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Highest Paying Jobs in Texas

The highest paying job in Texas is CEO, with an average salary of $310,660 a year, followed by radiologist ($292,220) and anesthesiologist ($276,470). All 512 jobs in Texas below are ranked by average pay from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

#1 CEO $310,660 average a year #2 Radiologist $292,220 average a year #3 Anesthesiologist $276,470 average a year

Highest Paying Jobs in Texas, ranked

of 512 jobs match.

# Job Average Median
1 CEO Management $310,660 $257,850
2 Radiologist Healthcare Practitioners $292,220 $319,320
3 Anesthesiologist Healthcare Practitioners $276,470 $215,230
4 Airline pilot Transportation and Material Moving $275,710 $215,150
5 Family medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $262,580 $235,710
6 Emergency medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $262,170 $316,830
7 Nurse anesthetist Healthcare Practitioners $255,820 $244,990
8 General internal medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $254,300 $269,110
9 Obstetrician and gynecologist Healthcare Practitioners $248,730 $271,960
10 Psychiatrist Healthcare Practitioners $221,100 $228,460
11 Pediatrician Healthcare Practitioners $194,140 $173,360
12 Architectural and engineering manager Management $187,520 $171,370
13 Computer and information systems manager Management $181,500 $171,530
14 Lawyer Legal $180,370 $154,200
15 Financial manager Management $180,170 $164,860
16 Dentist Healthcare Practitioners $178,360 $162,360
17 Physicist Science $176,530 $184,040
18 Computer hardware engineer Architecture and Engineering $161,360 $163,860
19 Geoscientist Science $160,070 $145,220
20 Marketing manager Management $159,810 $147,880
21 Health specialties teacher, postsecondary Education and Library $159,640 $108,150
22 Air traffic controller Transportation and Material Moving $156,370 $170,080
23 Sales manager Management $154,120 $136,020
24 Commercial pilot Transportation and Material Moving $152,090 $137,960
25 Law teacher, postsecondary Education and Library $151,140 $138,160
26 Human resources manager Management $151,070 $136,500
27 Compensation and benefits manager Management $148,610 $136,930
28 Database architect Computer and Mathematical $146,050 $151,370
29 Financial advisor Business and Financial $146,000 $99,160
30 Purchasing manager Management $145,520 $134,670
31 Chemical engineer Architecture and Engineering $144,350 $132,750
32 Public relations manager Management $142,060 $126,670
33 Industrial production manager Management $138,210 $130,890
34 Veterinarian Healthcare Practitioners $138,150 $131,330
35 Electronics engineer Architecture and Engineering $137,760 $132,220
36 Pharmacist Healthcare Practitioners $137,510 $138,260
37 Aerospace engineer Architecture and Engineering $137,010 $130,270
38 Natural sciences manager Management $136,780 $129,960
39 Software developer Computer and Mathematical $136,450 $132,150
40 Sales engineer Sales $136,030 $130,610
41 Physician assistant Healthcare Practitioners $135,850 $134,550
42 Electrical engineer Architecture and Engineering $135,580 $129,450
43 Computer network architect Computer and Mathematical $134,820 $133,310
44 General and operations manager Management $133,280 $103,230
45 Training and development manager Management $132,870 $124,280
46 Administrative services manager Management $132,290 $114,190
47 Nurse practitioner Healthcare Practitioners $131,420 $131,670
48 Information security analyst Computer and Mathematical $130,710 $129,890
49 Computer and information research scientist Computer and Mathematical $130,400 $121,210
50 Medical and health services manager Management $128,860 $114,150

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published 2026), and Employment Projections education and training assignments (2025). State pages rank jobs by average (mean) salary, which BLS publishes for every job in every state; a dash means it did not publish the median. Jobs with fewer than 20,000 workers nationally are not listed.

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About the Highest Paying Jobs

Highest Paying Jobs ranks 515 US jobs by what they actually pay, using the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey (May 2025, published 2026). Filter the list by field, by the education a job needs to start, or by a minimum salary, and sort it by median pay, average pay, what the top 10% earn, hourly wage or the number of people in the job. Ready-made rankings answer the common questions: the highest paying jobs without a degree, with only a high school diploma, with an associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree, entry-level and trade jobs, the best-paid jobs in healthcare, tech, engineering and ten other fields, and the highest paying jobs in each of the 50 states and Washington DC. Every job links to its own salary page with hourly pay, the full pay range and pay by state.

How to use it

  1. 1 Start with the full ranking, or pick a ready-made list such as jobs without a degree, a field or your state.
  2. 2 Narrow it down with the field, education and minimum pay filters, or search for a job.
  3. 3 Sort by median salary, top 10% pay, hourly wage or most workers.
  4. 4 Open any job to see its pay range, hourly and monthly pay and salary in every state.

Frequently asked questions

What is the highest paying job in Texas?

CEO pays the most, with an average salary of $310,660 a year. The top three are CEO ($310,660), radiologist ($292,220), anesthesiologist ($276,470).

How many jobs in Texas pay over $100,000?

93 of the 512 jobs in Texas have an average salary of $100,000 or more a year.

Which well-paid job in Texas has the most openings?

General and operations manager employs the most people among the best-paid jobs there, with about 431,310 workers and an average salary of $133,280. More people in a job usually means more openings each year.

Do jobs pay more in Texas?

Pay is usually higher where living costs are higher, so compare a salary with rent and taxes as well. Each job’s page shows its pay in every state, and the take-home pay calculator shows a salary after state tax.