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%).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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…
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. Sales Managers 880 jobs · $120,490
- 2. Financial Managers 650 jobs · $130,100
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 620 jobs · $122,400
- 4. Pharmacists 530 jobs · $134,090
- 5. Managers, All Other 530 jobs · $115,960
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 520 jobs · $130,500
- 7. Software Developers 520 jobs · $118,600
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 310 jobs · $138,170
- 9. Marketing Managers 270 jobs · $126,250
- 10. Chief Executives 240 jobs · $177,700
- 11. Veterinarians 210 jobs · $124,360
- 12. Human Resources Managers 210 jobs · $115,490
- 13. Electrical Engineers 200 jobs · $117,700
- 14. Dentists, General 180 jobs · $132,010
- 15. Physician Assistants 140 jobs · $127,100
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 130 jobs · $160,150
- 17. Petroleum Engineers 130 jobs · $126,420
- 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
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $17,640 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,150 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,350 |
| Bartenders | $22,470 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,550 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $22,570 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,880 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | $22,900 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,560 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $25,650 |
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.
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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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