SOC 11-1011 · Area 4800002 · May 2025

Chief Executives

North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$118,080	$56.77
25th percentile	$140,360	$67.48
Median	$177,700	$85.43
75th percentile	$243,950	$117.29
90th percentile	$401,840	$193.19
Average	$228,720	$109.96

A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.

Estimated employment: 240. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

What these figures tell you

The middle half of annual wages runs from $140,360 to $243,950 in 2025, a span of $103,590.

The area median is $80,150 (31.1%) below Texas's $257,850 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 27 other published areas

This area's median is $27,620 (18.4%) above the $150,080 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $19,900 (12.6%) above the $157,800 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $16,520 (10.2%) above the $161,180 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
This area's median is $14,530 (8.9%) above the $163,170 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
This area's median is $11,930 (7.2%) above the $165,770 median in Abilene, TX.
This area's median is $8,460 (5.0%) above the $169,240 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $4,460 (2.6%) above the $173,240 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $3,580 (2.1%) above the $174,120 median in Lubbock, TX.
This area's median is $1,540 (0.9%) above the $176,160 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
This area's median is $1,160 (0.6%) below the $178,860 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
This area's median is $4,560 (2.5%) below the $182,260 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $23,220 (11.6%) below the $200,920 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
This area's median is $25,290 (12.5%) below the $202,990 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
This area's median is $28,070 (13.6%) below the $205,770 median in Longview, TX.
This area's median is $30,470 (14.6%) below the $208,170 median in Amarillo, TX.
This area's median is $39,910 (18.3%) below the $217,610 median in Waco, TX.
This area's median is $42,350 (19.2%) below the $220,050 median in El Paso, TX.
This area's median is $43,240 (19.6%) below the $220,940 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
This area's median is $49,020 (21.6%) below the $226,720 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
This area's median is $51,640 (22.5%) below the $229,340 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
This area's median is $60,180 (25.3%) below the $237,880 median in Tyler, TX.
This area's median is $78,910 (30.8%) below the $256,610 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
This area's median is $97,570 (35.4%) below the $275,270 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $103,780 (36.9%) below the $281,480 median in Odessa, TX.
This area's median is $110,450 (38.3%) below the $288,150 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
This area's median is $142,360 (44.5%) below the $320,060 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $211,630 (54.4%) below the $389,330 median in Midland, TX.

An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.

Which counties share this estimate?

The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.

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