Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Austin, TX

719 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Austin, TX for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Material Moving Workers, All Other$43,89080View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives$43,72032,690View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,700270View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers$43,700150View salary detail
Pest Control Workers$43,6001,100View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$43,590270View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$43,270160View salary detail
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$43,2601,800View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other$42,9901,130View salary detail
Furniture Finishers$42,94070View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers$42,760320View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other$42,730360View salary detail
Tellers$42,6601,590View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,250150View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters$42,200590View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$42,070970View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$41,960170View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers$41,960170View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing$41,960170View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing$41,960170View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$41,820840View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers$41,8201,290View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$41,7801,400View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians$41,590180View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians$41,430170View salary detail
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers$40,970—View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$40,870110View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$40,80090View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides$40,740230View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$40,65012,370View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians$40,6101,590View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,82060View salary detail
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,5101,130View salary detail
Library Assistants, Clerical$39,33070View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$39,250420View salary detail
Orderlies$39,210110View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other$39,1901,660View salary detail
Photographers$38,970540View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers$38,8701,150View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$38,750220View salary detail
Building Cleaning Workers, All Other$38,720210View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$38,6701,160View salary detail
Cooks, Fast Food$38,5604,540View salary detail
Nursing Assistants$38,5505,600View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,53013,900View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers$38,53013,900View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers$38,5102,490View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$38,440150View salary detail
Animal Trainers$38,420140View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$38,3707,600View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.