Victoria, TX

Across all occupations in the Victoria, TX metropolitan area, the median wage is $43,050 a year ($20.70 an hour) and the mean $54,120, May 2025. That median is −16% against the US median of $50,980 and −11% against Texas's $48,620. BLS counts 38,120 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

All occupations: Victoria, TX vs Texas and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Victoria, TX area, Texas and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Victoria, TX	Hourly	$11.78	$14.79	$20.70	$30.16	$46.30	$26.02	38,120
Victoria, TX	Annual	$24,510	$30,750	$43,050	$62,720	$96,300	$54,120	38,120
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.

191 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 Victoria, TX

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$219,640	$105.60	80
2	Pharmacists	$140,860	$67.72	80
3	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Texas	$135,990	$65.38	50
4	Financial Managers in Texas	$135,710	$65.24	100
5	Nurse Practitioners	$129,580	$62.30	100
6	Dentists, General	$129,430	$62.23	30
7	Industrial Production Managers	$128,600	$61.83	70
8	Sales Managers in Texas	$125,380	$60.28	130
9	Lawyers in Texas	$123,770	$59.51	70
10	Managers, All Other in Texas	$121,600	$58.46	70
11	Facilities Managers	$108,270	$52.05	40
12	Electrical Engineers	$105,190	$50.57	40
13	Occupational Therapists	$103,800	$49.90	100
14	Medical and Health Services Managers	$103,420	$49.72	200
15	Physical Therapists	$102,520	$49.29	140
16	Administrative Services Managers	$100,720	$48.42	50
17	Marketing Managers	$99,440	$47.81	40
18	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$98,680	$47.44	60
19	Computer Systems Analysts	$97,170	$46.71	40
20	Speech-Language Pathologists	$95,950	$46.13	140

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 Victoria, TX

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Texas	1,680	44.08	1.78	$24,510
2	Retail Salespersons in Texas	1,440	37.86	1.51	$28,780
3	General and Operations Managers in Texas	1,170	30.58	1.36	$80,280
4	Registered Nurses in Texas	1,080	28.39	1.31	$83,680
5	Cashiers in Texas	900	23.68	1.19	$28,210
6	Stockers and Order Fillers in Texas	870	22.73	1.25	$37,120
7	Office Clerks, General in Texas	780	20.43	1.29	$37,700
8	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Texas	650	17.15	0.62	$24,890
9	Waiters and Waitresses in Texas	580	15.12	1.04	$22,330
10	Customer Service Representatives in Texas	570	14.88	0.89	$37,440
10	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Texas	570	14.98	1.13	$51,150
12	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Texas	500	13.16	0.69	$35,180
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Texas	480	12.69	1.29	$45,880
14	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Texas	470	12.43	1.36	$28,100
14	Nursing Assistants in Texas	470	12.39	1.33	$33,980
14	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Texas	470	12.25	1.56	$31,720
17	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Texas	450	11.69	0.82	$32,130
18	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Texas	440	11.63	1.06	$42,240
19	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Texas	410	10.69	1.20	$57,430
19	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Texas	410	10.72	1.49	$43,050

Most concentrated occupations in Victoria, 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	Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	29.37	310	8.15	$57,050
2	Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	19.86	220	5.75	$47,650
3	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	4.06	110	2.91	$58,050
4	Speech-Language Pathologists	3.12	140	3.68	$95,950
5	Instructional Coordinators	2.93	160	4.29	$77,700
6	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2.85	310	8.05	$61,100
7	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	2.74	180	4.60	$57,720
8	Occupational Therapists	2.53	100	2.64	$103,800
9	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	2.43	110	3.00	$39,110
10	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Texas	2.14	340	8.94	$58,130

Occupation groups in Victoria, TX

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Architecture and Engineering	$92,930	$96,050	400	10.57	0.63
Management	$91,780	$107,320	2,590	67.84	0.95
Legal	$91,000	$109,150	130	3.29	0.39
Computer and Mathematical	$81,390	$86,900	380	9.90	0.29
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$79,440	$84,360	240	6.34	0.67
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$78,440	$88,350	3,330	87.47	1.38
Business and Financial Operations	$70,050	$76,550	1,420	37.30	0.55
Protective Service	$52,100	$53,970	720	18.78	0.77
Educational Instruction and Library	$50,690	$49,700	2,430	63.73	1.09
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$49,540	$57,290	2,400	62.99	1.61
Community and Social Service	$48,790	$55,710	560	14.61	0.85
Construction and Extraction	$48,030	$52,500	2,260	59.16	1.43
Production	$45,100	$50,770	1,530	40.20	0.73
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$41,140	$48,690	280	7.46	0.57
Office and Administrative Support	$39,510	$43,190	4,650	122.05	1.07
Transportation and Material Moving	$37,420	$42,120	3,320	87.03	0.99
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$34,440	$38,060	50	1.39	0.49
Sales and Related	$33,470	$42,060	3,990	104.80	1.21
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$31,180	$33,340	1,000	26.12	0.89
Healthcare Support	$30,840	$35,110	1,760	46.14	0.91
Personal Care and Service	$27,650	$31,580	610	16.02	0.76
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$27,060	$27,940	4,070	106.82	1.21

Every occupation in Texas, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 191 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 Victoria, TX estimates (area 47020).

*: 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 Victoria, 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.