North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Salaries

BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)

Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Waiters and Waitresses publishes $22,150 here versus $35,230 nationally (-37.1%; 3,530metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $25,650 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-28.4%).

  1. Waiters and Waitresses$22,150 in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 37.1% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,530 published local jobs).
  2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides$25,650 in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 28.4% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (6,130 published local jobs).
  3. Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,560 in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 24.5% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (12,240 published local jobs).
  4. General and Operations Managers$80,820 in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 23.6% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (8,520 published local jobs).

Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 4800002 · North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $53K mean

MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL

  • MEAN-TRACE #433/528
  • RPP-UNK RPP n/a
  • OCC-MOST 449 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $312K
  • EMP-MIX Sales Managers
  • TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
  • PHOTO-FINISH Southwest Virgin…
  • BOOK-FULL 441 rows · May 2025

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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 North Region of Texas nonme…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KHinesville, GA · near: $52KHinesville, GA · near$52KClarksville, TN-KY · near: $52KClarksville, TN-KY · near$52KNorth Region of Texa… · this MSA: $53KNorth Region of Texa… · this…$53KSouthwest Virginia n… · near: $53KSouthwest Virginia n… · near$53KNorthern West Virgin… · near: $53KNorthern West Virgin… · near$53KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Hinesville, GA · near $52K
Clarksville, TN-KY · near $52K
North Region of Texa… · this MSA $53K
Southwest Virginia n… · near $53K
Northern West Virgin… · near $53K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Sales Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Sales Managers 880 jobs · $120,490
  2. 2. Financial Managers 650 jobs · $130,100
  3. 3. Industrial Production Managers 620 jobs · $122,400
  4. 4. Pharmacists 530 jobs · $134,090
  5. 5. Managers, All Other 530 jobs · $115,960
  6. 6. Nurse Practitioners 520 jobs · $130,500
  7. 7. Software Developers 520 jobs · $118,600
  8. 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 310 jobs · $138,170
  9. 9. Marketing Managers 270 jobs · $126,250
  10. 10. Chief Executives 240 jobs · $177,700
  11. 11. Veterinarians 210 jobs · $124,360
  12. 12. Human Resources Managers 210 jobs · $115,490
  13. 13. Electrical Engineers 200 jobs · $117,700
  14. 14. Dentists, General 180 jobs · $132,010
  15. 15. Physician Assistants 140 jobs · $127,100
  16. 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 130 jobs · $160,150
  17. 17. Petroleum Engineers 130 jobs · $126,420
  18. 18. Purchasing Managers 130 jobs · $117,300

Occupations Tracked

449

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$52,505

employment-weighted, 441 complete rows

Top Salary

$312,000

Family Medicine Physicians

Top-pay occupations in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area, 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 Sales Managers $120,490
2 Financial Managers $130,100
3 Industrial Production Managers $122,400
4 Pharmacists $134,090
5 Managers, All Other $115,960
6 Nurse Practitioners $130,500
7 Software Developers $118,600
8 Computer and Information Systems Managers $138,170
9 Marketing Managers $126,250
10 Chief Executives $177,700
11 Veterinarians $124,360
12 Human Resources Managers $115,490
13 Electrical Engineers $117,700
14 Dentists, General $132,010
15 Physician Assistants $127,100
16 Architectural and Engineering Managers $160,150
17 Petroleum Engineers $126,420
18 Purchasing Managers $117,300
19 Family Medicine Physicians $312,000
20 Physicians, All Other $269,270
21 General Internal Medicine Physicians $305,810
22 Training and Development Managers $121,330
23 Information Security Analysts $112,680
24 Optometrists $128,870
25 Pediatricians, General $199,990

Lowest Paying Jobs in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

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 ($52,505 here) and summed published employment.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area?
BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 441 published occupation means with employment estimates is $52,505/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 449 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $151,390, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area is Family Medicine Physicians with a median salary of $312,000/year. The second highest is General Internal Medicine Physicians at $305,810/year.
What jobs pay the least in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area is Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers with a median salary of $17,640/year according to BLS data.
Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from?
Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

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Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area 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.

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