Eyes in the Skies
Flying High: Top Occupations in Texas Aviation
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians:
- 2005 – 2,442 jobs
- 2006 – 2,518 jobs
Aerospace engineers:
- 2005 – 2,339 jobs
- 2006 – 2,536 jobs
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging and systems assemblers:
- 2005 – 1,951 jobs
- 2006 – 2,477 jobs
Machinists:
- 2005 – 1,838 jobs
- 2006 – 1,806 jobs
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers and weighers:
- 2005 – 1,579 jobs
- 2006 – 1,549 jobs
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers:
- 2005 – 1,235 jobs
- 2006 – 1,223 jobs
Business operation specialists, all other:
- 2005 – 1,162 jobs
- 2006 – 1,149 jobs
Source: EMSI Complete Employment.