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title: "Average Salary in Killeen, TX"
description: "Mean $62,390, median $46,660 in the Killeen 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 Killeen, TX

Killeen-Temple, TX metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $62,390, median $46,660 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 150,580 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $51,200.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $26,320 |
| 25th | $33,700 |
| 50th | $46,660 |
| 75th | $71,840 |
| 90th | $104,800 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 91.1 |
| Housing (rents) | 77.9 |
| Goods | 93.8 |
| Utilities | 81.2 |
| Other services | 96.2 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Optometrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/optometrist): $168,500
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $163,430
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $160,910
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $160,140
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $156,920
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $156,500
- [Physician Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physician-assistant): $144,350
- [Sales Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-manager): $139,650
- [Pharmacist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacist): $139,650
- [Veterinarian](https://nuecareer.com/careers/veterinarian): $138,150

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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