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Table 4. Location quotients and wages for selected occupations in the Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, May 2009
Occupation	Location Quotient	Annual Mean Wage	Employment
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining	40.71	$36,730	1,390
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	25.00	20,780	180
Roustabouts, oil and gas	19.87	25,610	1,140
Derrick operators, oil and gas	17.19	37,820	330
Gas plant operators	12.55	56,680	170
Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary	12.50	70,010	120
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers	12.43	40,450	530
Petroleum engineers	9.55	116,210	230
Helpers—extraction workers	8.95	23,020	210
Correctional officers and jailers	8.54	32,870	3,630
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals	7.15	18,110	240
Detectives and criminal investigators	6.81	48,610	700
Graduate teaching assistants	6.72	29,010	760
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	5.76	20,180	530
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door	5.41	31,780	210
Farm equipment mechanics	5.17	35,730	140
Personal and home care aides	4.82	15,720	2,840
Civil engineering technicians	4.62	35,470	350
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders	4.42	33,080	60
Postmasters and mail superintendents	3.95	53,650	90

Last Modified Date: October 27, 2010