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
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters	$46,440	190	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$46,400	600	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$46,400	10,610	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$46,350	3,330	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$46,320	2,310	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$46,160	—	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$46,150	4,210	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$46,140	4,970	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,130	410	View salary detail
Motorcycle Mechanics	$46,120	200	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$46,110	710	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$46,100	3,450	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$45,990	20,910	View salary detail
Costume Attendants	$45,750	210	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$45,730	520	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,650	1,780	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$45,620	1,270	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,560	190	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$45,540	2,620	View salary detail
Roofers	$45,500	1,230	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$45,410	1,770	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$45,400	3,610	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$45,150	1,300	View salary detail
Tellers	$45,090	5,760	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$45,070	790	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$45,030	300	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$44,890	4,560	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$44,840	1,810	View salary detail
Animal Control Workers	$44,760	140	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$44,750	1,500	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$44,670	4,660	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$44,600	740	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$44,490	2,530	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$44,400	2,910	View salary detail
Stonemasons	$44,310	120	View salary detail
Meter Readers, Utilities	$44,280	260	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$44,210	20,220	View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists	$44,140	360	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$44,110	3,570	View salary detail
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$44,060	440	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$43,920	19,050	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$43,860	1,750	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$43,820	1,550	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$43,730	8,150	View salary detail
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$43,700	160	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$43,570	9,730	View salary detail
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	$43,550	30	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,420	3,810	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$43,320	3,300	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,280	1,290	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.