Wages by Occupation in Victoria, TX

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Victoria, TX metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 38,120 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $43,050 for all occupations combined. 191 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Victoria, TX area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

20.0% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.4), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 89.8 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 69.3; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 4,392 residents (4.6% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±552; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 4.2% in 2025, with a labor force of about 45,029 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

20.9% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±3.4), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$33,635	$32,485
High school graduate	$34,929	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$45,071	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$58,585	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$64,464	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	25.0% (±3.9)	24.2%
High school graduate	17.5% (±2.8)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	9.6% (±1.8)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4% (±2.0)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	34.3%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	10.9%	10.0%
Business	19.8%	20.1%
Education	16.9%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	18.1%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	230	$74,270	$82,160	5.94	0.64
Administrative Services Managers	50	$100,720	$105,080	1.43	0.84
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	60	$21,800	$24,630	1.47	0.57
Animal Caretakers	70	$28,850	$29,220	1.75	1.02
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	300	$45,060	$49,350	7.83	1.73
Bakers	30	$27,490	$30,260	0.80	0.52
Bartenders	160	$20,600	$25,650	4.13	0.85
Billing and Posting Clerks	130	$38,370	$40,050	3.50	1.35
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	370	$46,230	$48,110	9.75	1.10
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	70	$51,520	$58,590	1.74	0.93
Bus Drivers, School	110	$48,380	$43,100	2.83	1.09
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	200	$83,280	$81,210	5.21	0.74
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	90	$63,340	$70,870	2.33	0.74
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$64,830	$66,190	1.53	2.09
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	110	$58,050	$58,150	2.91	4.06
Carpenters	30	$49,460	$48,670	0.89	0.21
Cashiers	900	$28,210	$28,490	23.68	1.19
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	80	$55,080	$65,390	2.07	2.31
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	60	$59,900	$56,820	1.56	0.62
Childcare Workers	180	$23,280	$25,650	4.65	1.39
Civil Engineers	50	$78,510	$88,250	1.30	0.55
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	190	$27,440	$27,780	5.03	2.06
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	110	$59,310	$60,480	2.89	1.35
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$45,420	$44,290	1.89	1.85
Compliance Officers	40	$64,310	$72,810	1.11	0.41
Computer and Information Systems Managers	50	$135,990	$140,150	1.32	0.31
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	40	$48,120	$52,020	1.08	0.99
Computer Occupations, All Other	50	$89,320	$92,460	1.25	0.45
Computer Systems Analysts	40	$97,170	$98,660	1.05	0.31
Computer User Support Specialists	90	$49,450	$55,110	2.34	0.51
Construction Laborers	340	$36,930	$38,310	9.01	1.28
Construction Managers	100	$83,200	$91,880	2.75	1.12
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	60	$65,100	$68,080	1.67	5.40
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	80	$28,860	$30,200	1.97	0.69
Cooks, Restaurant	340	$29,680	$29,760	8.87	0.98
Cost Estimators	50	$63,840	$64,370	1.44	1.00
Counter and Rental Clerks	190	$34,940	$36,550	4.93	1.91
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	80	$45,600	$46,260	2.21	1.91
Customer Service Representatives	570	$37,440	$37,780	14.88	0.89
Data Entry Keyers	30	$35,160	$36,660	0.92	1.12
Dental Assistants	90	$43,980	$44,240	2.26	0.90
Dental Hygienists	40	$85,680	$87,630	1.07	0.75
Dentists, General	30	$129,430	$152,730	0.85	1.06
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	50	$58,030	$64,980	1.19	1.62
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	130	$21,770	$21,870	3.53	1.01
Dishwashers	80	$26,640	$25,980	2.05	0.67
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	60	$49,270	$49,280	1.57	1.20
Driver/Sales Workers	180	$36,600	$38,670	4.62	1.75
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	100	$81,360	$86,580	2.74	1.30
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	100	$84,430	$72,330	2.58	1.14
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	30	$82,300	$79,710	0.91	1.49
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	60	$98,680	$93,820	1.48	11.12
Electrical Engineers	40	$105,190	$111,130	1.18	0.92
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	90	$73,860	$78,900	2.40	2.84
Electricians	140	$52,010	$55,460	3.57	0.73
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	410	$57,430	$51,130	10.69	1.20
Emergency Medical Technicians	60	$33,770	$35,940	1.62	1.39
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	50	$68,580	$68,640	1.39	0.47
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	60	$47,400	$42,040	1.49	0.72
Facilities Managers	40	$108,270	$107,990	0.93	0.92
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,680	$24,510	$25,630	44.08	1.78
Financial and Investment Analysts	30	$85,740	$100,990	0.86	0.37
Financial Managers	100	$135,710	$155,170	2.73	0.51
Firefighters	70	$50,350	$52,120	1.86	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	270	$74,340	$74,600	7.18	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	30	$73,960	$71,070	0.88	1.38
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	470	$31,720	$36,290	12.25	1.56
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	50	$36,960	$42,950	1.19	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	280	$73,260	$79,230	7.45	1.88
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	60	$73,470	$81,560	1.68	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	410	$54,990	$58,760	10.84	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	140	$75,060	$74,190	3.79	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	410	$43,050	$47,050	10.72	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	160	$56,830	$58,640	4.10	1.02
Food Preparation Workers	230	$27,680	$29,440	6.11	1.06
Food Service Managers	90	$53,380	$58,680	2.42	1.58
General and Operations Managers	1,170	$80,280	$105,350	30.58	1.36
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$32,920	$49,210	0.80	0.56
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	40	$38,890	$47,550	0.96	0.82
Healthcare Social Workers	40	$67,180	$63,520	0.98	0.81
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	40	$46,820	$50,070	0.95	1.34
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	100	$48,550	$52,710	2.72	1.03
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	570	$51,150	$54,330	14.98	1.13
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	50	$36,240	$34,170	1.31	2.13
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	30	$38,170	$37,540	0.88	3.07
Helpers--Production Workers	30	$37,350	$39,210	0.90	0.84
Highway Maintenance Workers	40	$44,930	$44,990	1.15	1.16
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	650	$24,890	$25,120	17.15	0.62
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	80	$24,520	$25,130	2.19	0.79
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	80	$26,060	$25,650	2.15	1.28
Human Resources Specialists	140	$59,580	$64,780	3.64	0.62
Industrial Engineers	50	$93,560	$101,000	1.26	0.54
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	310	$61,100	$63,770	8.05	2.85
Industrial Production Managers	70	$128,600	$134,090	1.76	1.11
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	80	$43,810	$44,000	2.11	0.42
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	30	$35,600	$34,980	0.80	0.92
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	110	$33,240	$40,840	2.92	0.76
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	60	$36,370	$39,770	1.46	1.28
Instructional Coordinators	160	$77,700	$75,550	4.29	2.93
Insurance Sales Agents	70	$46,960	$55,490	1.77	0.57
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	450	$32,130	$33,060	11.69	0.82
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	500	$35,180	$36,370	13.16	0.69
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	210	$35,180	$35,420	5.61	0.92
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	70	$28,170	$27,520	1.78	1.40
Lawyers	70	$123,770	$137,390	1.93	0.40
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	340	$58,130	$57,040	8.94	2.14
Light Truck Drivers	280	$37,530	$39,860	7.32	1.16
Loan Officers	60	$70,790	$92,270	1.45	0.82
Logisticians	70	$69,970	$70,640	1.78	1.10
Machinists	60	$48,420	$53,890	1.55	0.84
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	190	$23,390	$25,020	4.99	0.90
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	480	$45,880	$46,950	12.69	1.29
Management Analysts	30	$81,750	$90,750	0.80	0.14
Managers, All Other	70	$121,600	$132,640	1.93	0.48
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	70	$60,760	$75,900	1.76	0.30
Marketing Managers	40	$99,440	$122,790	1.01	0.40
Medical and Health Services Managers	200	$103,420	$110,080	5.21	1.36
Medical Assistants	190	$37,060	$37,320	5.05	0.96
Medical Records Specialists	60	$51,250	$50,990	1.65	1.31
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	220	$37,920	$39,250	5.80	0.94
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	60	$36,660	$37,250	1.59	1.49
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	230	$58,420	$52,370	6.13	1.54
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	80	$37,340	$40,840	2.15	0.24
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	80	$57,390	$61,750	2.11	1.86
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	70	$81,390	$89,120	1.85	0.92
Nurse Practitioners	100	$129,580	$129,870	2.50	1.20
Nursing Assistants	470	$33,980	$33,560	12.38	1.33
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	50	$88,110	$80,640	1.27	1.40
Occupational Therapists	100	$103,800	$102,120	2.64	2.53
Occupational Therapy Assistants	60	$73,720	$76,240	1.47	4.45
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	110	$39,110	$44,470	3.00	2.43
Office Clerks, General	780	$37,700	$40,560	20.43	1.29
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	180	$47,520	$52,670	4.74	1.54
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	60	$36,980	$35,880	1.52	3.34
Opticians, Dispensing	40	$34,280	$34,270	1.11	2.35
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	80	$37,360	$41,820	2.06	1.42
Paramedics	50	$54,370	$50,720	1.38	2.13
Parts Salespersons	100	$34,120	$37,280	2.62	1.51
Personal Financial Advisors	40	$52,120	$89,530	0.98	0.57
Pharmacists	80	$140,860	$139,710	2.07	1.00
Pharmacy Technicians	150	$43,050	$42,600	3.95	1.30
Phlebotomists	60	$35,840	$37,760	1.63	1.77
Physical Therapist Assistants	80	$73,310	$71,580	2.03	2.81
Physical Therapists	140	$102,520	$101,380	3.56	2.07
Physicians, All Other	80	$219,640	$231,930	2.03	0.92
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	120	$60,320	$57,570	3.15	1.05
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	250	$55,820	$56,580	6.65	1.54
Postal Service Mail Carriers	90	$64,250	$63,310	2.39	1.13
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	70	$28,950	$29,680	1.96	0.64
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	80	$48,850	$55,500	2.03	0.81
Project Management Specialists	180	$80,540	$85,360	4.85	0.71
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	70	$51,710	$62,770	1.97	0.98
Public Relations Specialists	90	$54,690	$57,410	2.23	1.23
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	90	$67,380	$69,530	2.41	1.63
Real Estate Sales Agents	40	$46,190	$56,490	1.02	0.82
Receptionists and Information Clerks	280	$32,130	$32,820	7.36	1.26
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	30	$39,860	$41,570	0.87	0.92
Registered Nurses	1,080	$83,680	$86,610	28.39	1.31
Respiratory Therapists	70	$76,110	$73,330	1.92	2.14
Retail Salespersons	1,440	$28,780	$31,970	37.86	1.51
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	220	$47,650	$47,470	5.75	19.86
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	50	$40,980	$39,160	1.27	2.12
Sales Managers	130	$125,380	$138,330	3.32	0.81
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	330	$55,830	$70,910	8.79	1.09
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	240	$56,990	$64,400	6.26	0.79
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	300	$58,430	$55,560	7.98	1.16
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	440	$42,240	$43,140	11.63	1.06
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	100	$61,940	$95,310	2.64	0.84
Security Guards	130	$32,950	$43,610	3.42	0.41
Self-Enrichment Teachers	70	$39,330	$42,260	1.71	0.80
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	310	$57,050	$58,780	8.15	29.37
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	240	$35,380	$38,650	6.38	1.21
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	60	$37,090	$36,270	1.65	1.03
Social and Community Service Managers	40	$65,710	$72,690	1.12	0.83
Social and Human Service Assistants	100	$43,020	$41,810	2.50	0.89
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	180	$57,720	$54,390	4.60	2.74
Speech-Language Pathologists	140	$95,950	$98,800	3.68	3.12
Stockers and Order Fillers	870	$37,120	$36,700	22.73	1.25
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	40	$46,820	$53,440	1.05	0.33
Surgical Technologists	40	$63,000	$57,700	1.05	1.39
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	470	$28,100	$30,030	12.43	1.36
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	30	$46,040	$55,080	0.91	1.01
Tellers	140	$35,320	$34,780	3.66	1.73
Tire Repairers and Changers	90	$32,890	$33,600	2.44	3.50
Training and Development Specialists	90	$57,490	$58,240	2.26	0.77
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	50	$83,590	$94,000	1.22	0.85
Tutors	60	$24,780	$27,090	1.57	1.40
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	60	$36,290	$37,080	1.63	1.96
Waiters and Waitresses	580	$22,330	$27,770	15.12	1.04
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	30	$47,280	$51,160	0.92	1.11
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	160	$48,580	$53,940	4.18	1.56

Colleges in this area

4 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Manuel and Theresa's School of Hair Design-Victoria	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	18
University of Houston-Victoria	Public	4-year or above	3,586
Victoria Beauty & Barber College	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	73
Victoria College	Public	2-year	3,276

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

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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