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
Dietitians and Nutritionists	$74,440	5,320	View salary detail
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	$74,100	5,020	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$74,050	8,960	View salary detail
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	$73,970	1,780	View salary detail
Photonics Technicians	$73,860	7,110	View salary detail
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists	$73,860	7,110	View salary detail
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	$73,860	7,110	View salary detail
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other	$73,750	1,530	View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators	$73,280	6,010	View salary detail
Materials Scientists	$72,700	300	View salary detail
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$72,520	63,350	View salary detail
Search Marketing Strategists	$72,520	63,350	View salary detail
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	$72,250	830	View salary detail
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$71,990	34,520	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$71,860	9,150	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$71,710	6,610	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$71,710	6,610	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$71,710	6,610	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$71,710	6,610	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$71,650	13,550	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$71,650	13,550	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$71,650	13,550	View salary detail
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers	$71,580	1,650	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$70,140	58,930	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$69,990	2,320	View salary detail
Healthcare Social Workers	$69,990	10,880	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$69,990	2,320	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	$69,550	1,930	View salary detail
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters	$68,980	4,640	View salary detail
Human Resources Specialists	$68,920	84,930	View salary detail
Transportation Security Screeners	$68,640	4,300	View salary detail
Park Naturalists	$68,620	1,970	View salary detail
Range Managers	$68,620	1,970	View salary detail
Conservation Scientists	$68,620	1,970	View salary detail
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$68,280	6,400	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$67,900	31,730	View salary detail
Funeral Home Managers	$67,740	1,230	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$67,700	430	View salary detail
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons	$67,330	130	View salary detail
Computer Network Support Specialists	$66,780	9,930	View salary detail
Acupuncturists	$66,530	—	View salary detail
Microbiologists	$66,450	920	View salary detail
Loan Officers	$66,370	21,200	View salary detail
Pile Driver Operators	$66,140	280	View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$65,970	95,670	View salary detail
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic	$65,920	230	View salary detail
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	$65,710	880	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, All Other	$65,710	880	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	$65,680	2,010	View salary detail
Dredge Operators	$65,580	—	View salary detail

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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.