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.
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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