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

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Survey Researchers$48,810100View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,7002,850View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians$48,6802,520View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts$48,6802,520View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$48,6802,520View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$48,5505,720View salary detail
Transportation Workers, All Other$48,430100View salary detail
Archivists$48,370100View salary detail
Glaziers$48,3401,370View salary detail
Skincare Specialists$48,2501,660View salary detail
Craft Artists$48,190—View salary detail
Procurement Clerks$48,170750View salary detail
Farm and Home Management Educators$48,14090View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$48,1402,430View salary detail
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists$48,130180View salary detail
Credit Counselors$48,100900View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers$47,990310View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers$47,920500View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,9001,020View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians$47,890210View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers$47,750430View salary detail
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers$47,750270View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$47,7101,010View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$47,6101,640View salary detail
Airfield Operations Specialists$47,550260View salary detail
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,550700View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators$47,410140View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers$47,370180View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks$47,3606,820View salary detail
Tax Preparers$47,3201,280View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers$47,2701,270View salary detail
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$47,2605,850View salary detail
Solar Photovoltaic Installers$47,0601,620View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$46,97022,730View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,9504,590View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians$46,880310View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$46,8604,350View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians$46,8604,350View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$46,8602,190View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$46,790870View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$46,75033,710View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$46,720—View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$46,71032,050View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,63016,520View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$46,6007,700View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,520300View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$46,4901,710View salary detail
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,46090View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents$46,4608,000View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians$46,4501,100View 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.