Corpus Christi, TX Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Corpus Christi, TX - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Corpus Christi, TX moved from $43,770 in May 2024 to $45,350 in May 2025 (+3.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Corpus Christi, TX sits +0.5 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Corpus Christi, TX
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $22,820 here versus $35,230 nationally (-35.2%; 3,390metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $23,440 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-34.5%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$22,820 in Corpus Christi, TX sits 35.2% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,390 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$23,440 in Corpus Christi, TX sits 34.5% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (6,630 published local jobs).
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$33,910 in Corpus Christi, TX sits 23.1% below the national First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers median of $44,080 (2,440 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Restaurant$30,670 in Corpus Christi, TX sits 18.0% below the national Cooks, Restaurant median of $37,390 (2,130 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Corpus Christi, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 18580 · Corpus Christi, TX $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #323/528
- RPP-LOW 92.7
- OCC-MID 398 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Pa… · $373K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE +0.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Lebanon, PA
- BOOK-FULL 396 rows · May 2025
Read with Lebanon, PA (+$19 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 Corpus Christi, TX
Employment scale inside Corpus Christi, TX's top-pay list
Lawyers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Corpus Christi, TX's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 740 jobs · $129,180
- 2. Managers, All Other 600 jobs · $124,740
- 3. Financial Managers 560 jobs · $138,150
- 4. Software Developers 520 jobs · $123,580
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 350 jobs · $133,810
- 6. Physicians, All Other 340 jobs · $253,530
- 7. Pharmacists 330 jobs · $136,150
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 320 jobs · $153,870
- 9. Mechanical Engineers 280 jobs · $124,340
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 260 jobs · $131,180
- 11. Electrical Engineers 230 jobs · $124,800
- 12. Human Resources Managers 210 jobs · $124,290
- 13. Physician Assistants 150 jobs · $134,360
- 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 130 jobs · $158,430
- 15. Petroleum Engineers 110 jobs · $155,870
- 16. Chemical Engineers 100 jobs · $126,690
- 17. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $229,340
- 18. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $180,630
Occupations Tracked
398
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,143
employment-weighted, 396 complete rows
Top Salary
$373,420
Physicians, Pathologists
Cost of Living
92.7
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Corpus Christi, TX
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, Pathologists | $373,420 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $253,530 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $229,340 |
| 4 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $206,410 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $180,630 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $158,430 |
| 7 | Petroleum Engineers | $155,870 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $153,870 |
| 9 | Pediatricians, General | $148,320 |
| 10 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $140,090 |
| 11 | Financial Managers | $138,150 |
| 12 | Optometrists | $138,120 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $136,150 |
| 14 | Physician Assistants | $134,360 |
| 15 | Nurse Practitioners | $133,810 |
| 16 | Industrial Production Managers | $131,180 |
| 17 | Lawyers | $129,180 |
| 18 | Chemical Engineers | $126,690 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $126,140 |
| 20 | Environmental Engineers | $125,330 |
| 21 | Electrical Engineers | $124,800 |
| 22 | Managers, All Other | $124,740 |
| 23 | Mechanical Engineers | $124,340 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers | $124,290 |
| 25 | Software Developers | $123,580 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Corpus Christi, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $20,970 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,280 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,820 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $23,270 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $23,290 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $23,440 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,730 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $25,470 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $25,580 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $25,630 |
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.
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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 ($56,143 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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