Lubbock, TX Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.3) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lubbock, TX moved from $39,560 in May 2024 to $42,130 in May 2025 (+6.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lubbock, TX sits +3.4 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Lubbock, TX
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $22,560 here versus $35,230 nationally (-36.0%; 3,040metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $23,310 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-34.9%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$22,560 in Lubbock, TX sits 36.0% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,040 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$23,310 in Lubbock, TX sits 34.9% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,590 published local jobs).
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$33,220 in Lubbock, TX sits 24.6% below the national First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers median of $44,080 (2,020 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$80,870 in Lubbock, TX sits 23.5% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (4,460 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Lubbock, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 31180 · Lubbock, TX $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #423/528
- RPP-LOW 91.3
- OCC-MID 398 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $329K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-AHEAD +3.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH San Angelo, TX
- BOOK-FULL 397 rows · May 2025
Read with San Angelo, TX (+$32 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 Lubbock, TX
Where Lubbock, TX already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Lubbock, TX's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 830 jobs · $106,950
- 2. Financial Managers 540 jobs · $135,090
- 3. Sales Managers 520 jobs · $119,280
- 4. Lawyers 470 jobs · $124,410
- 5. Pharmacists 370 jobs · $145,890
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 370 jobs · $127,100
- 7. Managers, All Other 350 jobs · $117,250
- 8. Software Developers 340 jobs · $115,190
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 280 jobs · $139,250
- 10. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 280 jobs · $106,150
- 11. Physicians, All Other 240 jobs · $328,740
- 12. Marketing Managers 200 jobs · $118,550
- 13. Human Resources Managers 130 jobs · $125,690
- 14. Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs · $107,340
- 15. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $174,120
- 16. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $137,510
- 17. Petroleum Engineers 100 jobs · $164,480
- 18. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 80 jobs · $112,840
Occupations Tracked
398
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,899
employment-weighted, 397 complete rows
Top Salary
$328,740
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
91.3
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Lubbock, 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 | $106,950 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $135,090 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $119,280 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $124,410 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $145,890 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,100 |
| 7 | Managers, All Other | $117,250 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $115,190 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $139,250 |
| 10 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $106,150 |
| 11 | Physicians, All Other | $328,740 |
| 12 | Marketing Managers | $118,550 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $125,690 |
| 14 | Industrial Production Managers | $107,340 |
| 15 | Chief Executives | $174,120 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $137,510 |
| 17 | Petroleum Engineers | $164,480 |
| 18 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $112,840 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $150,150 |
| 20 | Veterinarians | $126,420 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $109,590 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $140,070 |
| 23 | Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | $140,660 |
| 24 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $139,870 |
| 25 | Natural Sciences Managers | $111,510 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lubbock, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $20,140 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $20,700 |
| Bartenders | $20,990 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $21,850 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,560 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $23,310 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $23,770 |
| Cooks, All Other | $24,650 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,670 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $25,250 |
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 ($52,899 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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