Occupations Reported in Houston, TX

819 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Houston, TX for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported employment.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$51,940	1,980	View salary detail
Surveyors	$62,960	1,960	View salary detail
Geodetic Surveyors	$62,960	1,960	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$58,310	1,950	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$37,640	1,940	View salary detail
Editors	$29,040	1,930	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$59,150	1,930	View salary detail
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	$78,610	1,930	View salary detail
Chief Executives	$275,270	1,920	View salary detail
Chief Sustainability Officers	$275,270	1,920	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$55,350	1,900	View salary detail
Aerospace Engineers	$133,970	1,890	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$75,280	1,880	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$86,390	1,870	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$86,390	1,870	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$86,390	1,870	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$95,170	1,840	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$95,170	1,840	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$95,170	1,840	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$95,170	1,840	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$44,840	1,810	View salary detail
Public Relations Managers	$130,530	1,790	View salary detail
Passenger Attendants	$31,240	1,780	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,650	1,780	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$45,410	1,770	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$81,710	1,770	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$53,520	1,770	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$65,970	1,760	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$43,860	1,750	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$63,470	1,730	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$40,180	1,710	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$46,490	1,710	View salary detail
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$95,100	1,670	View salary detail
Skincare Specialists	$48,250	1,660	View salary detail
Dentists, General	$98,570	1,660	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$50,140	1,660	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$38,050	1,660	View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	$47,610	1,640	View salary detail
Solar Photovoltaic Installers	$47,060	1,620	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$103,010	1,580	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$50,520	1,580	View salary detail
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	$62,910	1,560	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$43,820	1,550	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	$60,200	1,540	View salary detail
Insurance Underwriters	$77,770	1,520	View salary detail
Gas Plant Operators	$85,530	1,510	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$50,200	1,510	View salary detail
Chemical Engineers	$138,120	1,510	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$44,750	1,500	View salary detail
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers	$51,860	1,500	View 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.