El Paso, TX metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in El Paso Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025El Paso, TX metro area

Figures describe the El Paso, TX metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not El Paso city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (3 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 476 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the El Paso, TX metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$289,950	$139.40	560
2	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$240,990	$115.86	40
3	Chief Executives	$220,050	$105.80	110
4	Family Medicine Physicians	$213,550	$102.67	Not published
5	Pediatricians, General	$176,710	$84.96	240
6	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$152,840	$73.48	770
7	Dentists, General	$150,940	$72.57	160
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$144,360	$69.40	160
9	Lawyers	$140,550	$67.57	780
10	Optometrists	$132,240	$63.58	70
11	Petroleum Engineers	$131,740	$63.34	40
12	Financial Managers	$131,580	$63.26	920
13	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$130,210	Not published	30
14	Software Developers	$127,310	$61.21	1,360
15	Nurse Practitioners	$127,110	$61.11	670
16	Database Architects	$126,700	$60.92	60
17	Pharmacists	$124,910	$60.05	590
18	Veterinarians	$123,250	$59.25	70
19	Managers, All Other	$122,930	$59.10	1,340
20	Human Resources Managers	$122,780	$59.03	380
21	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$120,830	$58.09	70
22	Industrial Production Managers	$116,580	$56.05	340
23	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$115,820	$55.68	160
24	Marketing Managers	$114,160	$54.88	490
25	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$112,240	$53.96	40

The full list of every published occupation here is on the El Paso metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.