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
Paramedics	$57,500	8,410	View salary detail
Data Warehousing Specialists	$151,370	8,270	View salary detail
Database Architects	$151,370	8,270	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$46,630	8,220	View salary detail
Public Relations Managers	$126,670	8,190	View salary detail
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	$52,880	8,100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$44,690	8,060	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$56,390	7,900	View salary detail
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$94,490	7,820	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$50,040	7,730	View salary detail
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,210	7,710	View salary detail
Computer Programmers	$99,330	7,620	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$48,470	7,610	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$48,470	7,610	View salary detail
Cooks, Short Order	$25,320	7,540	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$42,900	7,520	View salary detail
Natural Sciences Managers	$129,960	7,470	View salary detail
Water Resource Specialists	$129,960	7,470	View salary detail
Clinical Research Coordinators	$129,960	7,470	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$41,140	7,460	View salary detail
Computer Hardware Engineers	$163,860	7,390	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$44,360	7,320	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$41,950	7,210	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$45,480	7,140	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$48,740	7,120	View salary detail
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	$73,860	7,110	View salary detail
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists	$73,860	7,110	View salary detail
Photonics Technicians	$73,860	7,110	View salary detail
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$92,580	6,960	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$31,000	6,950	View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$33,670	6,880	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$84,930	6,830	View salary detail
Sales Engineers	$130,610	6,800	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$47,510	6,780	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$40,150	6,780	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$60,120	6,770	View salary detail
Aerospace Engineers	$130,270	6,750	View salary detail
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	$77,560	6,730	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$38,720	6,700	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$45,540	6,630	View salary detail
Media Programming 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
Talent Directors	$71,710	6,610	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$43,640	6,540	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$46,740	6,490	View salary detail
Editors	$45,950	6,460	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$65,160	6,450	View salary detail
Database Administrators	$114,400	6,430	View salary detail
Surveyors	$61,150	6,410	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.