Wages by Occupation in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 114,760 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $42,690 for all occupations combined. 304 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	660	$75,090	$81,960	5.74	0.62
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	40	$63,230	$53,180	0.33	3.10
Administrative Services Managers	110	$84,380	$101,770	0.93	0.55
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	30	$73,620	$75,700	0.30	0.33
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	190	$22,360	$24,610	1.61	0.63
Animal Caretakers	90	$33,630	$35,970	0.80	0.47
Architectural and Civil Drafters	100	$53,730	$58,510	0.88	1.31
Architectural and Engineering Managers	40	$165,600	$168,210	0.38	0.27
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	70	$29,650	$32,700	0.58	0.89
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	120	$47,910	$53,350	1.04	1.08
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	760	$46,370	$49,410	6.65	1.47
Bakers	120	$29,840	$32,380	1.06	0.70
Bartenders	370	$22,270	$29,810	3.23	0.66
Bill and Account Collectors	110	$41,600	$41,490	0.96	0.94
Billing and Posting Clerks	310	$38,540	$41,130	2.73	1.05
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,100	$45,300	$48,080	9.58	1.08
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	220	$55,180	$57,350	1.93	1.04
Bus Drivers, School	530	$46,600	$46,110	4.58	1.77
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	410	$73,090	$76,190	3.59	0.51
Butchers and Meat Cutters	190	$29,250	$32,590	1.68	1.92
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	200	$66,370	$76,860	1.74	0.55
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	30	$58,130	$62,860	0.29	0.73
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	50	$61,220	$63,190	0.45	4.14
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	750	$61,250	$62,930	6.55	9.14
Carpenters	170	$45,940	$47,310	1.50	0.35
Cashiers	2,820	$28,380	$28,510	24.55	1.24
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	90	$45,570	$46,800	0.82	0.62
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	130	$55,740	$53,800	1.14	1.27
Chief Executives	120	$173,240	$208,720	1.05	0.80
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	190	$54,170	$56,040	1.65	0.65
Childcare Workers	300	$22,490	$24,980	2.62	0.79
Civil Engineers	120	$73,450	$85,890	1.04	0.44
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	50	$81,330	$82,590	0.44	0.21
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	520	$27,600	$29,060	4.55	1.86
Clergy	30	$54,600	$54,670	0.30	0.83
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	160	$55,500	$58,610	1.38	0.64
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	110	$45,680	$47,600	0.99	0.97
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	100	$37,990	$41,190	0.85	1.23
Community Health Workers	40	$46,130	$50,810	0.31	0.78
Compliance Officers	200	$62,210	$66,230	1.72	0.64
Computer and Information Systems Managers	170	$143,920	$150,380	1.47	0.34
Computer Network Support Specialists	60	$60,910	$65,220	0.49	0.52
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	110	$43,930	$47,630	0.94	0.86
Computer Occupations, All Other	120	$82,940	$89,680	1.04	0.37
Computer Programmers	50	$71,930	$78,450	0.44	0.75
Computer Systems Analysts	90	$96,690	$104,540	0.82	0.25
Computer User Support Specialists	330	$49,260	$55,270	2.90	0.63
Conservation Scientists	30	$76,400	$75,320	0.27	1.62
Construction and Building Inspectors	100	$56,770	$60,450	0.91	0.96
Construction Laborers	1,360	$37,340	$40,340	11.86	1.68
Construction Managers	360	$97,970	$108,630	3.10	1.27
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	130	$58,400	$56,680	1.15	3.72
Cooks, Fast Food	520	$26,640	$25,980	4.52	1.10
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	340	$28,770	$31,120	2.93	1.03
Cooks, Restaurant	930	$29,950	$30,700	8.10	0.89
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,470	$51,310	$51,320	12.81	5.24
Cost Estimators	130	$65,930	$73,640	1.15	0.80
Counter and Rental Clerks	300	$35,310	$38,250	2.63	1.02
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	350	$37,540	$40,480	3.02	2.61
Crane and Tower Operators	50	$66,100	$67,690	0.40	1.46
Customer Service Representatives	1,970	$35,630	$36,940	17.14	1.03
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	100	$40,410	$41,360	0.87	0.79
Data Entry Keyers	100	$36,000	$37,280	0.84	1.02
Data Scientists	50	$78,880	$92,800	0.47	0.28
Dental Assistants	280	$43,810	$41,750	2.42	0.97
Dental Hygienists	120	$95,460	$91,840	1.00	0.70
Dentists, General	90	$154,380	$158,420	0.77	0.97
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	120	$56,090	$61,460	1.05	1.42
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	70	$71,690	$78,080	0.59	1.02
Dietetic Technicians	40	$26,290	$32,570	0.31	1.52
Dietitians and Nutritionists	50	$59,130	$57,130	0.40	0.80
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	300	$21,380	$23,230	2.59	0.74
Dishwashers	270	$27,310	$25,970	2.36	0.77
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	170	$44,970	$48,410	1.49	1.14
Driver/Sales Workers	470	$32,160	$33,400	4.09	1.56
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	560	$82,260	$87,120	4.87	2.30
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	130	$100,360	$114,520	1.10	0.95
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	40	$46,420	$50,380	0.34	0.71
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	50	$34,780	$43,950	0.40	0.52
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	300	$63,730	$66,670	2.58	1.13
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$69,080	$78,320	0.32	0.52
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	150	$81,690	$78,160	1.27	3.04
Electrical Engineers	60	$125,740	$127,530	0.54	0.42
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	280	$77,690	$74,860	2.41	2.86
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	260	$45,260	$45,010	2.27	1.43
Electricians	490	$50,640	$55,850	4.27	0.88
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	30	$123,050	$119,180	0.29	0.46
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	920	$58,610	$57,420	8.02	0.90
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	140	$45,730	$45,690	1.19	1.19
Emergency Medical Technicians	150	$35,530	$35,850	1.34	1.16
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	40	$75,490	$73,270	0.38	0.99
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	190	$65,510	$69,110	1.68	0.57
Facilities Managers	90	$89,920	$99,060	0.77	0.76
Family Medicine Physicians	40	$305,470	$236,970	0.36	0.52
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	70	$57,360	$56,470	0.61	2.51
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	70	$33,680	$31,900	0.60	0.35
Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,090	$23,760	$25,750	44.35	1.79
File Clerks	90	$36,030	$36,800	0.77	1.63
Financial and Investment Analysts	80	$90,050	$103,500	0.69	0.30
Financial Managers	340	$132,240	$154,610	2.93	0.54
Financial Specialists, All Other	50	$51,260	$57,920	0.44	0.52
Firefighters	160	$41,950	$43,430	1.36	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	670	$62,130	$70,630	5.83	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	210	$59,890	$62,990	1.84	5.37
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	60	$37,170	$39,630	0.50	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	80	$55,080	$59,290	0.69	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,300	$35,730	$37,980	11.29	1.43
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	100	$42,290	$44,070	0.85	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	60	$45,950	$50,150	0.48	0.57
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	710	$72,280	$77,500	6.15	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	100	$62,450	$70,150	0.85	0.62
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,110	$58,900	$62,800	9.69	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	50	$39,440	$45,030	0.39	0.54
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	80	$68,710	$74,560	0.66	0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	700	$62,490	$69,490	6.12	1.41
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,340	$38,510	$45,720	11.64	1.61
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	460	$51,990	$59,630	3.97	0.99
Floral Designers	40	$37,420	$34,480	0.34	1.30
Food Batchmakers	150	$35,100	$34,680	1.29	1.15
Food Preparation Workers	740	$28,120	$29,820	6.41	1.11
Food Processing Workers, All Other	140	$38,490	$38,280	1.24	2.97
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	80	$27,190	$28,440	0.70	0.37
Food Service Managers	240	$49,210	$58,500	2.11	1.38
Forest and Conservation Technicians	50	$59,740	$62,150	0.46	2.36
General and Operations Managers	3,390	$85,810	$108,600	29.58	1.31
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	260	$36,500	$35,660	2.30	14.20
Graphic Designers	60	$48,720	$53,350	0.51	0.40
Healthcare Social Workers	80	$66,210	$72,220	0.73	0.61
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	80	$56,060	$53,850	0.71	1.01
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	270	$49,820	$53,880	2.38	0.90
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,170	$52,950	$53,190	18.89	1.42
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	70	$33,510	$35,740	0.58	3.64
Helpers--Electricians	50	$36,040	$40,040	0.44	1.08
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	110	$36,540	$35,580	0.98	1.60
Helpers--Production Workers	780	$35,430	$34,780	6.82	6.40
Highway Maintenance Workers	200	$43,590	$42,630	1.77	1.78
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,510	$23,100	$25,380	30.55	1.10
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	210	$27,750	$27,020	1.83	0.66
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	230	$26,800	$26,740	1.98	1.18
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	30	$42,070	$43,180	0.28	0.48
Human Resources Managers	100	$123,970	$135,500	0.88	0.62
Human Resources Specialists	460	$59,780	$65,970	4.01	0.68
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$63,150	$62,880	0.41	0.85
Industrial Engineers	200	$80,880	$90,330	1.72	0.73
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	590	$61,140	$66,230	5.15	1.82
Industrial Production Managers	240	$128,940	$127,800	2.05	1.30
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	570	$37,630	$40,820	4.93	0.99
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	70	$37,810	$39,590	0.62	0.72
Information Security Analysts	40	$100,730	$115,190	0.33	0.27
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	340	$43,810	$46,510	2.94	0.77
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	120	$44,630	$46,740	1.05	0.92
Instructional Coordinators	230	$70,370	$74,260	2.05	1.40
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	70	$43,390	$46,320	0.57	0.41
Insurance Sales Agents	260	$45,590	$53,550	2.25	0.73
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	50	$37,260	$39,970	0.41	0.43
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,810	$30,320	$32,710	15.78	1.11
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,790	$34,780	$34,490	15.59	0.82
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	490	$33,800	$35,020	4.31	0.70
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	180	$27,350	$32,690	1.56	1.23
Lawyers	190	$120,990	$139,680	1.65	0.34
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	70	$45,710	$51,080	0.59	0.59
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	90	$60,500	$60,850	0.77	0.90
Library Technicians	40	$33,400	$33,200	0.31	0.69
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,080	$60,630	$60,430	9.41	2.26
Light Truck Drivers	490	$42,260	$45,960	4.27	0.68
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	160	$45,260	$47,130	1.36	1.28
Loan Officers	130	$70,980	$88,380	1.12	0.64
Logging Equipment Operators	240	$63,170	$56,030	2.08	15.33
Logisticians	50	$70,610	$80,650	0.40	0.25
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	80	$34,750	$34,940	0.69	2.53
Machinists	140	$49,840	$51,570	1.20	0.65
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	600	$27,590	$27,500	5.26	0.95
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,430	$45,110	$48,770	12.46	1.27
Management Analysts	100	$89,990	$99,080	0.84	0.15
Managers, All Other	200	$116,860	$124,110	1.73	0.43
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	230	$55,550	$63,480	1.99	0.34
Marketing Managers	110	$119,990	$128,120	0.94	0.37
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$77,960	$95,670	0.48	1.58
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	420	$35,670	$34,840	3.66	3.91
Mechanical Drafters	30	$70,250	$66,960	0.27	1.06
Mechanical Engineers	90	$120,560	$118,160	0.82	0.43
Medical and Health Services Managers	520	$99,490	$104,720	4.56	1.19
Medical Assistants	670	$36,500	$37,660	5.88	1.12
Medical Equipment Repairers	30	$49,190	$49,750	0.27	0.63
Medical Records Specialists	140	$39,590	$45,190	1.19	0.95
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	980	$42,560	$42,640	8.53	1.38
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	40	$53,060	$62,150	0.30	0.33
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	110	$53,640	$62,300	0.94	1.10
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	90	$35,810	$38,040	0.82	0.77
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	930	$59,210	$58,430	8.09	2.03
Millwrights	60	$50,030	$64,680	0.55	2.13
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,200	$38,740	$42,910	10.46	1.16
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	40	$38,980	$43,160	0.35	1.93
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	190	$59,590	$60,580	1.66	1.46
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$37,500	$40,440	0.60	0.75
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	160	$82,490	$84,120	1.41	0.70
Nurse Practitioners	200	$129,600	$134,910	1.70	0.82
Nursing Assistants	1,290	$35,370	$35,200	11.24	1.21
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	110	$75,070	$80,720	0.99	1.98
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	140	$64,990	$71,450	1.25	1.38
Occupational Therapists	150	$102,270	$100,610	1.28	1.23
Occupational Therapy Assistants	80	$79,760	$76,320	0.67	2.02
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	420	$35,300	$37,910	3.65	2.95
Office Clerks, General	2,310	$36,230	$37,950	20.15	1.27
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	670	$48,560	$51,850	5.87	1.91
Opticians, Dispensing	60	$36,560	$40,190	0.48	1.02
Order Clerks	30	$41,600	$46,170	0.30	0.63
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	30	$45,300	$44,050	0.28	1.20
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	140	$35,190	$35,690	1.21	0.50
Packers and Packagers, Hand	460	$34,440	$33,750	3.98	1.10
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	110	$42,210	$43,640	0.93	0.64
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	120	$59,200	$60,930	1.04	0.41
Paramedics	120	$44,780	$47,000	1.07	1.66
Parts Salespersons	280	$34,630	$36,440	2.44	1.40
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	40	$42,010	$44,090	0.36	1.34
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	110	$43,960	$45,800	0.99	1.00
Personal Financial Advisors	130	$68,400	$112,670	1.15	0.67
Pest Control Workers	50	$36,000	$35,560	0.44	0.67
Pharmacists	170	$132,740	$138,080	1.47	0.71
Pharmacy Technicians	310	$43,350	$43,100	2.69	0.89
Phlebotomists	160	$40,090	$41,210	1.41	1.53
Physical Therapist Aides	70	$39,220	$37,220	0.60	1.95
Physical Therapist Assistants	120	$79,970	$79,070	1.09	1.51
Physical Therapists	230	$111,690	$109,790	2.00	1.17
Physician Assistants	80	$129,510	$137,700	0.72	0.69
Physicians, All Other	180	$324,000	$271,750	1.57	0.71
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	320	$49,810	$51,640	2.76	0.92
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	700	$57,680	$61,670	6.07	1.41
Postal Service Clerks	130	$64,290	$62,530	1.11	2.33
Postal Service Mail Carriers	440	$55,930	$58,810	3.83	1.81
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$92,900	$94,520	0.35	3.93
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	320	$28,990	$32,460	2.80	0.91
Printing Press Operators	90	$35,690	$38,580	0.81	0.87
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	70	$50,300	$53,500	0.63	1.10
Production Workers, All Other	130	$35,210	$37,370	1.14	0.70
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	180	$47,250	$53,170	1.58	0.63
Project Management Specialists	510	$77,270	$85,750	4.47	0.65
Property Appraisers and Assessors	110	$49,240	$54,340	0.97	2.66
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	260	$55,450	$69,300	2.27	1.14
Psychiatric Technicians	60	$35,900	$40,010	0.50	0.49
Public Relations Managers	30	$104,610	$117,130	0.26	0.54
Public Relations Specialists	130	$59,570	$61,680	1.14	0.63
Public Safety Telecommunicators	140	$44,430	$43,930	1.24	1.88
Purchasing Managers	40	$136,980	$138,500	0.36	0.66
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	200	$71,050	$71,190	1.77	1.19
Real Estate Sales Agents	100	$47,540	$58,060	0.87	0.70
Receptionists and Information Clerks	640	$30,960	$33,170	5.61	0.96
Recreation Workers	140	$30,640	$35,250	1.26	0.59
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	120	$39,400	$39,560	1.01	1.07
Registered Nurses	1,980	$79,050	$84,130	17.29	0.80
Rehabilitation Counselors	30	$51,170	$55,550	0.27	0.44
Respiratory Therapists	120	$72,450	$71,610	1.02	1.13
Retail Salespersons	2,940	$30,110	$33,110	25.66	1.02
Roofers	40	$38,240	$40,750	0.34	0.39
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	400	$37,990	$39,940	3.48	12.03
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	70	$36,860	$38,440	0.60	1.00
Sales Managers	280	$121,690	$134,900	2.48	0.61
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	670	$56,790	$66,470	5.84	0.72
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	670	$64,400	$76,260	5.87	0.74
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	100	$77,350	$85,660	0.91	0.50
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	260	$37,690	$40,680	2.24	8.53
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,570	$60,720	$60,980	13.69	2.00
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,570	$39,110	$41,590	13.69	1.25
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	170	$61,090	$98,900	1.49	0.47
Security Guards	410	$36,620	$44,200	3.58	0.43
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	40	$39,150	$43,260	0.35	1.79
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	170	$49,750	$51,660	1.47	5.31
Sheet Metal Workers	40	$47,000	$50,230	0.35	0.45
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	470	$43,130	$45,280	4.07	0.78
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	90	$35,680	$35,770	0.77	0.48
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	60	$36,390	$37,740	0.50	1.12
Social and Community Service Managers	130	$65,400	$71,230	1.14	0.84
Social and Human Service Assistants	190	$40,150	$41,210	1.70	0.60
Software Developers	210	$127,770	$133,180	1.80	0.17
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	50	$97,830	$103,570	0.44	0.36
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	930	$59,770	$58,850	8.10	4.83
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	70	$54,710	$53,920	0.59	0.97
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	140	$58,830	$56,410	1.18	1.12
Speech-Language Pathologists	230	$81,770	$90,880	1.99	1.69
Stockers and Order Fillers	2,280	$34,970	$35,360	19.88	1.09
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	60	$45,920	$47,610	0.53	1.58
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	190	$47,030	$52,320	1.66	0.52
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	190	$22,700	$24,360	1.64	0.48
Surgical Technologists	40	$65,040	$65,080	0.33	0.44
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	70	$45,370	$51,610	0.62	1.67
Surveyors	40	$49,200	$60,520	0.35	1.09
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	40	$28,670	$29,270	0.35	1.59
Tax Preparers	70	$36,860	$52,250	0.58	1.19
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,690	$27,330	$28,600	14.71	1.61
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	150	$58,440	$62,900	1.31	1.44
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	150	$78,300	$74,610	1.30	2.07
Tellers	450	$36,110	$36,310	3.96	1.87
Tire Repairers and Changers	190	$34,670	$35,670	1.68	2.41
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	60	$59,960	$65,550	0.56	1.78
Training and Development Specialists	270	$45,580	$51,200	2.34	0.79
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	130	$78,720	$88,990	1.12	0.78
Veterinarians	50	$119,040	$123,050	0.48	0.88
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	40	$29,980	$31,060	0.36	0.44
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	170	$37,520	$38,380	1.50	1.80
Waiters and Waitresses	1,400	$22,290	$27,450	12.17	0.83
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	270	$46,520	$48,110	2.35	2.84
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	40	$38,090	$40,850	0.31	0.89
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	600	$49,220	$55,940	5.23	1.95
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	330	$21,690	$31,780	2.86	7.23

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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