Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.0) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX moved from $46,740 in May 2024 to $48,630 in May 2025 (+4.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX sits +0.9 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $22,400 here versus $35,230 nationally (-36.4%; 2,250metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $23,510 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-34.3%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$22,400 in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX sits 36.4% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,250 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$23,510 in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX sits 34.3% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,390 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$81,180 in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX sits 16.8% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,100 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,810 in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX sits 15.8% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,840 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 13140 · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #167/528
- RPP-LOW 90.0
- OCC-MID 372 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $314K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-INLINE +0.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Grand Junction, CO
- BOOK-FULL 370 rows · May 2025
Read with Grand Junction, CO (+$10 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
Where Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX already employs the upper wage tier
Managers, All Other and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 580 jobs · $133,800
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 550 jobs · $150,860
- 3. Financial Managers 520 jobs · $149,360
- 4. Lawyers 500 jobs · $131,680
- 5. Software Developers 420 jobs · $124,470
- 6. Electrical Engineers 360 jobs · $124,570
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 310 jobs · $154,070
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 260 jobs · $168,480
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 240 jobs · $133,130
- 10. Pharmacists 230 jobs · $137,570
- 11. Marketing Managers 230 jobs · $129,500
- 12. Human Resources Managers 190 jobs · $130,260
- 13. Physicians, All Other 170 jobs · $314,220
- 14. Chemical Engineers 140 jobs · $129,850
- 15. Purchasing Managers 120 jobs · $129,410
- 16. Petroleum Engineers 90 jobs · $167,600
- 17. Physician Assistants 90 jobs · $132,920
- 18. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $226,720
Occupations Tracked
372
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$61,220
employment-weighted, 370 complete rows
Top Salary
$314,220
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
90.0
10% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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 | Managers, All Other | $133,800 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $150,860 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $149,360 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $131,680 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $124,470 |
| 6 | Electrical Engineers | $124,570 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $154,070 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $168,480 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $133,130 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $137,570 |
| 11 | Marketing Managers | $129,500 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $130,260 |
| 13 | Physicians, All Other | $314,220 |
| 14 | Chemical Engineers | $129,850 |
| 15 | Purchasing Managers | $129,410 |
| 16 | Petroleum Engineers | $167,600 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $132,920 |
| 18 | Chief Executives | $226,720 |
| 19 | Environmental Engineers | $135,240 |
| 20 | Dentists, General | $157,770 |
| 21 | Public Relations Managers | $146,970 |
| 22 | Family Medicine Physicians | $249,990 |
| 23 | Optometrists | $131,060 |
| 24 | Natural Sciences Managers | $128,910 |
| 25 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $132,550 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $20,960 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,270 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,400 |
| Bartenders | $22,600 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,940 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $23,510 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,550 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $24,350 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $24,470 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,610 |
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 ($61,220 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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