Amarillo, TX Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.8) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Amarillo, TX moved from $42,060 in May 2024 to $44,580 in May 2025 (+6.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Amarillo, TX sits +2.9 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Amarillo, TX
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $22,710 here versus $35,230 nationally (-35.5%; 2,040metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $85,770 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-18.9%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$22,710 in Amarillo, TX sits 35.5% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,040 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$85,770 in Amarillo, TX sits 18.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,610 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,310 in Amarillo, TX sits 17.2% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,150 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$37,680 in Amarillo, TX sits 16.3% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,490 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Amarillo, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 11100 · Amarillo, TX $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #325/528
- RPP-LOW 91.8
- OCC-MID 337 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $364K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH West Montana non…
- BOOK-FULL 334 rows · May 2025
Read with West Montana nonmetropolitan area (+$27 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 Amarillo, TX
Where Amarillo, TX already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Amarillo, TX's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 550 jobs · $143,350
- 2. Sales Managers 420 jobs · $113,350
- 3. Physicians, All Other 410 jobs · $364,420
- 4. Lawyers 410 jobs · $130,580
- 5. Software Developers 320 jobs · $116,530
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 290 jobs · $149,990
- 7. Managers, All Other 290 jobs · $113,990
- 8. Pharmacists 240 jobs · $143,520
- 9. Physician Assistants 240 jobs · $132,990
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 240 jobs · $119,150
- 11. Marketing Managers 200 jobs · $119,140
- 12. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $126,530
- 13. Physical Therapists 190 jobs · $109,800
- 14. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 140 jobs · $129,210
- 15. Human Resources Managers 120 jobs · $125,860
- 16. Dentists, General 100 jobs · $154,960
- 17. Engineers, All Other 90 jobs · $134,380
- 18. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $208,170
Occupations Tracked
337
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,063
employment-weighted, 334 complete rows
Top Salary
$364,420
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
91.8
8% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Amarillo, 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 | Financial Managers | $143,350 |
| 2 | Sales Managers | $113,350 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $364,420 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $130,580 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $116,530 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $149,990 |
| 7 | Managers, All Other | $113,990 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $143,520 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $132,990 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $119,150 |
| 11 | Marketing Managers | $119,140 |
| 12 | Industrial Production Managers | $126,530 |
| 13 | Physical Therapists | $109,800 |
| 14 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $129,210 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $125,860 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $154,960 |
| 17 | Engineers, All Other | $134,380 |
| 18 | Chief Executives | $208,170 |
| 19 | Purchasing Managers | $120,800 |
| 20 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $162,220 |
| 21 | Veterinarians | $124,020 |
| 22 | Information Security Analysts | $123,550 |
| 23 | Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | $127,010 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $129,490 |
| 25 | Family Medicine Physicians | $232,290 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Amarillo, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $20,920 |
| Bartenders | $21,050 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,380 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $22,120 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,710 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,870 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $24,400 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,620 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | $25,180 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $25,280 |
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 ($56,063 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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