TARGETED OCCUPATIONS - Every year, the Permian Basin Workforce Board publishes the Targeted Occupations List based on a number of economic indicators, industry trends and input from local businesses. The list can be used as a guide to begin your career exploration. Download a copy of the Targeted Occupations.
2025 TARGETED OCCUPATION LIST
| Accountants and Auditors |
| Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks |
| Bus and Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists |
| Business Operations Specialists |
| Carpenters |
| Computer Network Support Specialists |
| Computer Programmers |
| Construction Managers |
| Corrections Officers and Jailers |
| Dental Hygienists |
| Diagnostic Medical Sonographers |
| Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers |
| Electricians |
| Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians |
| Elementary School Teachers Except Special Education |
| Emergency Medical Technicians |
| Firefighters |
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers |
| First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers |
| Gas Plant Operators |
| General and Operations Managers |
| Health Technologists and Technicians |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers |
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers |
| Industrial Machinery Mechanics |
| Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators |
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses |
| Machinists |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General |
| Mechanical Drafters |
| Medical and Health Services Managers |
| Medical Assistants |
| Medical Records Specialist |
| Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines |
| Occupational Health and Safety Specialists |
| Paralegal and Legal Assistant |
| Paramedics |
| Petroleum Engineers |
| Phlebotomists |
| Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters |
| Police and Sheriff Patrol Officers |
| Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education |
| Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers |
| Radiologic Technologists and Technicians |
| Registered Nurses |
| Respiratory Therapists |
| Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas |
| Roustabouts, Oil and Gas |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education |
| Surgical Technologists |
| Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers and Brazers |
| Wellhead Pumpers |
| Wind Turbine Service Technicians |
