McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Across all occupations in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metropolitan area, the median wage is $35,830 a year ($17.23 an hour) and the mean $46,850, May 2025. That median is −30% against the US median of $50,980 and −26% against Texas's $48,620. BLS counts 296,700 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is home health and personal care aides.

All occupations: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX vs Texas and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX area, Texas and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	Hourly	$10.80	$12.51	$17.23	$27.55	$39.45	$22.53	296,700
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	Annual	$22,470	$26,020	$35,830	$57,300	$82,050	$46,850	296,700
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.

404 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$295,020	$141.84	610
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$207,060	$99.55	160
3	Chief Executives	$202,990	$97.59	80
4	Pediatricians, General	$144,430	$69.44	**
5	Pharmacists	$137,700	$66.20	500
6	Dentists, General	$134,160	$64.50	150
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Texas	$133,750	$64.30	310
8	Physician Assistants	$131,870	$63.40	400
9	Optometrists	$130,450	$62.72	50
10	Financial Managers in Texas	$129,290	$62.16	620
11	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$129,240	*	90
12	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$128,680	*	70
13	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$127,460	*	120
14	Nurse Practitioners	$122,550	$58.92	770
15	Veterinarians	$121,590	$58.46	50
16	History Teachers, Postsecondary	$120,300	*	50
17	Managers, All Other in Texas	$119,430	$57.42	860
18	Software Developers in Texas	$116,120	$55.83	400
19	Lawyers in Texas	$115,920	$55.73	850
20	English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$114,010	*	70

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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Texas	46,380	156.32	5.65	$23,960
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Texas	12,160	41.00	1.65	$22,790
3	Retail Salespersons in Texas	8,960	30.19	1.20	$27,420
4	Customer Service Representatives in Texas	8,270	27.87	1.67	$35,830
5	Cashiers in Texas	7,000	23.59	1.19	$27,020
6	General and Operations Managers in Texas	6,480	21.84	0.97	$74,570
7	Stockers and Order Fillers in Texas	5,870	19.80	1.09	$35,080
8	Office Clerks, General in Texas	5,420	18.26	1.15	$32,130
9	Registered Nurses in Texas	5,400	18.19	0.84	$80,540
10	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Texas	4,390	14.81	1.12	$47,040
11	Security Guards in Texas	4,100	13.83	1.68	$29,290
12	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Texas	4,090	13.80	1.55	$63,110
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Texas	4,090	13.78	0.97	$31,300
14	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Texas	4,030	13.58	1.49	$29,520
15	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Texas	4,010	13.53	1.97	$62,500
16	Waiters and Waitresses in Texas	3,700	12.49	0.86	$20,650
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Texas	3,180	10.72	0.98	$39,010
18	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Texas	3,100	10.44	0.55	$31,610
19	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Texas	3,040	10.24	1.11	$55,570
20	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Texas	3,030	10.22	1.30	$30,270

Most concentrated occupations in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	8.14	260	0.88	$62,320
2	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	7.34	1,600	5.40	$103,380
3	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	6.11	1,300	4.38	$62,830
4	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Texas	5.65	46,380	156.32	$23,960
5	Special Education Teachers, Middle School	3.67	670	2.25	$60,720
6	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	3.07	1,530	5.15	$62,600
7	Surgical Assistants	2.95	130	0.42	$77,980
8	Agricultural Equipment Operators	2.66	140	0.49	$29,150
9	Counselors, All Other	2.35	130	0.43	$44,590
10	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	2.32	1,450	4.89	$88,910

Occupation groups in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$83,820	$99,380	16,270	54.82	0.77
Legal	$78,790	$97,230	1,610	5.41	0.64
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$75,340	$88,130	18,490	62.33	0.99
Architecture and Engineering	$74,240	$78,150	1,600	5.40	0.32
Computer and Mathematical	$71,850	$78,800	2,930	9.86	0.29
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$68,020	$71,450	1,160	3.92	0.41
Business and Financial Operations	$61,710	$69,030	10,410	35.07	0.52
Educational Instruction and Library	$61,560	$59,890	26,030	87.73	1.50
Community and Social Service	$50,530	$57,290	4,580	15.43	0.90
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$45,090	$48,720	8,910	30.04	0.77
Protective Service	$43,000	$51,100	10,920	36.81	1.52
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$42,520	$52,310	1,760	5.95	0.45
Construction and Extraction	$39,390	$44,390	6,790	22.89	0.55
Office and Administrative Support	$37,160	$40,310	37,110	125.09	1.10
Transportation and Material Moving	$35,880	$38,690	22,530	75.94	0.86
Production	$33,840	$37,450	6,950	23.42	0.43
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$29,990	$32,280	6,130	20.65	0.71
Sales and Related	$29,860	$37,940	25,730	86.73	1.00
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$29,290	$33,130	550	1.84	0.66
Personal Care and Service	$27,480	$31,780	3,920	13.20	0.63
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$26,110	$27,020	28,450	95.89	1.09
Healthcare Support	$25,480	$26,370	53,880	181.59	3.57

Every occupation in Texas, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 404 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX estimates (area 32580).

*: 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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.