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.
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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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.