Temple Jobs

Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. Adjacent to the county seat , Temple lies at the hub of the region referred to as Central Texas. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin and 34 miles south of Waco. As of the 2000 Census, the population was 54,514, but a 2006 estimate places the current population at a little over 60,000. It is a "principal city" of the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area. Temple was founded in 1881 as a railroad town. It was named in honor of Bernard Moore Temple, civil engineer and former surveyor with the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company that established the town. For many years it was the home of the Santa Fe Railway Company's hospital for its employees. Temple is known for its strength as a regional medical center . Temple has more physicians per capita than any other community in the nation. It is the site of one of two major campuses for the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine....more

Among the most common occupations in Temple are Management, professional, and related occupations, 32%; Sales and office occupations, 24%; and Service occupations, 16%. Approximately 75 percent of workers in Temple, Texas work for companies, 14 percent work for the government and 6 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in Temple, Texas are Educational, health and social services, 29%; Manufacturing, 14%; and Retail trade, 11%. Simply Hired's Temple job listings indicate that the following industries in Temple are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Temple, Texas is $26,486, and the median income of households in Temple was $35,135.

According to our Temple Trends data, the number of Temple, Texas jobs has increased by 7% since October 2011.

Population of Temple Total population 54,514 Male 47.84% Female 52.16% Median age 35.2     Temple Housing Owner-occupied homes 55.9% Median cost of a home $76,100 Median mortgage payment $562 Renter-occupied homes 44.1% Vacant housing 8.4% Median monthly rent $522     Average Income Median for all male full-time $30,858 Median for all female full-time $22,113     Household Income Less than $10,000 12% $10,000 to $14,999 8% $15,000 to $24,999 15% $25,000 to $34,999 15% $35,000 to $49,999 18% $50,000 to $74,999 17% $75,000 to $99,999 8% $100,000 to $149,999 4% $150,000 to $199,999 2% $200,000 or more 2%

Education Less than 9th grade 8% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 12% High school graduate 26% Some college, no degree 23% Associate's degree 7% Bachelor's degree 14% Graduate degree 8%     Marital Status Never married 22% Currently married 54% Separated 3% Widowed 8% Divorced 12%     Race White 71% Black or African American 17% Asian 2% Other 10%     Temple Commute Carpool 14.6% Public transportation 0.3% Average travel time 18 minutes