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title: "Average Salary in Texas"
description: "Mean $65,750, median $48,620 in Texas (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/texas"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in Texas

Mean annual wage $65,750, median $48,620 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $50,090 (rank 45 of 51 by that measure; rank 31 nominal).

| Percentile | Texas | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $27,250 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $35,370 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $48,620 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $77,840 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $125,220 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 97.1 |
| Housing (rents) | 96.5 |
| Goods | 98.1 |
| Utilities | 87.5 |
| Other services | 97.1 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $119,430 | 1,213,770 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $106,100 | 511,360 |
| Legal | $100,070 | 101,050 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $98,520 | 249,090 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $82,970 | 802,150 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $79,580 | 922,290 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $77,010 | 109,140 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $61,750 | 829,200 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $56,690 | 651,610 |
| Community and Social Service | $56,350 | 151,830 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $53,280 | 141,240 |
| Protective Service | $51,310 | 319,780 |
| Construction and Extraction | $49,170 | 674,000 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $45,240 | 1,725,880 |
| Production | $44,520 | 686,700 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $42,360 | 1,293,610 |
| Sales | $36,780 | 1,200,220 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $35,360 | 15,020 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $34,640 | 354,220 |
| Personal Care and Service | $31,200 | 211,410 |
| Healthcare Support | $29,700 | 608,330 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $28,600 | 1,299,230 |

## Most common jobs

- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 460,530 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 431,310 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 341,640 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 337,170 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 322,710 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 271,380 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 245,730 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 218,470 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 216,970 workers
- [Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/truck-driver): 209,680 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Cardiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cardiologist): $410,150 median
- [Neurologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neurologist): $360,640 median
- [Pathologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pathologist): $345,830 median
- [Radiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/radiologist): $319,320 median
- [Emergency Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physician): $316,830 median
- [Obstetrician and Gynecologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/obstetrician-and-gynecologist): $271,960 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $269,800 median
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $269,110 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $257,850 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $244,990 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Wellhead Pumper](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wellhead-pumper): 6.30x the national share
- [Derrick Operator, Oil and Gas](https://nuecareer.com/careers/derrick-operator-oil-and-gas): 6.06x the national share
- [Oil and Gas Roustabout](https://nuecareer.com/careers/oil-and-gas-roustabout): 6.00x the national share
- [Petroleum Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/petroleum-engineer): 5.60x the national share
- [Rotary Drill Operator, Oil and Gas](https://nuecareer.com/careers/rotary-drill-operator-oil-and-gas): 5.25x the national share
- [Service Unit Operator, Oil and Gas](https://nuecareer.com/careers/service-unit-operator-oil-and-gas): 4.31x the national share
- [Wind Turbine Service Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/wind-turbine-service-technician): 4.30x the national share
- [Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gas-compressor-and-gas-pumping-station-operator): 4.26x the national share
- [Petroleum Pump System Operator, Refinery Operator, and Gauger](https://nuecareer.com/careers/petroleum-pump-system-operator-refinery-operator-and-gauger): 3.50x the national share
- [Geological Technician, Except Hydrologic Technicians](https://nuecareer.com/careers/geological-technician): 3.47x the national share

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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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