Abilene, TX Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Abilene, TX moved from $42,120 in May 2024 to $44,340 in May 2025 (+5.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Abilene, TX sits +2.2 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Abilene, TX
General and Operations Managers publishes $86,200 here versus $105,770 nationally (-18.5%; 2,120metro-area jobs). Next is Customer Service Representatives at $36,830 locally versus $44,770 nationally (-17.7%).
- General and Operations Managers$86,200 in Abilene, TX sits 18.5% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,120 published local jobs).
- Customer Service Representatives$36,830 in Abilene, TX sits 17.7% below the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (2,550 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,530 in Abilene, TX sits 16.6% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,000 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,310 in Abilene, TX sits 15.7% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,930 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Abilene, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 10180 · Abilene, TX $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #406/528
- RPP-LOW 90.4
- OCC-MID 287 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $220K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Hill Country Reg…
- BOOK-MOST 286 rows · May 2025
Read with Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area (+$2 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Abilene, TX
Where Abilene, TX already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Abilene, TX's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 420 jobs · $102,210
- 2. Financial Managers 310 jobs · $134,920
- 3. Sales Managers 280 jobs · $111,020
- 4. Managers, All Other 260 jobs · $114,900
- 5. Software Developers 250 jobs · $103,760
- 6. Physical Therapists 180 jobs · $102,920
- 7. Lawyers 160 jobs · $122,560
- 8. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $133,660
- 9. Marketing Managers 140 jobs · $109,100
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 jobs · $135,670
- 11. Administrative Services Managers 120 jobs · $103,710
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $129,120
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 90 jobs · $108,830
- 14. Occupational Therapists 90 jobs · $104,740
- 15. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $107,640
- 16. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $127,550
- 17. First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 60 jobs · $100,430
- 18. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $156,040
Occupations Tracked
287
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,283
employment-weighted, 286 complete rows
Top Salary
$220,400
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
90.4
10% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Abilene, TX, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $102,210 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $134,920 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $111,020 |
| 4 | Managers, All Other | $114,900 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $103,760 |
| 6 | Physical Therapists | $102,920 |
| 7 | Lawyers | $122,560 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $133,660 |
| 9 | Marketing Managers | $109,100 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $135,670 |
| 11 | Administrative Services Managers | $103,710 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $129,120 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $108,830 |
| 14 | Occupational Therapists | $104,740 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $107,640 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $127,550 |
| 17 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $100,430 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $156,040 |
| 19 | Electrical Engineers | $106,340 |
| 20 | Family Medicine Physicians | $220,400 |
| 21 | Chief Executives | $165,770 |
| 22 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $156,940 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $122,820 |
| 24 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $118,210 |
| 25 | Training and Development Managers | $107,280 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Abilene, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $20,820 |
| Bartenders | $21,890 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,520 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $22,840 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,450 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $23,690 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $25,780 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $25,910 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,310 |
| Childcare Workers | $26,810 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in TX
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside TX. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($53,283 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Abilene, TX wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Abilene, TX at $220,400/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $53,283 adjusts to about $58,965 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 90.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for TX before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.