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.
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.
Similar mean wage
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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