Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Texas

917 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Texas for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Potters, Manufacturing	$40,010	2,550	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$40,010	2,550	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$40,010	2,550	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$40,010	2,550	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$39,970	11,350	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$39,880	4,460	View salary detail
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	$39,630	880	View salary detail
Agricultural Workers, All Other	$39,570	310	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$39,520	75,340	View salary detail
File Clerks	$39,480	11,340	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$39,410	16,730	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$39,260	4,710	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,060	2,090	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$39,000	218,470	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$38,950	22,970	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$38,880	17,850	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$38,850	18,340	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$38,780	4,930	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$38,720	270	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$38,720	6,700	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$38,720	3,290	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$38,640	5,180	View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides	$38,630	2,900	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$38,470	3,250	View salary detail
Semiconductor Processing Technicians	$38,440	6,110	View salary detail
Helpers--Roofers	$38,430	590	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$38,410	2,320	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$38,340	5,530	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$38,220	18,410	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$38,170	840	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$38,170	11,400	View salary detail
Tellers	$38,050	25,860	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$37,920	3,380	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$37,710	3,420	View salary detail
Building Cleaning Workers, All Other	$37,690	1,750	View salary detail
Bicycle Repairers	$37,690	390	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$37,660	9,470	View salary detail
Orderlies	$37,650	2,320	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$37,630	3,630	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$37,540	216,970	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$37,540	216,970	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$37,500	13,250	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$37,500	88,680	View salary detail
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	$37,440	1,400	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$37,400	11,260	View salary detail
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$37,390	720	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$37,350	3,100	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$37,310	1,820	View salary detail
Fence Erectors	$37,270	1,800	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$37,260	14,730	View salary detail

Metropolitan areas in this state

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.