San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

Across all occupations in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan area, the median wage is $47,010 a year ($22.60 an hour) and the mean $61,140, May 2025. That median is −8% against the US median of $50,980 and −3% against Texas's $48,620. BLS counts 1,126,880 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is radiologists; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

All occupations: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX vs Texas and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX area, Texas and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	Hourly	$13.07	$16.80	$22.60	$35.48	$52.01	$29.39	1,126,880
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	Annual	$27,180	$34,950	$47,010	$73,810	$108,170	$61,140	1,126,880
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.

625 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Radiologists	$398,680	$191.67	**
2	Cardiologists	$382,000	$183.66	90
3	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	$347,810	$167.22	**
4	Dermatologists	$336,030	$161.55	**
5	Anesthesiologists	$335,300	$161.20	160
6	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$316,830	$152.32	110
7	Physicians, All Other	$296,910	$142.75	2,020
8	Physicians, Pathologists	$283,430	$136.26	100
9	Nurse Anesthetists	$279,410	$134.33	200
10	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$271,960	$130.75	90
11	Chief Executives	$256,610	$123.37	560
12	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$255,480	$122.83	**
13	Surgeons, All Other	$251,170	$120.75	190
14	Family Medicine Physicians	$233,780	$112.39	610
15	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$228,210	$109.72	370
16	Dentists, All Other Specialists	$213,660	$102.72	120
17	Pediatricians, General	$212,640	$102.23	230
18	Podiatrists	$202,930	$97.56	40
19	Physicists	$194,290	$93.41	100
20	Psychiatrists	$188,090	$90.43	280

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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Texas	40,040	35.53	1.43	$27,810
2	Customer Service Representatives in Texas	34,730	30.82	1.85	$42,720
3	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Texas	31,420	27.88	1.01	$25,960
4	General and Operations Managers in Texas	30,560	27.12	1.20	$99,790
5	Retail Salespersons in Texas	27,580	24.48	0.98	$30,960
6	Stockers and Order Fillers in Texas	27,440	24.35	1.34	$37,360
7	Registered Nurses in Texas	23,660	21.00	0.97	$94,370
8	Cashiers in Texas	20,620	18.30	0.92	$29,800
9	Waiters and Waitresses in Texas	20,320	18.04	1.23	$28,110
10	Office Clerks, General in Texas	15,890	14.10	0.89	$38,860
11	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Texas	15,420	13.69	0.96	$34,540
12	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Texas	13,710	12.16	0.92	$53,650
13	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Texas	13,440	11.92	0.63	$37,470
14	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Texas	12,300	10.92	1.18	$63,850
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Texas	12,260	10.88	0.99	$43,440
16	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Texas	12,220	10.84	1.21	$61,720
17	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Texas	12,200	10.82	1.38	$36,850
18	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Texas	11,970	10.63	1.52	$82,130
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Texas	11,450	10.16	1.03	$45,380
20	Security Guards in Texas	11,420	10.13	1.23	$35,270

Most concentrated occupations in San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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	Correspondence Clerks	4.09	130	0.11	$48,860
2	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	3.26	400	0.35	$62,310
2	Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	3.26	440	0.39	$37,920
4	Barbers	3.23	350	0.31	$29,090
5	Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	3.21	160	0.14	$49,280
6	Dentists, All Other Specialists	3.18	120	0.11	$213,660
7	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	2.65	2,140	1.90	$62,390
8	Medical Transcriptionists	2.60	780	0.70	$27,400
9	Calibration Technologists and Technicians	2.45	290	0.26	$60,230
10	Optometrists	2.36	730	0.65	$111,780

Occupation groups in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$104,990	$124,640	87,540	77.69	1.09
Computer and Mathematical	$101,100	$105,680	32,440	28.79	0.85
Legal	$94,750	$118,070	7,850	6.97	0.83
Architecture and Engineering	$86,800	$95,080	15,090	13.39	0.80
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$79,950	$97,750	71,290	63.26	1.00
Business and Financial Operations	$78,400	$85,400	80,870	71.77	1.06
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$77,950	$85,110	8,160	7.24	0.76
Educational Instruction and Library	$61,380	$59,100	66,050	58.61	1.00
Community and Social Service	$56,670	$58,910	14,960	13.28	0.77
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$55,100	$58,610	51,750	45.92	1.17
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$50,470	$64,640	9,710	8.62	0.66
Construction and Extraction	$48,560	$53,950	45,550	40.43	0.98
Protective Service	$45,270	$52,060	29,350	26.04	1.07
Office and Administrative Support	$45,100	$47,400	144,930	128.61	1.13
Production	$43,170	$47,470	44,910	39.85	0.72
Transportation and Material Moving	$40,270	$44,150	96,820	85.92	0.98
Sales and Related	$36,560	$47,890	93,560	83.03	0.96
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$34,670	$37,870	780	0.69	0.25
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$34,610	$35,060	28,090	24.93	0.85
Personal Care and Service	$30,460	$36,070	19,890	17.65	0.84
Healthcare Support	$29,810	$34,130	57,930	51.41	1.01
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$29,100	$31,250	119,350	105.91	1.20

Every occupation in Texas, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 625 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX estimates (area 41700).

*: 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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.