Texarkana, TX-AR Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 84.0) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Texarkana, TX-AR moved from $41,050 in May 2024 to $43,200 in May 2025 (+5.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Texarkana, TX-AR sits +2.1 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Texarkana, TX-AR
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $22,880 here versus $31,200 nationally (-26.7%; 2,170metro-area jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$22,880 in Texarkana, TX-AR sits 26.7% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,170 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Texarkana, TX-AR; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 45500 · Texarkana, TX-AR $51K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #459/528
- RPP-QUIET 84.0
- OCC-MID 228 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $517K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Auburn-Opelika, AL
- BOOK-MOST 226 rows · May 2025
Read with Auburn-Opelika, AL (+$26 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Texarkana, TX-AR
Where Texarkana, TX-AR already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Texarkana, TX-AR's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 300 jobs · $97,100
- 2. Financial Managers 170 jobs · $121,770
- 3. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $102,780
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 150 jobs · $127,920
- 5. Physical Therapists 140 jobs · $105,580
- 6. Managers, All Other 130 jobs · $98,280
- 7. Pharmacists 120 jobs · $132,530
- 8. Lawyers 120 jobs · $118,410
- 9. Speech-Language Pathologists 110 jobs · $99,990
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 100 jobs · $118,450
- 11. Physicians, All Other 90 jobs · $516,930
- 12. Software Developers 80 jobs · $116,490
- 13. Chief Executives 70 jobs · $161,180
- 14. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $128,650
- 15. Mechanical Engineers 70 jobs · $106,330
- 16. Occupational Therapists 70 jobs · $106,060
- 17. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 70 jobs · $95,790
- 18. Personal Financial Advisors 50 jobs · $120,420
Occupations Tracked
228
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,198
employment-weighted, 226 complete rows
Top Salary
$516,930
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
84.0
16% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Texarkana, TX-AR, 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 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $97,100 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $121,770 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $102,780 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,920 |
| 5 | Physical Therapists | $105,580 |
| 6 | Managers, All Other | $98,280 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $132,530 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $118,410 |
| 9 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $99,990 |
| 10 | Industrial Production Managers | $118,450 |
| 11 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $516,930 |
| 12 | Software Developers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $116,490 |
| 13 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $161,180 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $128,650 |
| 15 | Mechanical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $106,330 |
| 16 | Occupational Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $106,060 |
| 17 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $95,790 |
| 18 | Personal Financial Advisors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $120,420 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $99,790 |
| 20 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $99,460 |
| 21 | Facilities Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,140 |
| 22 | Nurse Anesthetists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $199,320 |
| 23 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $124,870 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $106,610 |
| 25 | Electrical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,380 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Texarkana, TX-AR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $20,640 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $22,880 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,880 |
| Bartenders | $22,880 |
| Bus Drivers, School | $23,100 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,330 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,570 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $24,500 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $24,630 |
| Childcare Workers | $24,680 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($51,198 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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How to use Texarkana, TX-AR wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Texarkana, TX-AR at $516,930/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $51,198 adjusts to about $60,941 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 84.0. 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.