Demographics / Sanger EDC

Employment in Sanger

Evidence that Sanger is a growing community can be determined, in part, by its growing number of employed individuals.

From 2019 to 2020, employment in Sanger, TX grew by a rate of 1.47%, from 4.29k employees to 4.35k employees, while median household income rose 8.7% from $65,727 to $71,447.

Jobs by Industry

The largest industries in Sanger are Construction, Educational Services, and Retail Trade, providing residents a wide variety of occupational opportunities. This wide variety of jobs in Sanger contributes to both a lower poverty rate, as well as a lower unemployment rate, than in surrounding areas.

The most common jobs held by residents of Sanger, TX, by number of employees, are:

Office & Administrative Support Occupations (603 people)
Sales & Related Occupations (432 people)
Management Occupations (376 people)

Compared to other places, Sanger, TX has an unusually high number of residents working in:

Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations (2.89 times higher than expected)
Construction & Extraction Occupations (1.61 times higher than expected)
Material Moving Occupations (1.42 times higher than expected)

The highest paid jobs held by residents of Sanger, TX, by median earnings, are:

Protective Service Occupations ($100,227)
Fire Fighting & Prevention, & Other Protective Service Workers Including Supervisors ($100,227)
Computer & Mathematical Occupations ($92,813)

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Employment By Industry

While Sanger has a wide variety of employment opportunities, a few industries take the spotlight. By providing high-quality job opportunities for its residents, Sanger has a poverty rate lower than that of the national average.

The most common industries in Sanger, TX, by number of employees, are:

Construction (548 people)
Educational Services (528 people)
Retail Trade (462 people)