41
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	90	$38,490	$41,910	0.55	0.72
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	630	$67,900	$69,540	3.79	1.67
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	30	$47,290	$51,790	0.18	1.97
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	60	$77,440	$74,620	0.38	0.62
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	110	$54,520	$59,420	0.64	1.52
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	30	$83,200	$88,120	0.20	1.47
Electrical Engineers	90	$103,650	$110,180	0.56	0.44
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	190	$78,320	$78,300	1.15	1.36
Electricians	690	$47,000	$51,490	4.15	0.85
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,840	$59,220	$57,270	11.06	1.24
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	140	$45,620	$45,070	0.84	0.84
Emergency Medical Technicians	180	$35,130	$37,510	1.07	0.92
Engineers, All Other	40	$86,240	$91,590	0.27	0.27
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	160	$60,270	$67,300	0.94	2.53
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	50	$47,720	$55,780	0.28	1.27
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	50	$72,400	$83,660	0.30	0.52
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	60	$41,110	$43,440	0.36	1.60
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	330	$63,830	$66,190	1.95	0.66
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	250	$30,170	$33,970	1.49	0.71
Facilities Managers	140	$92,950	$97,940	0.83	0.82
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	90	$51,980	$53,820	0.53	2.15
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	110	$30,040	$32,470	0.63	0.37
Fast Food and Counter Workers	7,930	$25,250	$25,360	47.55	1.92
File Clerks	110	$35,500	$37,600	0.67	1.43
Financial and Investment Analysts	130	$77,800	$96,760	0.77	0.33
Financial Examiners	80	$77,670	$87,640	0.47	1.08
Financial Managers	540	$135,090	$152,870	3.24	0.60
Financial Risk Specialists	30	$63,140	$75,800	0.21	0.51
Financial Specialists, All Other	100	$57,890	$71,570	0.58	0.68
Firefighters	410	$77,290	$72,490	2.48	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	820	$62,570	$70,040	4.94	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	60	$62,590	$67,170	0.35	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	100	$39,210	$42,720	0.60	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	40	$50,100	$66,640	0.24	1.34
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	140	$101,500	$102,650	0.84	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	2,020	$33,220	$37,060	12.09	1.54
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	160	$41,190	$43,770	0.93	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	130	$45,570	$48,350	0.79	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	880	$66,400	$72,040	5.26	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	280	$59,560	$71,470	1.68	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	2,210	$58,110	$61,360	13.27	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	160	$40,200	$45,740	0.95	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	80	$112,840	$109,940	0.46	0.46
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	480	$60,280	$65,040	2.90	0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,460	$42,240	$46,300	8.74	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	70	$45,480	$46,940	0.42	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	750	$53,790	$57,970	4.50	1.12
Floral Designers	40	$30,270	$31,080	0.23	0.90
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	40	$28,020	$28,260	0.24	0.45
Food Preparation Workers	1,140	$28,550	$29,320	6.83	1.19
Food Processing Workers, All Other	40	$36,980	$37,650	0.26	0.61
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	180	$29,660	$28,460	1.08	0.57
Food Service Managers	460	$54,290	$58,190	2.74	1.78
Forensic Science Technicians	40	$54,970	$53,540	0.25	2.05
Fundraisers	40	$60,250	$60,880	0.26	0.36
General and Operations Managers	4,460	$80,870	$107,050	26.72	1.19
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	40	$140,660	$157,570	0.26	1.74
Glaziers	90	$41,450	$41,900	0.57	1.51
Graphic Designers	180	$46,380	$48,020	1.08	0.85
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	270	$28,630	$35,730	1.63	0.83
Health Education Specialists	30	$59,210	$65,630	0.19	0.45
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	60	$84,540	$91,010	0.38	1.56
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	140	$79,080	$86,630	0.84	0.59
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	280	$44,700	$49,300	1.66	1.41
Healthcare Social Workers	160	$67,930	$69,360	0.97	0.80
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	110	$33,280	$40,940	0.67	0.95
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	420	$49,850	$54,140	2.55	0.97
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,200	$49,080	$54,630	13.20	1.00
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	210	$35,660	$34,400	1.29	2.09
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	60	$38,300	$39,820	0.38	1.32
Helpers--Production Workers	190	$32,830	$34,690	1.13	1.06
Highway Maintenance Workers	40	$46,340	$44,320	0.23	0.23
History Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$62,080	$71,610	0.30	2.47
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,590	$23,310	$25,860	21.50	0.78
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	630	$25,290	$25,390	3.76	1.35
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	270	$26,670	$26,410	1.61	0.96
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	60	$40,220	$42,390	0.37	0.63
Human Resources Managers	130	$125,690	$126,620	0.77	0.55
Human Resources Specialists	610	$60,380	$65,510	3.66	0.62
Industrial Engineers	110	$95,680	$96,080	0.64	0.27
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	690	$57,640	$58,430	4.13	1.46
Industrial Production Managers	130	$107,340	$119,610	0.76	0.48
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	710	$39,930	$40,500	4.28	0.86
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	150	$38,480	$40,770	0.89	1.02
Information Security Analysts	50	$98,480	$101,860	0.27	0.22
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	250	$44,040	$46,540	1.48	0.39
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	190	$41,980	$43,510	1.14	1.01
Instructional Coordinators	410	$62,960	$69,250	2.47	1.69
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	70	$43,890	$43,870	0.41	1.42
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	140	$50,270	$53,500	0.82	0.59
Insurance Sales Agents	510	$48,580	$65,940	3.08	1.00
Interior Designers	30	$54,610	$61,520	0.20	0.43
Interpreters and Translators	60	$50,480	$58,820	0.36	1.08
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	130	$39,150	$40,910	0.75	0.79
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	3,030	$30,150	$31,320	18.16	1.28
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	40	$139,870	$130,650	0.22	1.45
Labor Relations Specialists	30	$68,210	$71,280	0.18	0.44
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,920	$35,130	$35,700	11.53	0.61
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	700	$34,330	$34,690	4.22	0.69
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	260	$28,210	$28,210	1.55	1.22
Lawyers	470	$124,410	$137,770	2.81	0.58
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	110	$46,450	$49,110	0.66	0.65
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	140	$64,820	$69,820	0.82	0.95
Library Assistants, Clerical	120	$20,700	$24,440	0.72	1.31
Library Technicians	70	$41,340	$38,990	0.44	1.00
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,080	$58,510	$58,120	6.47	1.55
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	130	$51,680	$52,390	0.78	1.64
Light Truck Drivers	1,100	$37,300	$42,040	6.57	1.04
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	240	$46,790	$49,200	1.43	1.35
Loan Officers	280	$63,520	$81,930	1.67	0.95
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	40	$44,630	$41,200	0.26	2.73
Lodging Managers	50	$45,980	$59,220	0.29	1.05
Logisticians	90	$66,210	$69,850	0.56	0.35
Machinists	160	$47,790	$52,730	0.98	0.53
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	30	$77,140	$81,590	0.21	0.74
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	720	$27,490	$27,270	4.30	0.78
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	30	$34,800	$34,930	0.18	0.51
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,640	$41,750	$43,840	9.84	1.00
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	70	$44,620	$48,170	0.42	1.10
Management Analysts	270	$73,780	$82,610	1.60	0.28
Managers, All Other	350	$117,250	$131,110	2.13	0.53
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	360	$52,820	$59,700	2.16	0.37
Marketing Managers	200	$118,550	$127,900	1.22	0.48
Massage Therapists	60	$54,200	$55,550	0.35	0.54
Mechanical Engineers	130	$91,110	$98,010	0.76	0.40
Medical and Health Services Managers	830	$106,950	$115,530	4.97	1.29
Medical Assistants	850	$36,900	$37,650	5.08	0.97
Medical Equipment Preparers	120	$39,580	$43,140	0.70	1.40
Medical Equipment Repairers	50	$45,920	$49,400	0.31	0.74
Medical Records Specialists	200	$43,980	$45,740	1.22	0.98
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,390	$39,560	$39,860	8.36	1.35
Medical Transcriptionists	80	$29,230	$33,950	0.49	1.84
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	80	$48,240	$50,950	0.49	0.54
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	90	$46,550	$54,760	0.53	0.62
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	140	$34,170	$33,760	0.85	0.80
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,030	$60,210	$58,630	6.17	1.55
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	570	$35,090	$36,980	3.44	0.38
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$37,370	$40,980	0.27	0.44
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	140	$56,380	$57,910	0.82	0.72
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	30	$52,270	$47,480	0.19	1.16
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	100	$39,110	$38,500	0.61	2.01
Motorcycle Mechanics	30	$49,990	$45,930	0.21	2.38
Natural Sciences Managers	40	$111,510	$118,000	0.21	0.30
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	320	$72,530	$78,820	1.94	0.96
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	70	$43,310	$55,310	0.40	1.57
Nurse Practitioners	370	$127,100	$127,020	2.19	1.05
Nursing Assistants	1,490	$34,300	$34,170	8.92	0.96
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	160	$78,990	$81,920	0.98	1.96
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	150	$70,190	$74,510	0.88	0.98
Occupational Therapists	190	$96,560	$97,820	1.16	1.11
Occupational Therapy Assistants	70	$79,690	$76,850	0.44	1.33
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	190	$40,490	$39,360	1.12	0.91
Office Clerks, General	5,440	$36,940	$38,090	32.65	2.06
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	550	$46,490	$49,720	3.31	1.08
Operations Research Analysts	60	$79,790	$80,030	0.37	0.53
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	30	$32,130	$31,770	0.18	1.53
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	90	$35,250	$37,590	0.57	1.24
Opticians, Dispensing	90	$36,790	$38,700	0.56	1.19
Optometrists	60	$140,070	$127,010	0.35	1.26
Order Clerks	90	$35,760	$37,550	0.53	1.09
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	170	$36,580	$36,880	1.05	0.43
Packers and Packagers, Hand	440	$29,940	$31,660	2.62	0.73
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	130	$40,560	$41,930	0.78	0.54
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	340	$45,780	$48,750	2.01	0.80
Paramedics	170	$49,170	$53,680	0.99	1.53
Parking Attendants	110	$31,770	$32,260	0.63	0.71
Parts Salespersons	370	$34,670	$39,480	2.24	1.29
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	40	$47,340	$46,290	0.25	0.91
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	150	$46,360	$48,950	0.89	0.90
Personal Financial Advisors	160	$82,030	$129,720	0.98	0.57
Pest Control Workers	100	$36,780	$38,980	0.62	0.94
Petroleum Engineers	100	$164,480	$158,220	0.60	5.18
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	60	$77,240	$73,010	0.33	1.55
Pharmacists	370	$145,890	$142,340	2.22	1.07
Pharmacy Aides	40	$35,940	$37,060	0.23	0.89
Pharmacy Technicians	660	$42,570	$42,630	3.99	1.31
Phlebotomists	210	$37,210	$39,160	1.24	1.35
Photographers	40	$44,230	$43,210	0.26	0.77
Physical Scientists, All Other	50	$76,350	$83,600	0.31	2.19
Physical Therapist Aides	170	$27,620	$29,130	1.02	3.31
Physical Therapist Assistants	180	$72,740	$71,240	1.05	1.45
Physical Therapists	360	$101,310	$101,260	2.17	1.26
Physician Assistants	120	$137,510	$128,030	0.75	0.72
Physicians, All Other	240	$328,740	$298,220	1.47	0.67
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$66,690	$67,120	0.21	2.44
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	550	$48,950	$54,380	3.28	1.09
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	790	$77,110	$75,340	4.74	1.10
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$90,660	$100,900	0.28	2.55
Postal Service Clerks	60	$64,290	$62,020	0.38	0.80
Postal Service Mail Carriers	330	$62,070	$62,750	2.00	0.95
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	200	$57,800	$57,630	1.22	1.80
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	180	$83,260	$94,070	1.11	1.15
Power Plant Operators	40	$101,900	$110,650	0.21	1.13
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	560	$28,860	$31,400	3.33	1.08
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	70	$28,010	$28,200	0.41	2.46
Printing Press Operators	110	$35,530	$37,950	0.69	0.74
Private Detectives and Investigators	30	$36,640	$45,660	0.20	0.86
Procurement Clerks	30	$38,730	$41,830	0.18	0.51
Producers and Directors	110	$42,330	$56,800	0.66	0.71
Production Workers, All Other	80	$34,830	$37,420	0.48	0.30
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	190	$49,830	$54,140	1.16	0.46
Project Management Specialists	810	$77,110	$83,390	4.86	0.71
Property Appraisers and Assessors	50	$51,220	$61,190	0.29	0.79
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	530	$54,260	$63,070	3.19	1.59
Public Relations Managers	60	$88,350	$107,400	0.34	0.70
Public Relations Specialists	300	$52,740	$58,690	1.79	0.98
Public Safety Telecommunicators	110	$50,030	$49,040	0.66	1.01
Purchasing Managers	70	$109,590	$118,090	0.42	0.78
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	350	$67,110	$71,020	2.09	1.41
Real Estate Sales Agents	210	$41,610	$53,950	1.27	1.02
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,130	$31,550	$32,550	6.75	1.15
Recreation Workers	260	$28,430	$31,260	1.56	0.73
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	40	$52,840	$56,920	0.24	2.12
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	70	$32,510	$37,250	0.41	0.44
Registered Nurses	5,070	$81,480	$87,660	30.38	1.40
Rehabilitation Counselors	40	$43,610	$47,310	0.24	0.39
Residential Advisors	160	$40,710	$42,470	0.95	1.75
Respiratory Therapists	220	$76,530	$75,780	1.33	1.47
Retail Salespersons	4,580	$28,480	$31,830	27.45	1.10
Roofers	90	$36,650	$41,200	0.54	0.62
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	450	$44,920	$43,600	2.68	9.26
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	80	$35,290	$38,120	0.48	0.80
Sales Engineers	30	$88,010	$103,330	0.19	0.56
Sales Managers	520	$119,280	$129,370	3.15	0.77
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	1,360	$51,570	$62,250	8.13	1.01
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,080	$59,460	$70,850	6.48	0.81
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	180	$73,860	$87,320	1.10	0.60
School Psychologists	60	$68,370	$71,880	0.33	0.80
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,820	$61,270	$58,790	10.89	1.59
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,910	$40,850	$41,560	11.48	1.05
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	370	$77,650	$107,740	2.24	0.71
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	120	$47,530	$50,330	0.72	1.30
Security Guards	850	$35,220	$37,350	5.09	0.62
Self-Enrichment Teachers	180	$39,930	$43,630	1.05	0.49
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	50	$37,500	$45,890	0.29	1.47
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	300	$45,730	$52,530	1.82	6.57
Sewing Machine Operators	40	$29,900	$31,580	0.23	0.34
Sheet Metal Workers	90	$46,100	$49,200	0.57	0.74
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	720	$37,700	$39,570	4.33	0.82
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	140	$34,180	$35,280	0.84	0.52
Social and Community Service Managers	290	$70,000	$78,790	1.71	1.27
Social and Human Service Assistants	420	$43,880	$41,900	2.51	0.89
Social Workers, All Other	40	$78,850	$69,920	0.26	0.65
Software Developers	340	$115,190	$115,070	2.03	0.19
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	570	$58,820	$62,260	3.41	2.04
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	70	$50,890	$49,670	0.42	0.68
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	110	$58,150	$55,450	0.67	0.64
Speech-Language Pathologists	260	$79,570	$89,750	1.56	1.32
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	30	$54,470	$49,950	0.20	1.09
Stockers and Order Fillers	4,180	$35,620	$35,610	25.07	1.38
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	280	$46,390	$53,460	1.69	0.54
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	100	$23,770	$24,830	0.61	0.18
Surgical Assistants	40	$74,880	$83,980	0.24	1.66
Surgical Technologists	190	$63,030	$64,580	1.17	1.55
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	70	$49,220	$50,670	0.44	1.17
Surveyors	50	$50,780	$61,860	0.29	0.90
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	70	$29,180	$30,880	0.41	1.87
Tax Preparers	50	$37,770	$48,000	0.33	0.67
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,580	$27,290	$28,530	9.45	1.03
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	1,830	$64,160	$62,780	10.95	10.37
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	200	$57,800	$58,890	1.18	1.30
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	130	$55,680	$59,750	0.80	1.28
Tellers	430	$35,340	$35,840	2.58	1.22
Therapists, All Other	40	$88,690	$85,620	0.21	1.46
Tire Repairers and Changers	290	$32,990	$33,930	1.74	2.50
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	70	$49,930	$58,860	0.39	1.26
Training and Development Managers	60	$83,360	$99,310	0.34	1.12
Training and Development Specialists	450	$48,570	$52,060	2.70	0.92
Transportation Security Screeners	50	$63,130	$59,470	0.27	0.83
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	260	$81,820	$91,870	1.53	1.08
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	30	$42,680	$44,930	0.18	0.51
Tutors	80	$36,650	$37,690	0.47	0.42
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	190	$21,850	$23,340	1.15	1.47
Veterinarians	70	$126,420	$128,660	0.44	0.82
Waiters and Waitresses	3,040	$22,560	$27,820	18.23	1.25
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	80	$47,320	$52,200	0.47	0.57
Web Developers	—	$50,610	$67,200	—	—
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	30	$42,640	$41,390	0.20	0.60
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	500	$46,760	$49,940	3.01	1.13
Wellhead Pumpers	200	$76,850	$71,870	1.22	10.50

Colleges in this area

7 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
Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health	Private nonprofit	2-year	360
Lubbock Christian University	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	1,595
South Plains College	Public	2-year	9,098
Texas College of Cosmetology-Lubbock	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	54
Texas Tech University	Public	4-year or above	40,757
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	Public	4-year or above	5,098
Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	96

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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