Killeen-Temple, TX Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.1) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Killeen-Temple, TX moved from $44,610 in May 2024 to $46,660 in May 2025 (+4.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Killeen-Temple, TX sits +1.5 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Killeen-Temple, TX
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary publishes $29,250 here versus $36,780 nationally (-20.5%; 2,110metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $87,920 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-16.9%).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$29,250 in Killeen-Temple, TX sits 20.5% below the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,110 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$87,920 in Killeen-Temple, TX sits 16.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,650 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,970 in Killeen-Temple, TX sits 15.4% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,870 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,530 in Killeen-Temple, TX sits 15.0% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (7,120 published local jobs).
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Killeen-Temple, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 28660 · Killeen-Temple, TX $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #295/528
- RPP-LOW 91.1
- OCC-MID 348 occs
- TOP-LEAD Chief Executives · $221K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Lakeland-Winter…
- BOOK-FULL 343 rows · May 2025
Read with Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($7 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Killeen-Temple, TX
Where Killeen-Temple, TX already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Killeen-Temple, TX's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 1,030 jobs · $119,710
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 480 jobs · $138,670
- 3. Software Developers 470 jobs · $123,320
- 4. Financial Managers 460 jobs · $140,310
- 5. Sales Managers 420 jobs · $123,890
- 6. Pharmacists 350 jobs · $149,790
- 7. Physician Assistants 350 jobs · $140,200
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 320 jobs · $154,180
- 9. Managers, All Other 310 jobs · $124,100
- 10. Lawyers 260 jobs · $129,430
- 11. Marketing Managers 240 jobs · $122,220
- 12. Human Resources Managers 210 jobs · $135,580
- 13. Administrative Services Managers 190 jobs · $108,220
- 14. Industrial Production Managers 160 jobs · $109,780
- 15. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $147,360
- 16. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $220,940
- 17. Veterinarians 80 jobs · $123,390
- 18. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $112,580
Occupations Tracked
348
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,951
employment-weighted, 343 complete rows
Top Salary
$220,940
Chief Executives
Cost of Living
91.1
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Killeen-Temple, TX, 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 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $119,710 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $138,670 |
| 3 | Software Developers | $123,320 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $140,310 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $123,890 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $149,790 |
| 7 | Physician Assistants | $140,200 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $154,180 |
| 9 | Managers, All Other | $124,100 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $129,430 |
| 11 | Marketing Managers | $122,220 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $135,580 |
| 13 | Administrative Services Managers | $108,220 |
| 14 | Industrial Production Managers | $109,780 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $147,360 |
| 16 | Chief Executives | $220,940 |
| 17 | Veterinarians | $123,390 |
| 18 | Electrical Engineers | $112,580 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $158,560 |
| 20 | Purchasing Managers | $123,590 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $119,430 |
| 22 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $117,830 |
| 23 | Psychologists, All Other | $129,960 |
| 24 | Sales Engineers | $123,770 |
| 25 | Optometrists | $160,460 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Killeen-Temple, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $19,990 |
| Bartenders | $21,280 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,590 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,910 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $22,940 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $23,710 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,240 |
| Cooks, All Other | $25,940 |
| Childcare Workers | $25,960 |
| School Bus Monitors | $25,990 |
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 ($56,951 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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How to use Killeen-Temple, TX wage figures in a real decision
- Chief Executives leads published medians in Killeen-Temple, TX at $220,940/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Chief Executives
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $56,951 adjusts to about $62,493 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.1. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for TX before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.