Odessa, TX Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Odessa, TX - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Odessa, TX moved from $47,420 in May 2024 to $48,590 in May 2025 (+2.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Odessa, TX sits -0.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Odessa, TX
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $28,390 here versus $31,200 nationally (-9.0%; 2,960metro-area jobs). Next is Roustabouts, Oil and Gas at $45,650 locally versus $46,960 nationally (-2.8%).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,390 in Odessa, TX sits 9.0% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,960 published local jobs).
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$45,650 in Odessa, TX sits 2.8% below the national Roustabouts, Oil and Gas median of $46,960 (2,060 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$104,100 in Odessa, TX sits 1.6% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,630 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,370 in Odessa, TX sits 0.5% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (3,190 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Odessa, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 36220 · Odessa, TX $60K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #205/528
- RPP-LOW 93.9
- OCC-MID 241 occs
- TOP-LEAD Chief Executives · $281K
- EMP-MIX Sales Managers
- TREND-INLINE -0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH York-Hanover, PA
- BOOK-MOST 239 rows · May 2025
Read with York-Hanover, PA ($1 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Odessa, TX
Employment scale inside Odessa, TX's top-pay list
Sales Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Odessa, TX's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Sales Managers 340 jobs · $125,370
- 2. Financial Managers 280 jobs · $152,200
- 3. Managers, All Other 240 jobs · $134,830
- 4. Petroleum Engineers 220 jobs · $135,620
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $125,070
- 6. Management Analysts 120 jobs · $122,080
- 7. Mechanical Engineers 120 jobs · $111,700
- 8. Lawyers 110 jobs · $133,340
- 9. Software Developers 110 jobs · $127,080
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 100 jobs · $146,830
- 11. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $141,260
- 12. Marketing Managers 80 jobs · $133,420
- 13. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $132,250
- 14. Administrative Services Managers 80 jobs · $115,470
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 70 jobs · $166,340
- 16. Nurse Practitioners 70 jobs · $126,690
- 17. Electrical Engineers 70 jobs · $111,750
- 18. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 60 jobs · $129,730
Occupations Tracked
241
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,676
employment-weighted, 239 complete rows
Top Salary
$281,480
Chief Executives
Cost of Living
93.9
6% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Odessa, TX
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chief Executives | $281,480 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $200,310 |
| 3 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $166,340 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $153,860 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $152,200 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $146,830 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $141,260 |
| 8 | Petroleum Engineers | $135,620 |
| 9 | Managers, All Other | $134,830 |
| 10 | Sales Engineers | $134,740 |
| 11 | Marketing Managers | $133,420 |
| 12 | Lawyers | $133,340 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $132,250 |
| 14 | Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | $129,730 |
| 15 | Physician Assistants | $129,380 |
| 16 | Software Developers | $127,080 |
| 17 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,690 |
| 18 | Sales Managers | $125,370 |
| 19 | Industrial Production Managers | $125,070 |
| 20 | Management Analysts | $122,080 |
| 21 | Administrative Services Managers | $115,470 |
| 22 | Electrical Engineers | $111,750 |
| 23 | Mechanical Engineers | $111,700 |
| 24 | Facilities Managers | $109,740 |
| 25 | Physical Therapists | $109,690 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Odessa, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $20,320 |
| Bartenders | $20,370 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,600 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $24,350 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $26,870 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,010 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,040 |
| Childcare Workers | $27,210 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,520 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $27,670 |
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 ($59,676 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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