McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX moved from $34,670 in May 2024 to $35,830 in May 2025 (+3.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX sits +0.2 pp near 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.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $20,650 here versus $35,230 nationally (-41.4%; 3,700metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $23,960 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-33.1%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$20,650 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX sits 41.4% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,700 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$23,960 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX sits 33.1% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (46,380 published local jobs).
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$30,270 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX sits 31.3% below the national First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers median of $44,080 (3,030 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$74,570 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX sits 29.5% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (6,480 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 32580 · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $46K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #517/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.9
- OCC-MOST 404 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $295K
- EMP-MIX Detectives a…
- TREND-INLINE +0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Brownsville-Harl…
- BOOK-FULL 403 rows · May 2025
Read with Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ($16 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
Where McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX already employs the upper wage tier
Detectives and Criminal Investigators and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Detectives and Criminal Investigators 1,600 jobs · $103,380
- 2. Managers, All Other 860 jobs · $119,430
- 3. Lawyers 850 jobs · $115,920
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 770 jobs · $122,550
- 5. Financial Managers 620 jobs · $129,290
- 6. Physicians, All Other 610 jobs · $295,020
- 7. Physical Therapists 590 jobs · $103,980
- 8. Pharmacists 500 jobs · $137,700
- 9. Physician Assistants 400 jobs · $131,870
- 10. Software Developers 400 jobs · $116,120
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 310 jobs · $133,750
- 12. Marketing Managers 310 jobs · $113,360
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 160 jobs · $207,060
- 14. Dentists, General 150 jobs · $134,160
- 15. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 120 jobs · $127,460
- 16. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 90 jobs · $129,240
- 17. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $202,990
- 18. Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 70 jobs · $128,680
Occupations Tracked
404
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$46,234
employment-weighted, 403 complete rows
Top Salary
$295,020
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
85.9
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $103,380 |
| 2 | Managers, All Other | $119,430 |
| 3 | Lawyers | $115,920 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $122,550 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $129,290 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $295,020 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $103,980 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $137,700 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $131,870 |
| 10 | Software Developers | $116,120 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $133,750 |
| 12 | Marketing Managers | $113,360 |
| 13 | Family Medicine Physicians | $207,060 |
| 14 | Dentists, General | $134,160 |
| 15 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $127,460 |
| 16 | Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | $129,240 |
| 17 | Chief Executives | $202,990 |
| 18 | Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $128,680 |
| 19 | English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | $114,010 |
| 20 | Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $111,030 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $105,370 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $130,450 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $121,590 |
| 24 | History Teachers, Postsecondary | $120,300 |
| 25 | Pediatricians, General | $144,430 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $18,940 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $19,910 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $20,650 |
| Production Workers, All Other | $21,960 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,080 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,310 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $22,510 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $22,520 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,790 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $23,040 |
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 ($46,234 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX at $295,020/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $46,234 adjusts to about $53,826 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.9. 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.