Sherman Employment

Employment and Industries in the Sherman, Texas Area

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Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	1,130	45,850	$35,720 - 57,810	24%	56%
2	Elementary school teachers, except special education	630	38,410	$28,120 - 50,770	14%	95%
3	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	510	41,010	$28,490 - 55,470	6%	96%
4	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	470	47,310	$24,480 - 73,300	8%	51%
5	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	390	40,270	$30,370 - 51,190	11%	95%
6	Accountants and auditors	220	54,700	$28,460 - 87,720	18%	79%
7	Medical and health services managers	210	46,160	$37,370 - 61,400	16%	57%
8	Financial managers	100	76,890	$39,890 - 106,520	13%	60%
9	Industrial engineers	100	75,000	$56,080 - 95,720	20%	74%
10	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	90	65,400	$52,750 - 80,150	8%	78%
11	Lawyers	80	117,380	$48,560 - 0	11%	99%
12	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	80	33,230	$29,340 - 38,530	15%	51%
13	Physical therapists	70	66,780	$51,570 - 85,260	27%	89%
14	Mechanical engineers	70	83,850	$59,940 - 114,370	4%	78%
15	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	70	48,470	$38,410 - 60,660	13%	73%
16	Engineering managers	60	98,350	$69,150 - 143,830	7%	84%
17	Vocational education teachers, secondary school	60	43,280	$32,370 - 56,420	0%	96%
18	Pharmacists	60	94,310	$78,100 - 116,480	22%	97%
19	Speech-language pathologists	50	48,120	$33,100 - 64,300	11%	98%
20	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	50	38,210	$28,100 - 49,090	20%	87%
21	Training and development specialists	50	32,490	$13,320 - 57,110	18%	56%
22	Network and computer systems administrators	50	61,440	$39,430 - 94,240	27%	50%
23	Sales managers	50	89,040	$41,750 - 142,640	10%	69%
24	Chief executives	50	104,640	$57,450 - 0	2%	65%
25	Computer programmers	40	62,040	$27,290 - 93,440	0%	73%
26	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	40	49,400	$24,720 - 90,250	12%	51%
27	Special education teachers, middle school	40	36,800	$27,910 - 47,090	16%	87%
28	Librarians	40	44,390	$32,390 - 58,170	4%	85%
29	Network systems and data communications analysts	40	72,590	$28,940 - 112,340	53%	57%
30	Child, family, and school social workers	40	28,390	$16,990 - 39,280	19%	77%
31	Special education teachers, secondary school	40	39,440	$30,740 - 50,560	9%	87%
32	Computer and information systems managers	40	85,100	$58,260 - 113,300	16%	73%
33	Computer software engineers, applications	40	71,490	$39,220 - 114,620	45%	85%
34	Graphic designers	30	46,200	$23,690 - 70,480	10%	55%
35	Occupational therapists	30	62,070	$52,560 - 72,070	23%	90%
36	Coaches and scouts	30	39,890	$14,200 - 60,250	15%	60%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Retail salespersons	1,750	23,500	$12,970 - 38,650	12%	25%
2	Cashiers	1,390	15,980	$12,040 - 21,760	-2%	10%
3	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,370	14,730	$11,610 - 18,520	18%	5%
4	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	750	24,160	$15,760 - 34,120	1%	18%
5	Waiters and waitresses	730	15,170	$11,620 - 21,480	11%	14%
6	Office clerks, general	690	19,860	$12,670 - 29,340	13%	19%
7	General and operations managers	630	77,760	$32,170 - 131,190	2%	48%
8	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	630	31,900	$23,240 - 39,950	14%	7%
9	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	600	17,660	$13,640 - 22,870	18%	7%
10	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	540	18,510	$14,860 - 23,340	15%	4%
11	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	530	33,690	$21,120 - 46,230	15%	18%
12	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	530	19,560	$12,800 - 26,900	2%	5%
13	Customer service representatives	490	21,840	$12,510 - 36,050	25%	22%
14	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	480	32,350	$21,970 - 46,940	10%	4%
15	Stock clerks and order fillers	470	19,250	$13,370 - 28,970	-7%	8%
16	Teacher assistants	450	14,870	$11,720 - 19,000	10%	18%
17	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	450	27,240	$16,100 - 41,140	13%	16%
18	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	450	34,430	$15,870 - 55,590	6%	29%
19	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	440	34,540	$19,160 - 56,810	4%	25%
20	Maintenance and repair workers, general	390	27,620	$16,700 - 43,670	10%	6%
21	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	390	26,100	$14,930 - 39,170	11%	14%
22	Industrial truck and tractor operators	360	24,630	$17,730 - 33,260	-1%	2%
23	Receptionists and information clerks	360	19,390	$12,490 - 28,840	17%	13%
24	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	340	50,600	$27,030 - 73,970	-4%	15%
25	Team assemblers	330	23,850	$14,940 - 34,890	0%	5%
26	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	310	17,930	$12,010 - 27,110	13%	5%
27	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	270	39,340	$26,330 - 52,640	11%	33%
28	Cooks, restaurant	260	17,180	$12,680 - 22,420	12%	5%
29	Home health aides	250	16,420	$11,670 - 26,570	49%	7%
30	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	240	35,920	$24,240 - 54,810	14%	4%
31	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	230	20,840	$12,490 - 33,250	4%	6%
32	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	230	25,460	$17,230 - 37,510	8%	4%
33	Construction laborers	230	20,250	$14,970 - 26,910	11%	5%
34	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	230	19,440	$12,770 - 28,470	18%	6%
35	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	210	15,800	$11,990 - 19,730	11%	5%
36	Food preparation workers	210	15,440	$11,760 - 19,220	15%	7%
37	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	200	27,480	$19,680 - 39,420	4%	15%
38	Tellers	190	20,190	$15,560 - 25,520	14%	16%
39	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	190	28,480	$21,140 - 36,110	5%	2%
40	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	190	34,980	$24,490 - 45,030	8%	3%
41	Cooks, fast food	190	14,940	$11,640 - 20,580	8%	5%
42	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	190	32,010	$21,930 - 43,470	11%	4%
43	Construction managers	170	49,990	$21,800 - 90,400	16%	29%
44	Medical assistants	170	24,090	$17,160 - 33,680	35%	10%
45	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	170	27,420	$16,060 - 44,580	-6%	14%
46	Driver/sales workers	160	20,610	$12,230 - 33,580	-4%	4%
47	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	160	51,210	$30,420 - 79,420	7%	13%
48	Electricians	160	41,030	$27,510 - 61,170	7%	7%
49	Postal service mail carriers	150	43,200	$33,810 - 51,970	1%	11%
50	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	150	16,920	$11,860 - 23,030	14%	3%
51	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	150	22,580	$18,560 - 28,400	-14%	0%
52	Sewing machine operators	150	18,190	$13,600 - 22,220	-26%	5%
53	Dishwashers	140	14,630	$11,690 - 18,380	10%	3%
54	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	140	13,620	$11,530 - 16,400	12%	6%
55	Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	140	28,820	$22,370 - 35,260	-6%	0%
56	Computer support specialists	130	31,430	$19,520 - 53,890	13%	43%
57	Helpers--production workers	130	20,610	$13,800 - 32,930	0%	4%
58	Preschool teachers, except special education	130	20,940	$13,340 - 39,250	26%	43%
59	Child care workers	130	15,290	$11,600 - 24,990	18%	15%
60	Medical secretaries	120	22,370	$17,280 - 28,520	17%	18%
61	Bus drivers, school	120	20,040	$12,980 - 27,000	9%	4%
62	Pharmacy technicians	120	25,750	$19,150 - 33,050	32%	16%
63	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	110	26,960	$20,180 - 36,470	10%	24%
64	Dental assistants	110	29,940	$20,250 - 39,980	29%	9%
65	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	110	23,180	$15,090 - 31,240	-4%	5%
66	Tool and die makers	110	31,510	$19,750 - 43,620	-9%	5%
67	Machinists	110	35,650	$21,820 - 46,220	-2%	3%
68	Insurance sales agents	100	48,140	$25,990 - 105,850	13%	45%
69	Security guards	100	19,780	$11,880 - 32,200	17%	13%
70	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	100	47,590	$29,810 - 67,540	9%	10%
71	Counter and rental clerks	100	25,230	$12,760 - 43,530	23%	16%
72	Industrial machinery mechanics	100	41,160	$28,410 - 58,830	9%	5%
73	Kindergarten teachers, except special education	90	39,870	$32,220 - 49,440	16%	43%
74	Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators	90	32,140	$23,490 - 39,050	14%	8%
75	Bartenders	90	14,980	$11,660 - 23,990	11%	17%
76	Food service managers	80	45,480	$27,750 - 63,900	5%	24%
77	Loan officers	80	42,610	$32,160 - 59,290	12%	49%
78	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	80	22,710	$15,990 - 37,180	12%	6%
79	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	80	14,250	$11,560 - 20,940	10%	17%
80	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	80	59,930	$38,960 - 94,890	4%	38%
81	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	70	45,660	$19,130 - 77,610	10%	17%
82	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	70	32,320	$17,470 - 48,760	4%	30%
83	Cooks, short order	70	17,510	$12,360 - 22,500	5%	5%
84	Industrial production managers	70	95,900	$66,190 - 137,890	-5%	43%
85	Telecommunications line installers and repairers	70	41,490	$21,830 - 56,990	5%	8%
86	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	70	25,700	$18,990 - 33,720	-12%	4%
87	Parts salespersons	60	30,540	$16,390 - 52,030	-1%	6%
88	Radiologic technologists and technicians	60	46,260	$37,860 - 57,150	15%	25%
89	Medical records and health information technicians	60	23,280	$16,020 - 28,890	18%	12%
90	Carpenters	60	27,970	$18,170 - 37,100	10%	6%
91	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	60	17,440	$11,650 - 32,990	10%	5%
92	Pipelayers	60	26,940	$17,990 - 37,690	9%	4%
93	Sales representatives, services, all other	60	44,690	$16,010 - 71,860	28%	48%
94	Paralegals and legal assistants	60	41,620	$32,670 - 55,220	22%	45%
95	Order clerks	60	28,160	$15,760 - 45,070	-23%	16%
96	Administrative services managers	60	54,980	$29,920 - 87,430	12%	40%
97	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	60	15,920	$11,830 - 21,780	17%	14%
98	Dental hygienists	50	58,290	$41,430 - 79,860	30%	33%
99	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	50	24,540	$16,450 - 35,100	12%	0%
100	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	50		$[?] - [?]	0%	36%

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Jobs More Common Near Sherman Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	28,820	140	9.1
Tool and die makers	31,510	110	5.5
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	31,900	630	3.7
Medical and health services managers	46,160	210	3.5
Sewing machine operators	18,190	150	3.2
Construction managers	49,990	170	3
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	40,270	390	2.7
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	15,800	210	2.6
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	22,580	150	2.5
Industrial truck and tractor operators	24,630	360	2.4
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	28,480	190	2.3
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	39,340	270	2.2
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,730	1,370	2.2
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	41,010	510	2.2
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	34,980	190	2.1
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	26,960	110	2.1
Industrial engineers	75,000	100	2.1
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	50,600	340	2.1
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	26,100	390	2
Registered nurses	45,850	1,130	1.9
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	17,660	600	1.8
Industrial machinery mechanics	41,160	100	1.8
Elementary school teachers, except special education	38,410	630	1.8
Postal service mail carriers	43,200	150	1.7
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	16,920	150	1.7
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	24,160	750	1.7
Pharmacy technicians	25,750	120	1.7
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	32,010	190	1.7
Driver/sales workers	20,610	160	1.6
Cashiers	15,980	1,390	1.6
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	34,540	440	1.6
Teacher assistants	14,870	450	1.6
Medical assistants	24,090	170	1.5
Retail salespersons	23,500	1,750	1.5
Dental assistants	29,940	110	1.5
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	27,420	170	1.5
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	35,920	240	1.5
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	27,480	200	1.5
General and operations managers	77,760	630	1.4
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	51,210	160	1.4
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	17,930	310	1.4
Preschool teachers, except special education	20,940	130	1.4
Home health aides	16,420	250	1.4
Cooks, fast food	14,940	190	1.4
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	33,690	530	1.3
Bus drivers, school	20,040	120	1.3
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	13,620	140	1.3
Tellers	20,190	190	1.3
Insurance sales agents	48,140	100	1.3
Cooks, restaurant	17,180	260	1.3

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Sherman, Texas Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	35,920	1.03	240
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	17,930	1.01	310
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	50,600	1.01	340
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	26,960	1.01	110
Machinists	35,650	1	110
Retail salespersons	23,500	1	1,750
Dental assistants	29,940	1	110
Accountants and auditors	54,700	0.99	220
Postal service mail carriers	43,200	0.99	150
Pharmacy technicians	25,750	0.98	120
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	27,480	0.98	200
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	28,820	0.97	140
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	25,460	0.96	230
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	51,210	0.95	160
Cooks, fast food	14,940	0.94	190
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,730	0.94	1,370
Team assemblers	23,850	0.93	330
Electricians	41,030	0.93	160
Dishwashers	14,630	0.93	140
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	33,690	0.93	530
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	23,180	0.92	110
Waiters and waitresses	15,170	0.92	730
Medical assistants	24,090	0.92	170
Helpers--production workers	20,610	0.92	130
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	32,350	0.92	480
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	34,540	0.92	440
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	26,100	0.92	390
Cashiers	15,980	0.91	1,390
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	27,240	0.91	450
Tellers	20,190	0.9	190
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	39,340	0.88	270
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	24,160	0.88	750
Preschool teachers, except special education	20,940	0.88	130
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	13,620	0.88	140
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	47,310	0.88	470
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	34,980	0.88	190
Stock clerks and order fillers	19,250	0.87	470
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	18,510	0.87	540
Sewing machine operators	18,190	0.87	150
Industrial truck and tractor operators	24,630	0.87	360
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	16,920	0.87	150
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	19,440	0.87	230
Receptionists and information clerks	19,390	0.87	360
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	31,900	0.87	630
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	19,560	0.86	530
General and operations managers	77,760	0.86	630
Food preparation workers	15,440	0.86	210
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	28,480	0.86	190
Child care workers	15,290	0.86	130
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	41,010	0.85	510

Highest Paying Jobs in Sherman, Texas Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Lawyers	117,380	80
Chief executives	104,640	50
Engineering managers	98,350	60
Industrial production managers	95,900	70
Computer software engineers, systems software	95,480
Pharmacists	94,310	60
Sales managers	89,040	50
Computer and information systems managers	85,100	40
Market research analysts	84,630
Mechanical engineers	83,850	70
General and operations managers	77,760	630
Financial managers	76,890	100
Industrial engineers	75,000	100
Network systems and data communications analysts	72,590	40
Computer software engineers, applications	71,490	40
Physical therapists	66,780	70
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	65,400	90
Occupational therapists	62,070	30
Computer programmers	62,040	40
Network and computer systems administrators	61,440	50
Computer systems analysts	60,880
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	59,930	80
Industrial engineering technicians	58,620
Dental hygienists	58,290	50
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	58,230
Administrative services managers	54,980	60
Accountants and auditors	54,700	220
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	51,210	160
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	50,600	340
Construction managers	49,990	170
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	49,400	40
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	48,470	70
Insurance sales agents	48,140	100
Speech-language pathologists	48,120	50
Mechanical drafters	48,090	50
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	47,590	100
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	47,310	470
Business operations specialists, all other	46,300
Radiologic technologists and technicians	46,260	60
Graphic designers	46,200	30
Medical and health services managers	46,160	210
Registered nurses	45,850	1,130
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	45,660	70
Food service managers	45,480	80
Mechanical engineering technicians	45,280
Sales representatives, services, all other	44,690	60
Librarians	44,390	40
Postal service clerks	43,650	40
Vocational education teachers, secondary school	43,280	60
Postal service mail carriers	43,200	150

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