Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Salaries

BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)

Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $23,100 here versus $35,800 nationally (-35.5%; 3,510metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $23,760 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-23.8%).

  1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides$23,100 in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 35.5% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,510 published local jobs).
  2. Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,760 in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 23.8% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (5,090 published local jobs).
  3. Office Clerks, General$36,230 in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 19.5% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,310 published local jobs).
  4. General and Operations Managers$85,810 in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 18.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,390 published local jobs).

Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 4800003 · Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $52K mean

MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL

  • MEAN-TRACE #444/528
  • RPP-UNK RPP n/a
  • OCC-MID 304 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $324K
  • EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
  • TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
  • PHOTO-FINISH Parkersburg-Vien…
  • BOOK-FULL 304 rows · May 2025

Read with Parkersburg-Vienna, WV ($5 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 Eastern Region of Texas non…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KEastern Region of Te… · this MSA: $52KEastern Region of Te… · this…$52KParkersburg-Vienna, WV · near: $52KParkersburg-Vienna, WV · near$52KHomosassa Springs, FL · near: $52KHomosassa Springs, FL · near$52KWest South Dakota no… · near: $52KWest South Dakota no… · near$52KJoplin, MO-KS · near: $52KJoplin, MO-KS · near$52KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Eastern Region of Te… · this MSA $52K
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV · near $52K
Homosassa Springs, FL · near $52K
West South Dakota no… · near $52K
Joplin, MO-KS · near $52K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Financial Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Financial Managers 340 jobs · $132,240
  2. 2. Sales Managers 280 jobs · $121,690
  3. 3. Industrial Production Managers 240 jobs · $128,940
  4. 4. Physical Therapists 230 jobs · $111,690
  5. 5. Software Developers 210 jobs · $127,770
  6. 6. Nurse Practitioners 200 jobs · $129,600
  7. 7. Managers, All Other 200 jobs · $116,860
  8. 8. Lawyers 190 jobs · $120,990
  9. 9. Physicians, All Other 180 jobs · $324,000
  10. 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 170 jobs · $143,920
  11. 11. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $132,740
  12. 12. Occupational Therapists 150 jobs · $102,270
  13. 13. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $173,240
  14. 14. Marketing Managers 110 jobs · $119,990
  15. 15. Human Resources Managers 100 jobs · $123,970
  16. 16. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $154,380
  17. 17. Mechanical Engineers 90 jobs · $120,560
  18. 18. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $129,510

Occupations Tracked

304

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$51,965

employment-weighted, 304 complete rows

Top Salary

$324,000

Physicians, All Other

Top-pay occupations in Eastern 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 Financial Managers $132,240
2 Sales Managers $121,690
3 Industrial Production Managers $128,940
4 Physical Therapists $111,690
5 Software Developers $127,770
6 Nurse Practitioners $129,600
7 Managers, All Other $116,860
8 Lawyers $120,990
9 Physicians, All Other $324,000
10 Computer and Information Systems Managers $143,920
11 Pharmacists $132,740
12 Occupational Therapists $102,270
13 Chief Executives $173,240
14 Marketing Managers $119,990
15 Human Resources Managers $123,970
16 Dentists, General $154,380
17 Mechanical Engineers $120,560
18 Physician Assistants $129,510
19 Electrical Engineers $125,740
20 Veterinarians $119,040
21 Family Medicine Physicians $305,470
22 Architectural and Engineering Managers $165,600
23 Purchasing Managers $136,980
24 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer $123,050
25 Public Relations Managers $104,610

Lowest Paying Jobs in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

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 ($51,965 here) and summed published employment.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area?
BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 304 published occupation means with employment estimates is $51,965/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 304 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $143,794, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area is Physicians, All Other with a median salary of $324,000/year. The second highest is Family Medicine Physicians at $305,470/year.
What jobs pay the least in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area is Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers with a median salary of $21,380/year according to BLS data.
Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from?
Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

Related federal data

Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

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