Victoria, TX Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 89.8) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Victoria, TX moved from $41,190 in May 2024 to $43,050 in May 2025 (+4.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Victoria, TX sits +1.4 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 47020 · Victoria, TX $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #425/528
- RPP-LOW 89.8
- OCC-THIN 191 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $220K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Brunswick-St. Si…
- BOOK-MOST 191 rows · May 2025
Read with Brunswick-St. Simons, GA (+$10 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 Victoria, TX
Where Victoria, TX already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Physical Therapists lead published employment inside Victoria, TX's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 200 jobs · $103,420
- 2. Physical Therapists 140 jobs · $102,520
- 3. Speech-Language Pathologists 140 jobs · $95,950
- 4. Sales Managers 130 jobs · $125,380
- 5. Financial Managers 100 jobs · $135,710
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 100 jobs · $129,580
- 7. Occupational Therapists 100 jobs · $103,800
- 8. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $219,640
- 9. Pharmacists 80 jobs · $140,860
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 70 jobs · $128,600
- 11. Lawyers 70 jobs · $123,770
- 12. Managers, All Other 70 jobs · $121,600
- 13. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 60 jobs · $98,680
- 14. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $135,990
- 15. Administrative Services Managers 50 jobs · $100,720
- 16. Industrial Engineers 50 jobs · $93,560
- 17. Computer Occupations, All Other 50 jobs · $89,320
- 18. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 50 jobs · $88,110
Occupations Tracked
191
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,850
employment-weighted, 191 complete rows
Top Salary
$219,640
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
89.8
10% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Victoria, TX, 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 | $103,420 |
| 2 | Physical Therapists | $102,520 |
| 3 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $95,950 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $125,380 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $135,710 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $129,580 |
| 7 | Occupational Therapists | $103,800 |
| 8 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $219,640 |
| 9 | Pharmacists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $140,860 |
| 10 | Industrial Production Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $128,600 |
| 11 | Lawyers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $123,770 |
| 12 | Managers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $121,600 |
| 13 | Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,680 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $135,990 |
| 15 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $100,720 |
| 16 | Industrial Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $93,560 |
| 17 | Computer Occupations, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $89,320 |
| 18 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $88,110 |
| 19 | Facilities Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $108,270 |
| 20 | Electrical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $105,190 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $99,440 |
| 22 | Computer Systems Analysts Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $97,170 |
| 23 | Dental Hygienists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $85,680 |
| 24 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $129,430 |
| 25 | Financial and Investment Analysts Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $85,740 |
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 Victoria, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $20,600 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,770 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $21,800 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,330 |
| Childcare Workers | $23,280 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $23,390 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $24,510 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $24,520 |
| Tutors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $24,780 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $24,890 |
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 ($52,850 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 Victoria, TX wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Victoria, TX at $219,640/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 $52,850 adjusts to about $58,827 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 89.8. 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.