What is the median wage in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area?

The median wage for all occupations in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area is $42,690 a year, compared with $48,620 a year for Texas (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025).

What is the highest paying job in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area?

Among occupations with at least 50 jobs, physicians, all other have the highest median wage at $324,000 a year.

Checked Oct 23, 2026

Eastern Region of Texas Nonmetro Area Wages

Pay for every occupation in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025).

Median wage: $42,690 a year; All occupations
Texas median: $48,620 a year
Employment: 114,760; Wage and salary jobs
Occupations with data: 305

Pay range in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

All occupations: 10th to 90th percentile, middle half shaded

10%: $23,230Median: $42,69090%: $91,140

Highest paying occupations

Occupations with at least 50 jobs here

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#	Occupation	Employment	Median wage	Mean wage
1	Physicians, All Other	180	$324,000	$271,750
2	Chief Executives	120	$173,240	$208,720
3	Dentists, General	90	$154,380	$158,420
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	170	$143,920	$150,380
5	Pharmacists	170	$132,740	$138,080
6	Financial Managers	340	$132,240	$154,610
7	Nurse Practitioners	200	$129,600	$134,910
8	Physician Assistants	80	$129,510	$137,700
9	Industrial Production Managers	240	$128,940	$127,800
10	Software Developers	210	$127,770	$133,180
11	Electrical Engineers	60	$125,740	$127,530
12	Human Resources Managers	100	$123,970	$135,500
13	Sales Managers	280	$121,690	$134,900
14	Lawyers	190	$120,990	$139,680
15	Mechanical Engineers	90	$120,560	$118,160

Most common occupations

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#	Occupation	Employment	Median wage	Mean wage
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,090	$23,760	$25,750
2	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,510	$23,100	$25,380
3	General and Operations Managers	3,390	$85,810	$108,600
4	Retail Salespersons	2,940	$30,110	$33,110
5	Cashiers	2,820	$28,380	$28,510
6	Office Clerks, General	2,310	$36,230	$37,950
7	Stockers and Order Fillers	2,280	$34,970	$35,360
8	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,170	$52,950	$53,190
9	Registered Nurses	1,980	$79,050	$84,130
10	Customer Service Representatives	1,970	$35,630	$36,940
11	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,810	$30,320	$32,710
12	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,790	$34,780	$34,490
13	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,690	$27,330	$28,600
14	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,570	$60,720	$60,980
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,570	$39,110	$41,590

Jobs concentrated here

Highest location quotient: the share of jobs compared with the U.S. (2.0 = twice the national share)

Lowest paying occupations

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Occupation	Employment	Median wage	Mean wage
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	300	$21,380	$23,230
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	330	$21,690	$31,780
Bartenders	370	$22,270	$29,810
Waiters and Waitresses	1,400	$22,290	$27,450
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	190	$22,360	$24,610
Childcare Workers	300	$22,490	$24,980
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	190	$22,700	$24,360
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,510	$23,100	$25,380
Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,090	$23,760	$25,750
Cooks, Fast Food	520	$26,640	$25,980

Every occupation in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Median wage by occupation group

Management Occupations (24)

Administrative Services Managers$84,380 a year
Architectural and Engineering Managers$165,600 a year
Chief Executives$173,240 a year
Computer and Information Systems Managers$143,920 a year
Construction Managers$97,970 a year
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$82,260 a year
Education Administrators, Postsecondary$100,360 a year
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$46,420 a year
Facilities Managers$89,920 a year
Financial Managers$132,240 a year
Food Service Managers$49,210 a year
General and Operations Managers$85,810 a year
Human Resources Managers$123,970 a year
Industrial Production Managers$128,940 a year
Managers, All Other$116,860 a year
Marketing Managers$119,990 a year
Medical and Health Services Managers$99,490 a year
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents$92,900 a year
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$55,450 a year
Public Relations Managers$104,610 a year
Purchasing Managers$136,980 a year
Sales Managers$121,690 a year
Social and Community Service Managers$65,400 a year
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$78,720 a year

Business and Financial Operations Occupations (19)

Accountants and Auditors$75,090 a year
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$73,090 a year
Buyers and Purchasing Agents$66,370 a year
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators$81,330 a year
Compliance Officers$62,210 a year
Cost Estimators$65,930 a year
Financial and Investment Analysts$90,050 a year
Financial Specialists, All Other$51,260 a year
Human Resources Specialists$59,780 a year
Loan Officers$70,980 a year
Logisticians$70,610 a year
Management Analysts$89,990 a year
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$55,550 a year
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$53,060 a year
Personal Financial Advisors$68,400 a year
Project Management Specialists$77,270 a year
Property Appraisers and Assessors$49,240 a year
Tax Preparers$36,860 a year
Training and Development Specialists$45,580 a year

Computer and Mathematical Occupations (10)

Computer Network Support Specialists$60,910 a year
Computer Occupations, All Other$82,940 a year
Computer Programmers$71,930 a year
Computer Systems Analysts$96,690 a year
Computer User Support Specialists$49,260 a year
Data Scientists$78,880 a year
Information Security Analysts$100,730 a year
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$82,490 a year
Software Developers$127,770 a year
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$97,830 a year

Architecture and Engineering Occupations (12)

Architectural and Civil Drafters$53,730 a year
Civil Engineers$73,450 a year
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$69,080 a year
Electrical Engineers$125,740 a year
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$123,050 a year
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$75,490 a year
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$63,150 a year
Industrial Engineers$80,880 a year
Mechanical Drafters$70,250 a year
Mechanical Engineers$120,560 a year
Surveying and Mapping Technicians$45,370 a year
Surveyors$49,200 a year

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (3)

Conservation Scientists$76,400 a year
Forest and Conservation Technicians$59,740 a year
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$64,990 a year

Community and Social Service Occupations (11)

Child, Family, and School Social Workers$54,170 a year
Clergy$54,600 a year
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$37,990 a year
Community Health Workers$46,130 a year
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$63,730 a year
Healthcare Social Workers$66,210 a year
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$53,640 a year
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$50,300 a year
Rehabilitation Counselors$51,170 a year
Social and Human Service Assistants$40,150 a year
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$47,030 a year

Legal Occupations (5)

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers$63,230 a year
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and MagistratesNot reported
Lawyers$120,990 a year
Paralegals and Legal Assistants$59,200 a year
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$59,960 a year

Educational Instruction and Library Occupations (17)

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School$61,220 a year
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$61,250 a year
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$34,780 a year
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$58,610 a year
Instructional Coordinators$70,370 a year
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$60,500 a year
Library Technicians$33,400 a year
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary$77,960 a year
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$59,210 a year
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$75,070 a year
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$28,990 a year
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,720 a year
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$59,770 a year
Special Education Teachers, Middle School$54,710 a year
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$58,830 a year
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$22,700 a year
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$27,330 a year

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (4)

Floral Designers$37,420 a year
Graphic Designers$48,720 a year
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$35,810 a year
Public Relations Specialists$59,570 a year

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (28)

Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians$58,130 a year
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$55,500 a year
Dental Hygienists$95,460 a year
Dentists, General$154,380 a year
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers$71,690 a year
Dietetic Technicians$26,290 a year
Dietitians and Nutritionists$59,130 a year
Emergency Medical Technicians$35,530 a year
Family Medicine Physicians$305,470 a year
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$60,630 a year
Medical Records Specialists$39,590 a year
Nurse Practitioners$129,600 a year
Occupational Therapists$102,270 a year
Opticians, Dispensing$36,560 a year
Paramedics$44,780 a year
Pharmacists$132,740 a year
Pharmacy Technicians$43,350 a year
Physical Therapists$111,690 a year
Physician Assistants$129,510 a year
Physicians, All Other$324,000 a year
Psychiatric Technicians$35,900 a year
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians$71,050 a year
Registered Nurses$79,050 a year
Respiratory Therapists$72,450 a year
Speech-Language Pathologists$81,770 a year
Surgical Technologists$65,040 a year
Veterinarians$119,040 a year
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians$37,520 a year

Healthcare Support Occupations (10)

Dental Assistants$43,810 a year
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$56,060 a year
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$23,100 a year
Medical Assistants$36,500 a year
Nursing Assistants$35,370 a year
Occupational Therapy Assistants$79,760 a year
Phlebotomists$40,090 a year
Physical Therapist Aides$39,220 a year
Physical Therapist Assistants$79,970 a year
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$29,980 a year

Protective Service Occupations (8)

Correctional Officers and Jailers$51,310 a year
Detectives and Criminal Investigators$56,090 a year
Firefighters$41,950 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers$59,890 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$55,080 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$68,710 a year
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$57,680 a year
Security Guards$36,620 a year

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations (12)

Bartenders$22,270 a year
Cooks, Fast Food$26,640 a year
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$28,770 a year
Cooks, Restaurant$29,950 a year
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers$21,380 a year
Dishwashers$27,310 a year
Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,760 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$35,730 a year
Food Preparation Workers$28,120 a year
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant$27,190 a year
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop$27,750 a year
Waiters and Waitresses$22,290 a year

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations (6)

First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$42,290 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$45,950 a year
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$30,320 a year
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$33,800 a year
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$27,590 a year
Pest Control Workers$36,000 a year

Personal Care and Service Occupations (6)

Amusement and Recreation Attendants$22,360 a year
Animal Caretakers$33,630 a year
Childcare Workers$22,490 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services$37,170 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$39,440 a year
Recreation Workers$30,640 a year

Sales and Related Occupations (13)

Cashiers$28,380 a year
Counter and Rental Clerks$35,310 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$62,450 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$38,510 a year
Insurance Sales Agents$45,590 a year
Parts Salespersons$34,630 a year
Real Estate Sales Agents$47,540 a year
Retail Salespersons$30,110 a year
Sales and Related Workers, All Other$36,860 a year
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$56,790 a year
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$64,400 a year
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$77,350 a year
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$61,090 a year

Office and Administrative Support Occupations (33)

Bill and Account Collectors$41,600 a year
Billing and Posting Clerks$38,540 a year
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,300 a year
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$37,540 a year
Customer Service Representatives$35,630 a year
Data Entry Keyers$36,000 a year
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$44,970 a year
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$45,730 a year
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,510 a year
File Clerks$36,030 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$58,900 a year
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$26,800 a year
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$42,070 a year
Information and Record Clerks, All Other$37,810 a year
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$43,390 a year
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$37,260 a year
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$45,710 a year
Loan Interviewers and Clerks$45,260 a year
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,560 a year
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$35,300 a year
Office Clerks, General$36,230 a year
Order Clerks$41,600 a year
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$43,960 a year
Postal Service Clerks$64,290 a year
Postal Service Mail Carriers$55,930 a year
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$47,250 a year
Public Safety Telecommunicators$44,430 a year
Receptionists and Information Clerks$30,960 a year
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$39,110 a year
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$43,130 a year
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$28,670 a year
Tellers$36,110 a year
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$38,090 a year

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations (3)

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse$33,680 a year
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products$36,500 a year
Logging Equipment Operators$63,170 a year

Construction and Extraction Occupations (19)

Carpenters$45,940 a year
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$45,570 a year
Construction and Building Inspectors$56,770 a year
Construction Laborers$37,340 a year
Electricians$50,640 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$62,130 a year
Helpers--Electricians$36,040 a year
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$33,510 a year
Highway Maintenance Workers$43,590 a year
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$38,980 a year
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,560 a year
Painters, Construction and Maintenance$42,210 a year
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$42,010 a year
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$49,810 a year
Roofers$38,240 a year
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$37,990 a year
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$39,150 a year
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$49,750 a year
Sheet Metal Workers$47,000 a year

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations (21)

Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$73,620 a year
Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,910 a year
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$46,370 a year
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$55,180 a year
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$58,400 a year
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$81,690 a year
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$77,690 a year
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$57,360 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$72,280 a year
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$49,820 a year
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$36,540 a year
Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,140 a year
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$44,630 a year
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$45,110 a year
Medical Equipment Repairers$49,190 a year
Millwrights$50,030 a year
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$59,590 a year
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$45,300 a year
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$58,440 a year
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$78,300 a year
Tire Repairers and Changers$34,670 a year

Production Occupations (26)

Bakers$29,840 a year
Butchers and Meat Cutters$29,250 a year
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$55,740 a year
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,680 a year
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$43,930 a year
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,410 a year
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,260 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$62,490 a year
Food Batchmakers$35,100 a year
Food Processing Workers, All Other$38,490 a year
Helpers--Production Workers$35,430 a year
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,810 a year
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$27,350 a year
Machinists$49,840 a year
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$35,670 a year
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,740 a year
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,500 a year
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$35,190 a year
Printing Press Operators$35,690 a year
Production Workers, All Other$35,210 a year
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$37,690 a year
Slaughterers and Meat Packers$36,390 a year
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$45,920 a year
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$46,520 a year
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,220 a year
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$21,690 a year

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations (15)

Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$29,650 a year
Bus Drivers, School$46,600 a year
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$27,600 a year
Crane and Tower Operators$66,100 a year
Driver/Sales Workers$32,160 a year
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling$51,990 a year
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$52,950 a year
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$37,630 a year
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$34,780 a year
Light Truck Drivers$42,260 a year
Machine Feeders and Offbearers$34,750 a year
Packers and Packagers, Hand$34,440 a year
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$39,400 a year
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$35,680 a year
Stockers and Order Fillers$34,970 a year

Frequently asked questions

What is the median wage in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area?: The median wage for all occupations in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area is $42,690 a year, compared with $48,620 a year for Texas (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025).
What is the highest paying job in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area?: Among occupations with at least 50 jobs, physicians, all other have the highest median wage at $324,000 a year.

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