Houston, TX Careers and Salaries

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
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$35,810	800	View salary detail
Rail Car Repairers	$59,310	790	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$45,070	790	View salary detail
Commercial Pilots	$131,420	790	View salary detail
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$53,200	780	View salary detail
Data Warehousing Specialists	$139,100	780	View salary detail
Biofuels Processing Technicians	$53,200	780	View salary detail
Database Architects	$139,100	780	View salary detail
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$76,670	770	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$36,510	760	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$39,240	760	View salary detail
Orderlies	$37,870	750	View salary detail
Lodging Managers	$64,960	750	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$48,170	750	View salary detail
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$34,330	740	View salary detail
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$29,680	740	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$44,600	740	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$37,840	720	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	$69,820	720	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$46,110	710	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$32,430	710	View salary detail
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,550	700	View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$54,500	700	View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	$33,350	700	View salary detail
Drafters, All Other	$60,820	690	View salary detail
Environmental Engineers	$127,340	690	View salary detail
Nurse Anesthetists	$275,310	680	View salary detail
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	$59,630	680	View salary detail
Clergy	$61,010	670	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$57,150	670	View salary detail
Technical Writers	$87,360	660	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$66,900	660	View salary detail
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	$76,810	660	View salary detail
Financial Examiners	$82,990	650	View salary detail
Fundraising Managers	$102,920	630	View salary detail
Landscape Architects	$103,670	630	View salary detail
Barbers	$30,690	630	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$77,870	630	View salary detail
Budget Analysts	$98,330	620	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$54,450	620	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$38,370	620	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$37,380	610	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$32,180	600	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$54,680	600	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$82,610	600	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$46,400	600	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$101,200	590	View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$102,190	580	View salary detail
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,710	580	View salary detail
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$105,060	570	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.