Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Houston, TX

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Electricians	$59,180	19,730	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$59,150	1,930	View salary detail
Firefighters	$59,120	5,780	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$58,940	7,680	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$58,600	890	View salary detail
Embalmers	$58,490	160	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$58,400	2,770	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$58,310	1,950	View salary detail
Set and Exhibit Designers	$58,100	60	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$58,030	3,000	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$57,970	440	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$57,940	15,850	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$57,600	8,830	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$57,590	120	View salary detail
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	$57,500	—	View salary detail
Curators	$57,290	150	View salary detail
Hearing Aid Specialists	$57,220	210	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$57,150	670	View salary detail
Locomotive Engineers	$57,140	100	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$56,920	2,500	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$56,900	150	View salary detail
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$56,870	140	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$56,850	250	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$56,840	49,750	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$56,790	300	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$56,670	4,080	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$56,410	1,090	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$56,060	3,410	View salary detail
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$56,040	390	View salary detail
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	$55,830	180	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$55,680	50	View salary detail
Sailors and Marine Oilers	$55,610	3,470	View salary detail
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators	$55,490	260	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$55,350	1,900	View salary detail
Film and Video Editors	$55,160	130	View salary detail
Gem and Diamond Workers	$54,960	410	View salary detail
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$54,960	410	View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	$54,700	300	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$54,680	600	View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$54,500	700	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$54,450	620	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$54,090	3,260	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$53,810	8,650	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$53,520	1,770	View salary detail
Tool and Die Makers	$53,330	370	View salary detail
Biofuels Processing Technicians	$53,200	780	View salary detail
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$53,200	780	View salary detail
Traffic Technicians	$53,090	100	View salary detail
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators	$52,900	180	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$51,940	1,980	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.