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.
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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