Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary publishes $28,390 here versus $36,780 nationally (-22.8%; 3,240metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $25,590 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-18.0%).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$28,390 in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 22.8% below the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (3,240 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$25,590 in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 18.0% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (5,920 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,730 in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 16.0% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,220 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$37,850 in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area sits 15.9% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (3,840 published local jobs).
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4800001 · Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #327/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 375 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $302K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Eastern New Mexi…
- BOOK-FULL 371 rows · May 2025
Read with Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area ($17 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Northwestern Region of Texa…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Managers, All Other and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 580 jobs · $126,440
- 2. Financial Managers 560 jobs · $139,840
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 470 jobs · $136,110
- 4. Sales Managers 440 jobs · $113,110
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 310 jobs · $139,480
- 6. Software Developers 250 jobs · $123,380
- 7. Physical Therapists 230 jobs · $116,920
- 8. Pharmacists 210 jobs · $130,180
- 9. Electrical Engineers 210 jobs · $120,000
- 10. Chief Executives 200 jobs · $157,800
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 190 jobs · $151,340
- 12. Physicians, All Other 160 jobs · $275,390
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 140 jobs · $165,600
- 14. Marketing Managers 130 jobs · $135,390
- 15. Computer Systems Analysts 90 jobs · $119,220
- 16. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $159,210
- 17. Purchasing Managers 70 jobs · $117,560
- 18. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 60 jobs · $109,700
Occupations Tracked
375
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,887
employment-weighted, 371 complete rows
Top Salary
$301,850
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Northwestern 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 | Managers, All Other | $126,440 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $139,840 |
| 3 | Industrial Production Managers | $136,110 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $113,110 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $139,480 |
| 6 | Software Developers | $123,380 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $116,920 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $130,180 |
| 9 | Electrical Engineers | $120,000 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $157,800 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $151,340 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other | $275,390 |
| 13 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $165,600 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $135,390 |
| 15 | Computer Systems Analysts | $119,220 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $159,210 |
| 17 | Purchasing Managers | $117,560 |
| 18 | Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay | $109,700 |
| 19 | Sales Engineers | $116,210 |
| 20 | Family Medicine Physicians | $301,850 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $157,900 |
| 22 | Chemical Engineers | $125,990 |
| 23 | Computer Programmers | $121,120 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $128,700 |
| 25 | Information Security Analysts | $118,460 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,170 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,120 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,170 |
| Childcare Workers | $22,540 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | $22,900 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,980 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,280 |
| School Bus Monitors | $23,540 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $23,600 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service 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 ($55,887 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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