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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
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars$77,870630View salary detail
Insurance Underwriters$77,7701,520View salary detail
Special Effects Artists and Animators$77,690—View salary detail
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$77,55010,140View salary detail
Instructional Coordinators$77,4308,030View salary detail
Physical Therapist Assistants$77,2802,210View salary detail
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians$77,1901,470View salary detail
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$77,1901,470View salary detail
Dietitians and Nutritionists$77,1801,340View salary detail
Epidemiologists$77,170290View salary detail
Boilermakers$77,0901,170View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$76,9502,040View salary detail
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians$76,920230View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts$76,8202,210View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other$76,8202,210View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts$76,8202,210View salary detail
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling$76,810660View salary detail
Social and Community Service Managers$76,7802,730View salary detail
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers$76,670770View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$76,3605,920View salary detail
Writers and Authors$76,120400View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers$76,120400View salary detail
Photonics Technicians$76,1202,860View salary detail
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists$76,1202,860View salary detail
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$76,1202,860View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers$76,02024,570View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$76,02024,570View salary detail
Logistics Engineers$75,9405,420View salary detail
Logisticians$75,9405,420View salary detail
Logistics Analysts$75,9405,420View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$75,9306,480View salary detail
Athletes and Sports Competitors$75,550510View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators$75,5002,100View salary detail
Materials Scientists$75,36090View salary detail
Health Education Specialists$75,3501,040View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,33015,270View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$75,2801,880View salary detail
Funeral Home Managers$74,940220View salary detail
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$74,8507,390View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$74,57016,250View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers$74,57016,250View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$74,5702,440View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment$74,29050View salary detail
Computer Network Support Specialists$74,1401,990View salary detail
Emergency Medicine Physicians$73,330170View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$73,03025,630View salary detail
Dredge Operators$72,960—View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$72,9509,530View salary detail
Human Resources Specialists$72,55018,320View salary detail
Athletic Trainers$72,150480View 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.