Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4800005 · Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #403/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-THIN 194 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $373K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Mansfield, OH
- BOOK-MOST 193 rows · May 2025
Read with Mansfield, OH (+$2 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Border Region of Texas nonm…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Detectives and Criminal Investigators lead published employment inside Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,330 jobs · $84,440
- 2. Detectives and Criminal Investigators 1,160 jobs · $94,520
- 3. Managers, All Other 360 jobs · $122,930
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 180 jobs · $99,300
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 170 jobs · $83,770
- 6. Financial Managers 140 jobs · $126,930
- 7. Sales Managers 110 jobs · $105,880
- 8. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 100 jobs · $96,100
- 9. Lawyers 90 jobs · $129,130
- 10. Construction Managers 90 jobs · $105,620
- 11. Nurse Practitioners 70 jobs · $128,060
- 12. Petroleum Engineers 60 jobs · $131,460
- 13. Software Developers 50 jobs · $122,510
- 14. Facilities Managers 50 jobs · $93,400
- 15. Speech-Language Pathologists 50 jobs · $84,780
- 16. Physicians, All Other 40 jobs · $373,440
- 17. Chief Executives 40 jobs · $182,260
- 18. Pharmacists 40 jobs · $153,310
Occupations Tracked
194
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,321
employment-weighted, 193 complete rows
Top Salary
$373,440
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area, 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 | General and Operations Managers | $84,440 |
| 2 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $94,520 |
| 3 | Managers, All Other | $122,930 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $99,300 |
| 5 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $83,770 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $126,930 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $105,880 |
| 8 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $96,100 |
| 9 | Lawyers | $129,130 |
| 10 | Construction Managers | $105,620 |
| 11 | Nurse Practitioners | $128,060 |
| 12 | Petroleum Engineers | $131,460 |
| 13 | Software Developers | $122,510 |
| 14 | Facilities Managers | $93,400 |
| 15 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $84,780 |
| 16 | Physicians, All Other | $373,440 |
| 17 | Chief Executives | $182,260 |
| 18 | Pharmacists | $153,310 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $130,060 |
| 20 | Marketing Managers | $127,230 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers | $122,980 |
| 22 | Physical Therapists | $118,410 |
| 23 | Mechanical Engineers | $105,760 |
| 24 | Administrative Services Managers | $91,860 |
| 25 | Commercial Pilots | $101,560 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $21,230 |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $21,570 |
| Bartenders | $21,760 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $22,790 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $22,880 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $24,130 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $25,720 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $25,730 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $26,870 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,080 |
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 ($53,321 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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