The “Occupational Reports” section provides information about individual occupations. The data presented in the reports were obtained from the 2004 Regional Workforce Survey. In short, 3,008 establishments from 29 counties in the workforce commuting region of Lubbock, TX participated in the survey.

Occupations are organized and ordered according to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System as administered by the National Bureau of Labor Statistics. All jobs are classified into one of over 820 occupations according to a standard definition. To facilitate classification, occupations are combined to form 23 major groups. This site does not include military specific occupations and thus presents 22 major occupational categories. Within these 22 categories are about 800 specific occupations. The 2004 Regional Workforce Survey provides at least one observation for 563 occupations and at least five observations for 314 occupations. The occupational categories are intuitive groupings, but users can search for specific occupation codes here.