Houston · 2026 100 Occupations

Houston Salary Guide — 2026

Energy capital, NASA, world-class medical center. The complete 2026 Houston pay reference for 100 occupations.

$541K
Highest median
$132K
Average across 100 jobs
$45K
Lowest median
+6%
vs national pay
Houston Pay Ranking

100 Jobs in Houston, Ranked by Median Salary

Sorted highest to lowest. Click any role for full detail.

#JobCategoryMedian 202625th %75th %
1CEO (Mid-Market)Business & Management$541,800$411,800$704,400
2SurgeonHealthcare$445,800$338,800$579,500
3Chief Financial OfficerFinance$408,000$310,100$530,500
4Physician (MD/DO)Healthcare$287,400$218,400$373,600
5Corporate LawyerLegal$245,100$186,200$318,600
6Investment BankerFinance$227,300$172,700$295,500
7DentistHealthcare$211,200$160,500$274,500
8AI EngineerTechnology$210,200$159,700$273,200
9Machine Learning EngineerTechnology$192,300$146,100$250,000
10Senior Software EngineerTechnology$187,800$142,700$244,100
11Site Reliability EngineerTechnology$181,100$137,600$235,400
12IT ManagerTechnology$176,600$134,200$229,600
13ControllerFinance$173,200$131,700$225,200
14Judge / MagistrateLegal$173,200$131,700$225,200
15Lawyer / AttorneyLegal$172,500$131,100$224,200
16Petroleum EngineerEngineering$172,400$131,000$224,100
17Management ConsultantBusiness & Management$171,600$130,400$223,100
18Product ManagerTechnology$169,900$129,100$220,900
19Sales EngineerSales$167,100$127,000$217,200
20Data ScientistTechnology$165,400$125,700$215,100
21Marketing ManagerBusiness & Management$163,700$124,400$212,800
22PharmacistHealthcare$161,900$123,000$210,400
23Account Executive (SaaS)Sales$160,300$121,800$208,400
24Data EngineerTechnology$158,700$120,600$206,400
25Cloud Engineer (AWS/Azure)Technology$158,700$120,600$206,400
26Sales ManagerBusiness & Management$158,700$120,600$206,300
27DevOps EngineerTechnology$154,300$117,200$200,500
28Physician Assistant (PA)Healthcare$152,500$115,900$198,200
29Aerospace EngineerEngineering$152,400$115,800$198,100
30Nurse Practitioner (NP)Healthcare$150,200$114,100$195,200
31Software EngineerTechnology$149,500$113,600$194,300
32HR ManagerBusiness & Management$149,000$113,200$193,700
33Mobile Developer (iOS/Android)Technology$147,600$112,100$191,800
34ActuaryFinance$145,900$110,900$189,700
35Backend DeveloperTechnology$145,300$110,400$188,900
36Cybersecurity AnalystTechnology$143,100$108,700$186,000
37VeterinarianHealthcare$143,100$108,800$186,000
38Full-Stack DeveloperTechnology$139,700$106,200$181,700
39General ManagerBusiness & Management$137,700$104,700$179,000
40Chemical EngineerEngineering$135,700$103,100$176,400
41Frontend DeveloperTechnology$131,900$100,300$171,500
42Electrical EngineerEngineering$128,100$97,300$166,500
43Construction ManagerSkilled Trades$126,700$96,300$164,700
44Database Administrator (DBA)Technology$125,200$95,200$162,800
45College ProfessorEducation$124,300$94,500$161,600
46School PrincipalEducation$124,300$94,500$161,600
47Supply Chain ManagerBusiness & Management$123,500$93,900$160,600
48Operations ManagerBusiness & Management$121,900$92,700$158,500
49Art DirectorCreative & Media$120,700$91,800$156,900
50Physical TherapistHealthcare$119,700$90,900$155,500
51Financial AnalystFinance$119,700$91,000$155,600
52Project Manager (PMP)Business & Management$118,500$90,100$154,100
53Biomedical EngineerEngineering$118,500$90,100$154,100
54UX / Product DesignerTechnology$117,400$89,200$152,600
55Mechanical EngineerEngineering$116,000$88,200$150,800
56Civil EngineerEngineering$115,600$87,800$150,200
57Data AnalystTechnology$114,000$86,700$148,200
58Occupational TherapistHealthcare$112,600$85,600$146,400
59Financial AdvisorFinance$111,700$84,900$145,200
60Industrial EngineerEngineering$111,000$84,400$144,300
61QA / Test EngineerTechnology$109,600$83,300$142,400
62Business AnalystBusiness & Management$107,200$81,500$139,400
63Dental HygienistHealthcare$103,200$78,500$134,200
64Registered Nurse (RN)Healthcare$100,900$76,700$131,100
65Insurance UnderwriterFinance$100,300$76,200$130,400
66AnimatorCreative & Media$98,400$74,800$127,900
67Tax AccountantFinance$98,000$74,500$127,400
68Credit AnalystFinance$96,100$73,000$124,900
69Accountant / CPAFinance$93,500$71,000$121,500
70Respiratory TherapistHealthcare$91,500$69,500$118,900
71Sales RepresentativeSales$88,400$67,200$114,900
72Police OfficerPublic Service$86,300$65,600$112,200
73Radiologic TechnologistHealthcare$84,500$64,200$109,800
74Hotel ManagerHospitality$83,700$63,600$108,800
75ElectricianSkilled Trades$79,800$60,600$103,700
76High School TeacherEducation$78,300$59,500$101,700
77Special Education TeacherEducation$78,300$59,500$101,700
78PlumberSkilled Trades$77,400$58,800$100,600
79Elementary TeacherEducation$76,000$57,700$98,700
80Video EditorCreative & Media$76,000$57,800$98,800
81Social Media ManagerCreative & Media$76,000$57,800$98,800
82Interior DesignerCreative & Media$76,000$57,800$98,800
83Real Estate AgentReal Estate$73,800$56,100$95,900
84School CounselorEducation$73,700$56,000$95,700
85Heavy Equipment OperatorSkilled Trades$72,700$55,300$94,500
86Chef / Head CookHospitality$72,000$54,700$93,700
87FirefighterPublic Service$71,400$54,200$92,800
88ParalegalLegal$70,700$53,700$91,900
89Medical Lab TechnicianHealthcare$70,400$53,500$91,500
90HVAC TechnicianSkilled Trades$70,400$53,500$91,500
91Graphic DesignerCreative & Media$69,300$52,700$90,100
92Social WorkerPublic Service$69,000$52,500$89,800
93CarpenterSkilled Trades$68,000$51,700$88,400
94Content Writer / CopywriterCreative & Media$64,800$49,300$84,300
95WelderSkilled Trades$61,200$46,500$79,600
96Auto MechanicSkilled Trades$61,000$46,400$79,300
97PhotographerCreative & Media$53,700$40,800$69,800
98Administrative AssistantAdministrative$52,400$39,800$68,200
99Medical AssistantHealthcare$51,600$39,200$67,100
100Customer Service RepAdministrative$45,600$34,600$59,300

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