Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX moved from $48,490 in May 2024 to $49,410 in May 2025 (+1.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX sits -1.2 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers publishes $174,490 here versus $101,920 nationally (+71.2%; 2,380metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $22,080 locally versus $35,230 nationally (-37.3%).
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490 in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX sits 71.2% above the national Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers median of $101,920 (2,380 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$22,080 in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX sits 37.3% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (51,330 published local jobs).
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$79,430 in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX sits 36.9% above the national Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders median of $58,040 (9,390 published local jobs).
- Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$21,850 in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX sits 35.7% below the national Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers median of $33,980 (16,740 published local jobs).
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 26420 · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $67K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #73/528
- RPP-MID 98.6
- OCC-MOST 699 occs
- TOP-LEAD Dentists, All… · $390K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -1.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Barnstable Town,…
- BOOK-FULL 677 rows · May 2025
Read with Barnstable Town, MA (+$15 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodla…
Employment scale inside Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 18,570 jobs · $166,910
- 2. Lawyers 16,810 jobs · $157,980
- 3. Managers, All Other 14,930 jobs · $144,820
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 13,090 jobs · $172,160
- 5. Marketing Managers 8,930 jobs · $153,030
- 6. Physicians, All Other 7,010 jobs · $292,490
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 5,330 jobs · $172,020
- 8. Petroleum Engineers 4,770 jobs · $169,870
- 9. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 4,160 jobs · $307,690
- 10. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 2,380 jobs · $174,490
- 11. Chief Executives 1,920 jobs · $275,270
- 12. Anesthesiologists 1,160 jobs · $210,230
- 13. General Internal Medicine Physicians 1,030 jobs · $274,410
- 14. Nurse Anesthetists 680 jobs · $275,310
- 15. Compensation and Benefits Managers 480 jobs · $148,870
- 16. Cardiologists 460 jobs · $187,550
- 17. Psychiatrists 420 jobs · $249,070
- 18. Dermatologists 370 jobs · $207,000
Occupations Tracked
699
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$67,074
employment-weighted, 677 complete rows
Top Salary
$389,520
Dentists, All Other Specialists
Cost of Living
98.6
1% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $389,520 |
| 2 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $320,450 |
| 3 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $307,690 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $292,490 |
| 5 | Physicians, Pathologists | $291,510 |
| 6 | Neurologists | $277,960 |
| 7 | Nurse Anesthetists | $275,310 |
| 8 | Chief Executives | $275,270 |
| 9 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $274,410 |
| 10 | Psychiatrists | $249,070 |
| 11 | Anesthesiologists | $210,230 |
| 12 | Dermatologists | $207,000 |
| 13 | Physicists | $199,770 |
| 14 | Cardiologists | $187,550 |
| 15 | Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | $174,490 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $172,160 |
| 17 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $172,020 |
| 18 | Petroleum Engineers | $169,870 |
| 19 | Financial Managers | $166,910 |
| 20 | Lawyers | $157,980 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $153,030 |
| 22 | Podiatrists | $150,320 |
| 23 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $148,870 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $144,820 |
| 25 | Marine Engineers and Naval Architects | $144,120 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Shampooers | $18,200 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,850 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,080 |
| Bartenders | $22,770 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $23,090 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $23,440 |
| Gambling Dealers | $23,450 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $25,720 |
| Cutters and Trimmers, Hand | $25,900 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,400 |
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 ($67,074 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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