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%).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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…
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. Financial Managers 340 jobs · $132,240
- 2. Sales Managers 280 jobs · $121,690
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 240 jobs · $128,940
- 4. Physical Therapists 230 jobs · $111,690
- 5. Software Developers 210 jobs · $127,770
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 200 jobs · $129,600
- 7. Managers, All Other 200 jobs · $116,860
- 8. Lawyers 190 jobs · $120,990
- 9. Physicians, All Other 180 jobs · $324,000
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 170 jobs · $143,920
- 11. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $132,740
- 12. Occupational Therapists 150 jobs · $102,270
- 13. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $173,240
- 14. Marketing Managers 110 jobs · $119,990
- 15. Human Resources Managers 100 jobs · $123,970
- 16. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $154,380
- 17. Mechanical Engineers 90 jobs · $120,560
- 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
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,380 |
| Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing | $21,690 |
| Bartenders | $22,270 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,290 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,360 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,490 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $22,700 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $23,100 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,760 |
| Dietetic Technicians | $26,290 |
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.
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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