Texas Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Motorboat Operators	$50,270	270	View salary detail
Desktop Publishers	$57,760	270	View salary detail
Hydrologic Technicians	$88,400	270	View salary detail
Artists and Related Workers, All Other	$64,060	260	View salary detail
Subway and Streetcar Operators	$58,780	240	View salary detail
Sewers, Hand	$29,320	240	View salary detail
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$42,190	230	View salary detail
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic	$65,920	230	View salary detail
Hydrologists	$81,080	220	View salary detail
Judicial Law Clerks	$63,130	220	View salary detail
Tapers	$43,670	220	View salary detail
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,350	220	View salary detail
Set and Exhibit Designers	$56,930	210	View salary detail
Lighting Technicians	$53,150	210	View salary detail
Foresters	$80,370	210	View salary detail
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$41,990	200	View salary detail
Nuclear Engineers	$128,340	190	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	$54,340	190	View salary detail
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	$48,220	190	View salary detail
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary	$99,510	180	View salary detail
Geographers	$79,170	180	View salary detail
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$76,940	180	View salary detail
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$34,790	170	View salary detail
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	$35,950	160	View salary detail
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers	$46,040	160	View salary detail
Political Scientists	$114,050	160	View salary detail
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	$100,580	160	View salary detail
Floor Sanders and Finishers	$40,120	140	View salary detail
Gambling Cage Workers	$27,480	130	View salary detail
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons	$67,330	130	View salary detail
Historians	$78,240	130	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$50,270	120	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$50,270	120	View salary detail
Rail Transportation Workers, All Other	$43,150	120	View salary detail
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians	$124,060	110	View salary detail
Nuclear Technicians	$124,060	110	View salary detail
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other	$58,410	110	View salary detail
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers	$33,940	90	View salary detail
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary	$83,440	90	View salary detail
Transit and Railroad Police	$78,480	80	View salary detail
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining	$47,310	70	View salary detail
Bridge and Lock Tenders	$45,820	70	View salary detail
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers	$34,930	70	View salary detail
Gambling Managers	$106,670	60	View salary detail
Animal Breeders	$48,410	60	View salary detail
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers	$53,130	50	View salary detail
Agricultural Engineers	$95,220	50	View salary detail
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	$139,520	40	View salary detail
Log Graders and Scalers	$36,100	40	View salary detail
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	$49,390	40	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.