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repairers First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other Fish and game wardens Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Flight attendants Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles Floor sanders and finishers Floral designers Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders Food batchmakers Food cooking machine operators and tenders Food preparation and serving related occupations Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Food preparation workers Food scientists and technologists Food servers, nonrestaurant Food service managers Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary Forensic science technicians Forest and conservation technicians Foresters Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Foundry mold and coremakers Funeral attendants Funeral directors Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders Furniture finishers Gaming and sports book writers and runners Gaming cage workers Gaming change persons and booth cashiers Gaming dealers Gaming service workers, all other Gaming supervisors Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators Gas plant operators General and operations managers Geographers Geography teachers, postsecondary Geological and petroleum technicians Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers Glaziers Graders and sorters, agricultural products Graduate teaching assistants Graphic designers Grinding and polishing workers, hand Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and pl Grounds maintenance workers, all other Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Hazardous materials removal workers Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other Health educators Health specialties teachers, postsecondary Health technologists and technicians, all other Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Healthcare support occupations Healthcare support workers, all other Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Helpers, construction trades, all other Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters Helpers--carpenters Helpers--electricians Helpers--extraction workers Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Helpers--production workers Helpers--roofers Highway maintenance workers Historians History teachers, postsecondary Hoist and winch operators Home appliance repairers Home economics teachers, postsecondary Home health aides Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping Human resources managers, all other Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other Hydrologists Industrial engineering technicians Industrial engineers Industrial machinery mechanics Industrial production managers Industrial truck and tractor operators Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Instructional coordinators Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Insulation workers, mechanical Insurance appraisers, auto damage Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Insurance sales agents Insurance underwriters Interior designers Internists, general Interpreters and translators Interviewers, except eligibility and loan Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers Job printers Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates Kindergarten teachers, except special education Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand Landscape architects Landscaping and groundskeeping workers Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Laundry and dry-cleaning workers Law clerks Law teachers, postsecondary Lawyers Lay-out workers, metal and plastic Legal occupations Legal secretaries Legal support workers, all other Legislators Librarians Library assistants, clerical Library science teachers, postsecondary Library technicians Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses Life scientists, all other Life, physical, and social science occupations Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Loan counselors Loan interviewers and clerks Loan officers Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants Locksmiths and safe repairers Locomotive engineers Lodging managers Logging equipment operators Logisticians Machine feeders and offbearers Machinists Maids and housekeeping cleaners Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Maintenance and repair workers, general Maintenance workers, machinery Makeup artists, theatrical and performance Management analysts Management occupations Managers, all other Manicurists and pedicurists Manufactured building and mobile home installers Marine engineers and naval architects Market research analysts Marketing managers Marriage and family therapists Massage therapists Material moving workers, all other Materials engineers Materials scientists Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary Mathematicians Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Mechanical door repairers Mechanical drafters Mechanical engineering technicians Mechanical engineers Media and communication equipment workers, all other Medical and clinical laboratory technicians Medical and clinical laboratory technologists Medical and health services managers Medical and public health social workers Medical appliance technicians Medical assistants Medical equipment preparers Medical equipment repairers Medical records and health information technicians Medical scientists, except epidemiologists Medical secretaries Medical transcriptionists Meeting and convention planners Mental health and substance abuse social workers Mental health counselors Merchandise displayers and window trimmers Metal workers and plastic workers, all other Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders Meter readers, utilities Microbiologists Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Millwrights Mine cutting and channeling machine operators Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Model makers, metal and plastic Model makers, wood Models Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Motion picture projectionists Motor vehicle operators, all other Motorboat mechanics Motorboat operators Motorcycle mechanics Multi-media artists and animators Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Museum technicians and conservators Music directors and composers Musical instrument repairers and tuners Musicians and singers Natural sciences managers Network and computer systems administrators Network systems and data communications analysts New accounts clerks Nonfarm animal caretakers Nuclear engineers Nuclear medicine technologists Nuclear technicians Numerical tool and process control programmers Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary Obstetricians and gynecologists Occupational health and safety specialists Occupational health and safety technicians Occupational therapist aides Occupational therapist assistants Occupational therapists Office and administrative support occupations Office and administrative support workers, all other Office clerks, general Office machine operators, except computer Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Operations research analysts Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Opticians, dispensing Optometrists Oral and maxillofacial surgeons Order clerks Orthodontists Orthotists and prosthetists Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Packers and packagers, hand Painters, construction and maintenance Painters, transportation equipment Painting, coating, and decorating workers Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders Paperhangers Paralegals and legal assistants Parking enforcement workers Parking lot attendants Parts salespersons Patternmakers, metal and plastic Patternmakers, wood Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Payroll and timekeeping clerks Pediatricians, general Personal and home care aides Personal care and service occupations Personal care and service workers, all other Personal financial advisors Pest control workers Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Petroleum engineers Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers Pharmacists Pharmacy aides Pharmacy technicians Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary Photographers Photographic process workers Photographic processing machine operators Physical scientists, all other Physical therapist aides Physical therapist assistants Physical therapists Physician assistants Physicians and surgeons, all other Physicists Physics teachers, postsecondary Pile-driver operators Pipelayers Plant and system operators, all other Plasterers and stucco masons Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Podiatrists Police and sheriff's patrol officers Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers Political science teachers, postsecondary Political scientists Postal service clerks Postal service mail carriers Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators Postmasters and mail superintendents Pourers and casters, metal Power distributors and dispatchers Power plant operators Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other Prepress technicians and workers Preschool teachers, except special education Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Printing machine operators Private detectives and investigators Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists Procurement clerks Producers and directors Production occupations Production workers, all other Production, planning, and expediting clerks Proofreaders and copy markers Property, real estate, and community association managers Protective service occupations Protective service workers, all other Psychiatric aides Psychiatric technicians Psychiatrists Psychologists, all other Psychology teachers, postsecondary Public address system and other announcers Public relations managers Public relations specialists Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products Purchasing managers Radiation therapists Radio and television announcers Radio mechanics Radiologic technologists and technicians Rail car repairers Rail transportation workers, all other Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators Railroad conductors and yardmasters Real estate brokers Real estate sales agents Receptionists and information clerks Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary Recreation workers Recreational therapists Recreational vehicle service technicians Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons Refuse and recyclable material collectors Registered nurses Rehabilitation counselors Reinforcing iron and rebar workers Religious workers, all other Reporters and correspondents Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks Residential advisors Respiratory therapists Respiratory therapy technicians Retail salespersons Riggers Rock splitters, quarry Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Roofers Rotary drill operators, oil and gas Roustabouts, oil and gas Sailors and marine oilers Sales and related occupations Sales and related workers, all other Sales engineers Sales managers Sales representatives, services, all other Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Security and fire alarm systems installers Security guards Segmental pavers Self-enrichment education teachers Semiconductor processors Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Service station attendants Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining Set and exhibit designers Sewers, hand Sewing machine operators Shampooers Sheet metal workers Ship engineers Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks Shoe and leather workers and repairers Shoe machine operators and tenders Signal and track switch repairers Skin care specialists Slaughterers and meat packers Social and community service managers Social and human service assistants Social science research assistants Social scientists and related workers, all other Social work teachers, postsecondary Social workers, all other Sociologists Sociology teachers, postsecondary Soil and plant scientists Sound engineering technicians Special education teachers, middle school Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school Special education teachers, secondary school Speech-language pathologists Stationary engineers and boiler operators Statistical assistants Statisticians Stock clerks and order fillers Stonemasons Structural iron and steel workers Structural metal fabricators and fitters Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Subway and streetcar operators Surgeons Surgical technologists Survey researchers Surveying and mapping technicians Surveyors Switchboard operators, including answering service Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Tank car, truck, and ship loaders Tapers Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents Tax preparers Taxi drivers and chauffeurs Teacher assistants Teachers and instructors, all other Team assemblers Technical writers Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Telecommunications line installers and repairers Telemarketers Telephone operators Tellers Terrazzo workers and finishers Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other Therapists, all other Tile and marble setters Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators Tire builders Tire repairers and changers Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Tool and die makers Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners Tour guides and escorts Traffic technicians Training and development managers Training and development specialists Transit and railroad police Transportation and material moving occupations Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters Transportation inspectors Transportation workers, all other Transportation, storage, and distribution managers Travel agents Travel guides Tree trimmers and pruners Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer Truck drivers, light or delivery services Umpires, referees, and other sports officials Upholsterers Urban and regional planners Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Veterinarians Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers Veterinary technologists and technicians Vocational education teachers, middle school Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Vocational education teachers, secondary school Waiters and waitresses Watch repairers Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders Wellhead pumpers Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products Woodworkers, all other Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Word processors and typists Writers and authors Zoologists and wildlife biologists

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Top Occupations in Texas:
Financial managers
Human resources managers, all other
Computer hardware engineers
Sales managers
Optometrists


Top States to be a Optometrists:
Maryland
Connecticut
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois

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