Eagle Pass, TX

Across all occupations in the Eagle Pass, TX metropolitan area, the median wage is $35,560 a year ($17.10 an hour) and the mean $46,810, May 2025. That median is −30% against the US median of $50,980 and −27% against Texas's $48,620. BLS counts 18,820 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is managers, all other; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

All occupations: Eagle Pass, TX vs Texas and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Eagle Pass, TX area, Texas and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Eagle Pass, TX	Hourly	$10.23	$12.66	$17.10	$28.81	$42.53	$22.51	18,820
Eagle Pass, TX	Annual	$21,280	$26,330	$35,560	$59,930	$88,470	$46,810	18,820
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.

72 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 Eagle Pass, TX

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Managers, All Other in Texas	$122,930	$59.10	130
2	Lawyers in Texas	$122,150	$58.73	60
3	Medical and Health Services Managers	$99,360	$47.77	90
4	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$91,560	$44.02	590
5	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Texas	$88,710	$42.65	90
6	Compliance Officers	$88,100	$42.36	370
7	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$86,520	$41.60	70
8	Registered Nurses in Texas	$73,660	$35.42	340
9	General and Operations Managers in Texas	$73,540	$35.35	420
10	Project Management Specialists in Texas	$69,550	$33.44	30
11	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Texas	$65,910	$31.69	40
12	Accountants and Auditors in Texas	$65,900	$31.69	80
13	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Texas	$62,990	$30.29	50
14	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Texas	$62,230	$29.92	40
15	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Texas	$61,050	$29.35	230
16	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Texas	$58,600	$28.17	250
17	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Texas	$57,250	$27.52	160
18	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Texas	$50,690	$24.37	190
19	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Texas	$49,380	$23.74	70
20	Computer User Support Specialists in Texas	$47,650	$22.91	40

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 Eagle Pass, TX

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Texas	1,020	53.94	2.18	$24,570
2	Cashiers in Texas	700	37.42	1.88	$27,950
3	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	590	31.22	42.42	$91,560
4	Retail Salespersons in Texas	460	24.48	0.98	$27,720
5	Stockers and Order Fillers in Texas	440	23.13	1.27	$34,700
6	General and Operations Managers in Texas	420	22.34	0.99	$73,540
7	Compliance Officers	370	19.62	7.32	$88,100
7	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Texas	370	19.79	1.39	$29,430
7	Office Clerks, General in Texas	370	19.64	1.24	$32,620
10	Registered Nurses in Texas	340	18.17	0.84	$73,660
11	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Texas	290	15.36	1.68	$29,170
12	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Texas	280	14.88	1.89	$34,350
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Texas	260	14.04	1.43	$35,780
14	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Texas	250	13.04	1.81	$37,350
14	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Texas	250	13.40	1.01	$58,600
16	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Texas	230	12.27	2.85	$61,050
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Texas	230	12.43	1.13	$36,310
18	Customer Service Representatives in Texas	200	10.46	0.63	$35,820
19	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Texas	190	10.16	1.10	$50,690
19	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Texas	190	10.22	1.16	$42,900

Most concentrated occupations in Eagle Pass, 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	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	42.42	590	31.22	$91,560
2	Compliance Officers	7.32	370	19.62	$88,100
3	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Texas	2.85	230	12.27	$61,050
4	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Texas	2.18	1,020	53.94	$24,570
5	Childcare Workers	2.02	130	6.73	$22,480
6	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Texas	1.98	160	8.25	$57,250
7	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Texas	1.89	280	14.88	$34,350
8	Cashiers in Texas	1.88	700	37.42	$27,950
9	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Texas	1.81	250	13.04	$37,350
10	Managers, All Other in Texas	1.78	130	7.12	$122,930

Occupation groups in Eagle Pass, TX

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$93,010	$99,720	1,000	53.22	0.74
Architecture and Engineering	$74,070	$80,530	50	2.65	0.16
Legal	$73,670	$93,550	130	6.76	0.81
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$68,620	$71,080	50	2.43	0.26
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$63,930	$76,150	1,030	54.58	0.86
Protective Service	$63,130	$67,600	1,240	65.96	2.72
Educational Instruction and Library	$62,690	$56,080	1,510	80.46	1.37
Business and Financial Operations	$61,950	$70,490	820	43.48	0.64
Computer and Mathematical	$59,470	$68,890	100	5.56	0.16
Community and Social Service	$48,300	$57,600	280	14.62	0.85
Construction and Extraction	$44,570	$48,050	230	12.42	0.30
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$44,220	$55,070	60	3.00	0.23
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$38,840	$46,260	640	34.16	0.87
Office and Administrative Support	$37,590	$40,060	2,220	118.02	1.03
Transportation and Material Moving	$36,320	$40,660	1,340	71.29	0.81
Sales and Related	$29,790	$38,740	1,840	97.51	1.13
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$29,430	$29,670	650	34.33	1.17
Production	$28,500	$34,790	450	23.71	0.43
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$26,970	$27,760	2,130	113.19	1.29
Personal Care and Service	$26,200	$33,780	510	26.97	1.29
Healthcare Support	$23,420	$25,060	2,500	132.82	2.61
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	–	–	–	–	–

Every occupation in Texas, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 72 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 Eagle Pass, TX estimates (area 20580).

*: Wage 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 Eagle Pass, 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.