Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX moved from $52,610 in May 2024 to $56,950 in May 2025 (+8.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX sits +5.1 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Bartenders shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
Bartenders publishes $23,670 here versus $34,340 nationally (-31.1%; 7,130metro-area jobs). Next is Cooks, Fast Food at $38,560 locally versus $30,890 nationally (+24.8%).
- Bartenders$23,670 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX sits 31.1% below the national Bartenders median of $34,340 (7,130 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Fast Food$38,560 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX sits 24.8% above the national Cooks, Fast Food median of $30,890 (4,540 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$27,260 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX sits 22.6% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (19,170 published local jobs).
- Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$37,120 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX sits 21.3% below the national Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors median of $47,160 (3,290 published local jobs).
Bartenders and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 12420 · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $75K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #21/528
- RPP-MID 98.1
- OCC-MOST 598 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Pa… · $363K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-AHEAD +5.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Minneapolis-St.…
- BOOK-FULL 580 rows · May 2025
Read with Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($388 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
Employment scale inside Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 11,050 jobs · $176,990
- 2. Sales Managers 9,880 jobs · $151,760
- 3. Lawyers 7,540 jobs · $153,330
- 4. Financial Managers 7,210 jobs · $167,180
- 5. Marketing Managers 7,170 jobs · $164,920
- 6. Computer Hardware Engineers 3,850 jobs · $165,530
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 3,130 jobs · $176,540
- 8. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,960 jobs · $162,960
- 9. Pharmacists 1,800 jobs · $151,290
- 10. Physicians, All Other 1,550 jobs · $276,600
- 11. Chief Executives 950 jobs · $288,150
- 12. Dentists, General 820 jobs · $188,190
- 13. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 710 jobs · $153,990
- 14. Nurse Anesthetists 480 jobs · $244,990
- 15. Compensation and Benefits Managers 310 jobs · $148,650
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 250 jobs · $263,070
- 17. General Internal Medicine Physicians 220 jobs · $256,940
- 18. Psychiatrists 150 jobs · $236,340
Occupations Tracked
598
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$74,621
employment-weighted, 580 complete rows
Top Salary
$362,620
Physicians, Pathologists
Cost of Living
98.1
2% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, Pathologists | $362,620 |
| 2 | Cardiologists | $341,080 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $288,150 |
| 4 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $281,940 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $276,600 |
| 6 | Surgeons, All Other | $271,390 |
| 7 | Family Medicine Physicians | $263,070 |
| 8 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $256,940 |
| 9 | Nurse Anesthetists | $244,990 |
| 10 | Psychiatrists | $236,340 |
| 11 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $210,750 |
| 12 | Dentists, General | $188,190 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $176,990 |
| 14 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $176,540 |
| 15 | Pediatricians, General | $175,680 |
| 16 | Petroleum Engineers | $168,860 |
| 17 | Financial Managers | $167,180 |
| 18 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $165,530 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $164,920 |
| 20 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $162,960 |
| 21 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $153,990 |
| 22 | Lawyers | $153,330 |
| 23 | Sales Managers | $151,760 |
| 24 | Pharmacists | $151,290 |
| 25 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $148,650 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $23,670 |
| Costume Attendants | $26,380 |
| Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other | $26,820 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,260 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $27,260 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,760 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $28,370 |
| Childcare Workers | $28,470 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $28,520 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,130 |
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 ($74,621 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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