Recruiting services in Lubbock, TX
A full search for an employer hiring in Lubbock, run end to end on your behalf and priced per search rather than as a percentage of salary. Across all six tiers the published range is $6,240 to $54,340, and the tier is set by the seniority of the role, never by what the role pays.
Permanent hires, any industry, anywhere in Texas. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days and run 30 to 50% below what a contingency recruiter charges for the same hire. Every placement carries a 45 day replacement guarantee at 50% off.
Looking for a staffing agency in Lubbock?
That search usually means one of two different things, and they are not interchangeable. Temporary staffing puts someone in a seat for a while on an agency payroll. A permanent search finds a person who joins your payroll and stays. If what you need is temporary cover, a staffing agency is the right call and this is not it.
For a permanent hire the real comparison is against a contingency recruiter. Contingency bills 20 to 30% of first year salary, several firms often work the same role at once, and nobody owns the outcome. A full search is one owner, a flat fee set by seniority, and a shortlist rather than a stream of forwarded resumes.
Lubbock is covered the same way every other market is. Nothing about the fee moves with the city, so the figures below are here to price the role and read the market, not to change what the search costs.
Every role we search for in Lubbock
Each one carries the wage band employers in this metro actually pay, what Lubbock residents in that field earn, and what the search costs.
Architecture and engineering
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
- Architectural and Civil Drafters
- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Civil Engineers
- Drafters, All Other
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical Engineers
- Engineers, All Other
- Industrial Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Petroleum Engineers
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians
- Surveyors
Business and financial operations
- Accountants and Auditors
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other
- Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Compliance Officers
- Cost Estimators
- Credit Analysts
- Credit Counselors
- Financial and Investment Analysts
- Financial Examiners
- Financial Risk Specialists
- Financial Specialists, All Other
- Fundraisers
- Human Resources Specialists
- Labor Relations Specialists
- Loan Officers
- Logisticians
- Management Analysts
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
- Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Personal Financial Advisors
- Project Management Specialists
- Tax Preparers
- Training and Development Specialists
Computer and mathematical
- Computer Network Architects
- Computer Network Support Specialists
- Computer Occupations, All Other
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Data Scientists
- Information Security Analysts
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Operations Research Analysts
- Software Developers
- Web Developers
Legal
Management
- Administrative Services Managers
- Architectural and Engineering Managers
- Chief Executives
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Construction Managers
- Education Administrators, All Other
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
- Facilities Managers
- Financial Managers
- Food Service Managers
- General and Operations Managers
- Human Resources Managers
- Industrial Production Managers
- Lodging Managers
- Managers, All Other
- Marketing Managers
- Medical and Health Services Managers
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
- Public Relations Managers
- Purchasing Managers
- Sales Managers
- Social and Community Service Managers
- Training and Development Managers
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Office and administrative support
- Bill and Account Collectors
- Billing and Posting Clerks
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Cargo and Freight Agents
- Couriers and Messengers
- Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
- Customer Service Representatives
- Data Entry Keyers
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
- Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- File Clerks
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
- Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
- Information and Record Clerks, All Other
- Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
- Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
- Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Library Assistants, Clerical
- Loan Interviewers and Clerks
- Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
- Office Clerks, General
- Order Clerks
- Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
- Postal Service Clerks
- Postal Service Mail Carriers
- Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
- Procurement Clerks
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
- Public Safety Telecommunicators
- Receptionists and Information Clerks
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
- Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
- Tellers
- Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
Sales and related
- Advertising Sales Agents
- Cashiers
- Counter and Rental Clerks
- Demonstrators and Product Promoters
- First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
- Insurance Sales Agents
- Parts Salespersons
- Real Estate Sales Agents
- Retail Salespersons
- Sales and Related Workers, All Other
- Sales Engineers
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
What does an employer in Lubbock actually pay?
Whatever the Lubbock, TX area pays, because that is the level at which wages are published. The table below is place of work: it is what employers located in that metropolitan area report paying, not what anyone living in Lubbock happens to take home.
What about management roles in Lubbock?
12,943 Lubbock residents work in management occupations and earn a median of $70,153. BLS publishes wages for 27 occupations in this group across the Lubbock, TX area, topping out at $174,120 for chief executives.
Place of work
What employers pay
| Role | Annual mean |
|---|---|
| Chief Executives | $236,210 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,850 |
| Financial Managers | $152,870 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $143,780 |
| Managers, All Other | $131,110 |
| Sales Managers | $129,370 |
| Marketing Managers | $127,900 |
| Human Resources Managers | $126,620 |
Showing the 8 highest-paid of 27 occupations in this group with a published figure for this area.
Place of residence
What Lubbock residents earn
- Lubbock residents working in management occupations
- 12,943
- Their median annual earnings
- $70,153
Residents of Lubbock working in this occupation group. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. This is where people live, not where they work, so it is not comparable to the wage figures beside it.
What about business and financial operations roles in Lubbock?
5,943 Lubbock residents work in business and financial operations occupations and earn a median of $54,023. BLS publishes wages for 24 occupations in this group across the Lubbock, TX area, topping out at $82,030 for personal financial advisors.
Place of work
What employers pay
| Role | Annual mean |
|---|---|
| Personal Financial Advisors | $129,720 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | $96,760 |
| Financial Examiners | $87,640 |
| Credit Analysts | $83,570 |
| Project Management Specialists | $83,390 |
| Management Analysts | $82,610 |
| Loan Officers | $81,930 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $80,850 |
Showing the 8 highest-paid of 24 occupations in this group with a published figure for this area.
Place of residence
What Lubbock residents earn
- Lubbock residents working in business and financial operations occupations
- 5,943
- Their median annual earnings
- $54,023
Residents of Lubbock working in this occupation group. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. This is where people live, not where they work, so it is not comparable to the wage figures beside it.
What about computer and mathematical roles in Lubbock?
2,618 Lubbock residents work in computer and mathematical occupations and earn a median of $63,967. BLS publishes wages for 12 occupations in this group across the Lubbock, TX area, topping out at $115,190 for software developers.
Place of work
What employers pay
| Role | Annual mean |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | $115,070 |
| Computer Network Architects | $106,830 |
| Information Security Analysts | $101,860 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $97,890 |
| Data Scientists | $96,610 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $90,760 |
| Operations Research Analysts | $80,030 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | $78,820 |
Showing the 8 highest-paid of 12 occupations in this group with a published figure for this area.
Place of residence
What Lubbock residents earn
- Lubbock residents working in computer and mathematical occupations
- 2,618
- Their median annual earnings
- $63,967
Residents of Lubbock working in this occupation group. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. This is where people live, not where they work, so it is not comparable to the wage figures beside it.
What about architecture and engineering roles in Lubbock?
2,206 Lubbock residents work in architecture and engineering occupations and earn a median of $73,043. BLS publishes wages for 14 occupations in this group across the Lubbock, TX area, topping out at $164,480 for petroleum engineers.
Place of work
What employers pay
| Role | Annual mean |
|---|---|
| Petroleum Engineers | $158,220 |
| Electrical Engineers | $110,180 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $98,010 |
| Industrial Engineers | $96,080 |
| Civil Engineers | $91,790 |
| Engineers, All Other | $91,590 |
| Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | $90,990 |
| Cartographers and Photogrammetrists | $75,530 |
Showing the 8 highest-paid of 14 occupations in this group with a published figure for this area.
Place of residence
What Lubbock residents earn
- Lubbock residents working in architecture and engineering occupations
- 2,206
- Their median annual earnings
- $73,043
Residents of Lubbock working in this occupation group. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. This is where people live, not where they work, so it is not comparable to the wage figures beside it.
What about legal roles in Lubbock?
1,046 Lubbock residents work in legal occupations and earn a median of $83,621, and the best paid of any group here. BLS publishes wages for 4 occupations in this group across the Lubbock, TX area, topping out at $124,410 for lawyers.
Place of work
What employers pay
| Role | Annual mean |
|---|---|
| Lawyers | $137,770 |
| Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $130,650 |
| Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | $58,860 |
| Paralegals and Legal Assistants | $48,750 |
Place of residence
What Lubbock residents earn
- Lubbock residents working in legal occupations
- 1,046
- Their median annual earnings
- $83,621
Residents of Lubbock working in this occupation group. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. This is where people live, not where they work, so it is not comparable to the wage figures beside it.
What about sales and related roles in Lubbock?
13,272 Lubbock residents work in sales and related occupations and earn a median of $32,174, the lowest paid of any group here. BLS publishes wages for 16 occupations in this group across the Lubbock, TX area, topping out at $77,650 for securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents.
Place of work
What employers pay
| Role | Annual mean |
|---|---|
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | $107,740 |
| Sales Engineers | $103,330 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $87,320 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers | $71,470 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | $70,850 |
| Insurance Sales Agents | $65,940 |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | $62,250 |
| Advertising Sales Agents | $60,410 |
Showing the 8 highest-paid of 16 occupations in this group with a published figure for this area.
Place of residence
What Lubbock residents earn
- Lubbock residents working in sales and related occupations
- 13,272
- Their median annual earnings
- $32,174
Residents of Lubbock working in this occupation group. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. This is where people live, not where they work, so it is not comparable to the wage figures beside it.
What about office and administrative support roles in Lubbock?
14,812 Lubbock residents work in office and administrative support occupations and earn a median of $32,537, the largest group in the city. BLS publishes wages for 39 occupations in this group across the Lubbock, TX area, topping out at $63,830 for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants.
Place of work
What employers pay
| Role | Annual mean |
|---|---|
| Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | $66,190 |
| Postal Service Mail Carriers | $62,750 |
| Postal Service Clerks | $62,020 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | $61,360 |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | $57,630 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | $56,000 |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | $54,140 |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | $53,500 |
Showing the 8 highest-paid of 39 occupations in this group with a published figure for this area.
Place of residence
What Lubbock residents earn
- Lubbock residents working in office and administrative support occupations
- 14,812
- Their median annual earnings
- $32,537
Residents of Lubbock working in this occupation group. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. This is where people live, not where they work, so it is not comparable to the wage figures beside it.
Why are the two numbers on this page so different?
They count different people. The wage figures count jobs sitting inside the Lubbock, TX area, whoever fills them. The earnings figures count people who live in Lubbock, wherever they commute to.
It runs the other way in management, where published wages in this metro run to a median of $92,950 but Lubbock residents in that group report a median of $70,153. Employers here are drawing that talent from outside the city line.
Across the groups we cover, Lubbock earnings run from $32,174 in sales and related to $83,621 in legal, a spread of 2.6x. A band set from the wrong end of that range is the most common reason a search here stalls.
Lubbock is the 10th largest of the 17 Texas cities we publish data for, at 273,071 people, in Lubbock County.
What does a search cost here?
The same as anywhere. Location does not move the fee and neither does salary. Tier is set by the seniority of the role, and across all six tiers the published range is $6,240 to $54,340 per search. For scale, the highest published median wage in this metro is $174,120 for chief executives. A contingency firm hiring at that level would bill roughly $34,824 to $52,236 on the first year salary alone.
Price a Lubbock search
Eight questions about the role. Your tier range appears on screen, with the contingency comparison if you are paying one now.