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title: "Average Salary in Corpus Christi, TX"
description: "Mean $57,670, median $45,350 in the Corpus Christi metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi, TX metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $57,670, median $45,350 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 192,580 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $48,940.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $23,510 |
| 25th | $30,900 |
| 50th | $45,350 |
| 75th | $66,760 |
| 90th | $99,260 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 92.7 |
| Housing (rents) | 84.9 |
| Goods | 93.8 |
| Utilities | 81.0 |
| Other services | 96.2 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $203,840
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $197,520
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $183,480
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $166,420
- [Petroleum Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/petroleum-engineer): $162,200
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $158,140
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $155,270
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $153,880
- [Human Resources Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/human-resources-manager): $144,270
- [Judge](https://nuecareer.com/careers/judge): $139,320

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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