Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Across all occupations in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area, the median wage is $56,950 a year ($27.38 an hour) and the mean $74,580, May 2025. That median is +12% against the US median of $50,980 and +17% against Texas's $48,620. BLS counts 1,293,690 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, pathologists; the largest is general and operations managers.

All occupations: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX vs Texas and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area, Texas and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	Hourly	$14.36	$18.38	$27.38	$43.54	$66.26	$35.85	1,293,690
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	Annual	$29,860	$38,230	$56,950	$90,560	$137,820	$74,580	1,293,690
Texas	Hourly	$13.10	$17.01	$23.38	$37.42	$60.20	$31.61	14,071,160
Texas	Annual	$27,250	$35,370	$48,620	$77,840	$125,220	$65,750	14,071,160
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

599 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Texas. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, Pathologists	$362,620	$174.34	**
2	Cardiologists	$341,080	$163.98	90
3	Chief Executives	$288,150	$138.53	950
4	Dentists, All Other Specialists	$281,940	$135.55	**
5	Physicians, All Other	$276,600	$132.98	1,550
6	Surgeons, All Other	$271,390	$130.48	**
7	Family Medicine Physicians	$263,070	$126.48	250
8	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$256,940	$123.53	220
9	Nurse Anesthetists	$244,990	$117.78	480
10	Psychiatrists	$236,340	$113.63	150
11	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$210,750	*	150
12	Dentists, General	$188,190	$90.48	820
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Texas	$176,990	$85.09	11,050
14	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$176,540	$84.88	3,130
15	Pediatricians, General	$175,680	$84.46	**
16	Petroleum Engineers	$168,860	$81.19	150
17	Financial Managers in Texas	$167,180	$80.38	7,210
18	Computer Hardware Engineers	$165,530	$79.58	3,850
19	Marketing Managers	$164,920	$79.29	7,170
20	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$162,960	$78.34	1,960

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	General and Operations Managers in Texas	42,190	32.61	1.45	$117,850
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Texas	35,000	27.05	1.09	$29,310
3	Customer Service Representatives in Texas	32,690	25.27	1.51	$43,720
4	Software Developers in Texas	31,960	24.71	2.28	$134,120
5	Retail Salespersons in Texas	29,660	22.93	0.91	$33,860
6	Stockers and Order Fillers in Texas	27,430	21.20	1.16	$37,720
7	Cashiers in Texas	20,490	15.84	0.80	$33,940
8	Waiters and Waitresses in Texas	19,170	14.82	1.01	$27,260
9	Registered Nurses in Texas	18,920	14.63	0.67	$97,890
10	Project Management Specialists in Texas	17,470	13.50	1.97	$102,390
11	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Texas	17,400	13.45	1.46	$76,240
12	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Texas	16,700	12.91	1.60	$62,900
13	Office Clerks, General in Texas	16,400	12.68	0.80	$44,870
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Texas	15,470	11.96	0.84	$36,930
15	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Texas	13,900	10.74	0.57	$38,530
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Texas	13,870	10.72	0.98	$48,470
17	Cooks, Restaurant in Texas	13,000	10.05	1.11	$36,810
18	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Texas	12,490	9.65	0.35	$28,370
19	Accountants and Auditors in Texas	12,480	9.65	1.03	$83,120
20	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Texas	12,430	9.61	0.98	$48,730

Most concentrated occupations in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Geographers	10.11	120	0.09	$76,000
2	Computer Hardware Engineers	6.03	3,850	2.97	$165,530
3	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	3.64	8,620	6.67	$83,170
4	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	3.53	710	0.55	$153,990
5	Telephone Operators	3.35	100	0.07	$44,980
6	Solar Photovoltaic Installers	3.18	830	0.64	$50,580
7	Advertising and Promotions Managers	3.17	570	0.44	$123,360
7	Barbers	3.17	400	0.31	$32,770
9	Sales Engineers	2.86	1,230	0.95	$137,960
10	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	2.85	6,190	4.79	$60,750

Occupation groups in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$129,060	$147,860	133,950	103.54	1.45
Computer and Mathematical	$114,350	$122,150	83,500	64.55	1.91
Legal	$105,010	$138,240	13,680	10.58	1.26
Architecture and Engineering	$102,340	$116,250	32,260	24.94	1.48
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$90,880	$101,820	62,410	48.24	0.76
Business and Financial Operations	$81,080	$93,110	105,050	81.20	1.20
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$78,120	$86,150	11,500	8.89	0.94
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$61,860	$73,960	19,710	15.23	1.16
Educational Instruction and Library	$61,190	$65,220	70,060	54.16	0.93
Community and Social Service	$58,910	$62,090	16,120	12.46	0.73
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$58,240	$61,440	47,590	36.79	0.94
Protective Service	$51,240	$60,090	24,470	18.91	0.78
Construction and Extraction	$50,850	$57,260	58,380	45.13	1.09
Office and Administrative Support	$47,770	$52,420	159,340	123.17	1.08
Production	$44,640	$49,600	40,680	31.44	0.57
Transportation and Material Moving	$43,300	$45,560	86,990	67.24	0.76
Sales and Related	$43,140	$58,880	112,390	86.87	1.01
Healthcare Support	$38,310	$43,000	35,690	27.59	0.54
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$37,480	$38,880	34,090	26.35	0.90
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$37,180	$40,120	540	0.42	0.15
Personal Care and Service	$33,940	$39,150	24,700	19.10	0.91
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$33,280	$34,330	120,570	93.20	1.06

Every occupation in Texas, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 599 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX estimates (area 12420).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.