Top 100 highest-paying jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX are those of family medicine physician, with an average annual salary of $195,070. The second highest-paying jobs are those of chief executive, with an average salary of $187,440.

All of the shown salary and employment information for College Station-Bryan, TX has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in College Station-Bryan, TX in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$195,070	$46,710	70
2	Chief Executives	$187,440	$117,690	30
3	General Dentists	$133,570	$48,090	60
4	Lawyers	$131,990	$75,480	300
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$131,590	$87,360	90
6	Pharmacists	$128,090	$66,520	230
7	Physician Assistants	$122,850	$96,220	130
8	Financial Managers	$121,360	$74,240	440
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$121,100	$75,530	340
10	Nurse Practitioners	$120,660	$94,840	280
11	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$105,020	$59,710	260
12	Public Relations Managers	$104,660	$66,270	80
13	Marketing Managers	$103,290	$53,510	140
14	Human Resources Managers	$102,280	$71,970	120
15	All Other Managers	$101,410	$65,190	310
16	Veterinarians	$100,680	$49,600	70
17	Medical and Health Services Managers	$100,640	$61,720	370
18	Computer Network Architects	$99,990	$59,170	40
19	Natural Sciences Managers	$99,950	$59,800	100
20	Information Security Analysts	$99,830	$62,600	120
21	Data Scientists	$99,790	$50,900	90
22	Industrial Production Managers	$97,690	$59,400	80
23	Social Scientists and Related Workers	$97,480	$66,210	60
24	Facilities Managers	$96,910	$73,600	100
25	Purchasing Managers	$96,450	$59,360	50
26	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$94,830	$60,440	860
27	Physical Therapists	$94,640	$68,740	180
28	Engineers, All Other	$94,000	$38,780	100
29	Sales Managers	$93,190	$50,470	360
30	Training and Development Managers	$91,630	$55,540	50
31	Electrical Engineers	$91,140	$55,740	70
32	Other Education Administrators	$90,630	$57,420	30
33	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$89,580	$61,320	100
34	Software Developers	$86,680	$59,570	550
35	Environmental Scientists and Health Specialists	$83,960	$39,900	60
36	Administrative Services Managers	$82,540	$58,800	180
37	Occupational Therapists	$82,050	$63,540	80
38	Petroleum Engineers	$81,370	$43,160	50
39	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$81,020	$67,230	240
40	Civil Engineers	$80,610	$54,000	300
41	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$80,340	$49,340	90
42	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$80,280	$62,080	70
43	Industrial Engineers	$79,460	$49,400	70
44	Dental Hygienists	$78,300	$64,600	130
45	Database Administrators	$78,090	$49,290	60
46	Computer Systems Analysts	$77,440	$58,080	300
47	General and Operations Managers	$77,190	$32,840	3,280
48	Fundraising Managers	$77,100	$59,780	40
49	Mechanical Engineers	$77,030	$47,620	90
50	Registered Nurses	$76,570	$60,890	3,510
51	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$76,340	$48,390	60
52	Lodging Managers	$76,220	$29,990	40
53	Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$75,790	$36,600	70
54	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$75,390	$59,030	360
55	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$75,050	$36,600	100
56	Speech-Language Pathologists	$75,040	$49,140	100
57	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$74,790	$57,850	90
58	Construction Managers	$74,610	$51,540	280
59	Project Management Specialists	$74,270	$41,320	870
60	Computer Occupations, All Other	$73,920	$34,670	170
61	Physical Therapist Assistants	$73,760	$50,730	90
62	Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors	$73,510	$57,220	70
63	Architects (Except Landscape and Naval)	$73,240	$35,740	50
64	Occupational Therapy Assistants	$73,120	$48,270	40
65	Financial Analysts	$72,980	$48,130	150
66	Loan Officers	$70,480	$27,830	130
67	Other Biological Scientists	$69,910	$44,390	60
68	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$67,890	$46,410	590
69	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$66,140	$37,070	50
70	Computer Programmers	$65,940	$46,840	140
71	Operations Research Analysts	$64,730	$46,360	60
72	Biomedical Engineers	$64,730	$42,370	40
73	Management Analysts	$64,450	$43,500	120
74	Accountants and Auditors	$64,150	$46,350	760
75	Geoscientists (Except Hydrologists and Geographers)	$64,090	$34,490	60
76	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$64,030	$34,420	120
77	Other Physical Scientists	$63,680	$48,610	80
78	Logisticians	$63,400	$34,620	70
79	Web Developers	$62,390	$49,090	70
80	Personal Financial Advisors	$62,360	$36,480	70
81	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$61,990	$43,730	570
82	Social and Community Service Managers	$61,830	$47,870	100
83	Radiologic Technologists	$61,180	$45,710	250
84	All Other Special Education Teachers	$61,170	$49,030	230
85	Healthcare Social Workers	$61,040	$37,550	160
86	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$61,010	$35,310	370
87	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$60,740	$40,480	560
88	Surveyors	$60,660	$35,560	40
89	Other Postsecondary Teachers	$60,600	$24,010	370
90	Chemists	$60,480	$44,990	30
91	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	$60,330	$28,040	540
92	Cost Estimators	$60,170	$41,750	140
93	Budget Analysts	$60,170	$46,590	70
94	Computer Network Support Specialists	$60,040	$44,430	90
95	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$60,020	$47,760	1,190
96	Wellhead Pumpers	$59,970	$38,770	40
97	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$59,960	$43,140	140
98	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$59,940	$43,530	50
99	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$59,910	$39,100	130
100	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$59,840	$48,850	130

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Chief Executives	$193,100
2	All Other Physicians	$152,510
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$136,350
4	General Dentists	$133,570
5	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$125,460
6	Pharmacists	$123,390
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$119,620
8	Computer Network Architects	$113,290
9	Natural Sciences Managers	$110,350
10	Physician Assistants	$107,020

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$165,580
2	Postsecondary Physics Teachers	$152,860
3	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$152,020
4	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$149,900
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$147,620
6	Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers	$136,860
7	Postsecondary Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers	$135,830
8	Pharmacists	$132,010
9	Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers	$128,140
10	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$121,610

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Dentists	$203,210
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$189,240
3	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$161,520
4	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$157,740
5	Postsecondary Physics Teachers	$151,010
6	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$147,440
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$140,340
8	Postsecondary Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers	$133,530
9	Pharmacists	$132,150
10	Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers	$131,350

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