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Percent change is the expected job growth for this occupation.

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These are the occupations with the largest employment in 2006. Select an occupation to learn more about it in the Occupation Profile.

Top 50 Occupations with the Largest Employment

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#	Occupation	Employment 2006
#	Occupation	1	Retail salespersons	332,750
2	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	270,530
3	Cashiers, except gaming	256,650
4	Farmers and ranchers	214,950
5	Customer service representatives	214,440
6	Office clerks, general	194,610
7	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	188,550
8	Waiters and waitresses	174,140
9	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	166,030
10	Registered nurses	157,840
11	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	156,650
12	General and operations managers	154,760
13	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	149,850
14	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	146,020
15	Child care workers	145,500
16	Elementary school teachers, except special education	145,430
17	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	144,620
18	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	140,370
19	Personal and home care aides	133,050
20	Construction laborers	131,710
21	Stock clerks and order fillers	124,500
22	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	122,930
23	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	116,270
24	Postsecondary teachers	113,400
25	Maintenance and repair workers, general	102,980
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Note: The data for the State Employment Trends and the National Employment Trends are not directly comparable. The projections period for state data is 2006-2016, while the projections period for national data is 2008-2018.

State Data Source: Texas Workforce Commission, Labor Market & Career Information Department

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