San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX moved from $46,010 in May 2024 to $47,010 in May 2025 (+2.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX sits -0.9 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Bartenders shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
Bartenders publishes $21,980 here versus $34,340 nationally (-36.0%; 5,610metro-area jobs). Next is Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers at $23,510 locally versus $33,980 nationally (-30.8%).
- Bartenders$21,980 in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX sits 36.0% below the national Bartenders median of $34,340 (5,610 published local jobs).
- Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$23,510 in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX sits 30.8% below the national Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers median of $33,980 (5,540 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$50,610 in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX sits 27.7% below the national Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $69,990 (9,460 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$25,960 in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX sits 27.5% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (31,420 published local jobs).
Bartenders and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 41700 · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #172/528
- RPP-LOW 94.7
- OCC-MOST 623 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $399K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Iowa City, IA
- BOOK-FULL 610 rows · May 2025
Read with Iowa City, IA ($17 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels
Employment scale inside San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Pharmacists lead published employment inside San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 4,090 jobs · $163,490
- 2. Pharmacists 2,260 jobs · $150,500
- 3. Physicians, All Other 2,020 jobs · $296,910
- 4. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,220 jobs · $168,650
- 5. Dentists, General 690 jobs · $162,140
- 6. Family Medicine Physicians 610 jobs · $233,780
- 7. Chief Executives 560 jobs · $256,610
- 8. General Internal Medicine Physicians 370 jobs · $228,210
- 9. Psychiatrists 280 jobs · $188,090
- 10. Pediatricians, General 230 jobs · $212,640
- 11. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 210 jobs · $145,860
- 12. Nurse Anesthetists 200 jobs · $279,410
- 13. Surgeons, All Other 190 jobs · $251,170
- 14. Anesthesiologists 160 jobs · $335,300
- 15. Dentists, All Other Specialists 120 jobs · $213,660
- 16. Emergency Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $316,830
- 17. Physicians, Pathologists 100 jobs · $283,430
- 18. Physicists 100 jobs · $194,290
Occupations Tracked
623
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,885
employment-weighted, 610 complete rows
Top Salary
$398,680
Radiologists
Cost of Living
94.7
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $398,680 |
| 2 | Cardiologists | $382,000 |
| 3 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | $347,810 |
| 4 | Dermatologists | $336,030 |
| 5 | Anesthesiologists | $335,300 |
| 6 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $316,830 |
| 7 | Physicians, All Other | $296,910 |
| 8 | Physicians, Pathologists | $283,430 |
| 9 | Nurse Anesthetists | $279,410 |
| 10 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $271,960 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $256,610 |
| 12 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $255,480 |
| 13 | Surgeons, All Other | $251,170 |
| 14 | Family Medicine Physicians | $233,780 |
| 15 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $228,210 |
| 16 | Dentists, All Other Specialists | $213,660 |
| 17 | Pediatricians, General | $212,640 |
| 18 | Podiatrists | $202,930 |
| 19 | Physicists | $194,290 |
| 20 | Psychiatrists | $188,090 |
| 21 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $168,650 |
| 22 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $163,490 |
| 23 | Dentists, General | $162,140 |
| 24 | Pharmacists | $150,500 |
| 25 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $145,860 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $21,980 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $23,510 |
| Costume Attendants | $24,410 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $25,480 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $25,960 |
| Medical Transcriptionists | $27,400 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,430 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,640 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,810 |
| Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers | $27,860 |
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 ($60,885 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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How to use San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX at $398,680/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $60,885 adjusts to about $64,282 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 94.7. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for TX before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro 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.