Waco, TX metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Waco Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Waco, TX metro area

Figures describe the Waco, TX metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Waco 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 (5 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 340 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Waco, TX metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$312,520	$150.25	220
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$235,710	$113.32	60
3	Chief Executives	$217,610	$104.62	90
4	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$206,810	Not published	60
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$159,620	$76.74	100
6	Pharmacists	$150,710	$72.46	180
7	Dentists, General	$145,630	$70.02	100
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$141,810	$68.18	310
9	Financial Managers	$134,010	$64.43	490
10	Physician Assistants	$131,000	$62.98	90
11	Lawyers	$130,230	$62.61	280
12	Nurse Practitioners	$128,920	$61.98	210
13	Marketing Managers	$126,880	$61.00	270
14	Human Resources Managers	$125,290	$60.24	160
15	Industrial Production Managers	$123,200	$59.23	240
16	Software Developers	$123,080	$59.17	490
17	Veterinarians	$122,920	$59.10	50
18	Purchasing Managers	$122,250	$58.77	90
19	Sales Managers	$117,820	$56.64	490
20	Education Administrators, All Other	$117,810	$56.64	40
21	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$117,700	$56.59	40
22	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$115,920	$55.73	60
23	Electrical Engineers	$108,940	$52.38	140
24	Computer Network Architects	$107,750	$51.80	50
25	Social Workers, All Other	$105,830	$50.88	50

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Waco 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.