Recently there’s been a rise in interest for people wanting to move to Texas for work purposes in the past few years.
Just recently, there was a report from a commercial real estate firm called CBRE Group, with their headquartered in Texas, they found out that the number of people who moved from San Francisco to Texas increased by 32.1% in 2020 from 2019, although most people who moved from San Francisco stayed within California.
A senior economist at Zillow named Jeff Tucker told Insider’s Natasha Solo-Lyons that places like Austin are attractive because people view the city as being “a burgeoning tech hub paying high wages, while still remaining much more affordable than coastal markets like San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle.”
All data from the list was gotten from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics website, we listed the 100 jobs with the highest average annual salaries in Texas as of May 2021, which was the most recently data available to us.
100 Best Paying Jobs in Texas
| Job Title | Salary |
| Real Estate Brokers | $26,780 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $19,890 |
| Political Scientists | $53,960 |
| Chemists | $44,220 |
| Physical Therapists | $52,670 |
| Radiation Therapists | $63,830 |
| Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary | $29,200 |
| Bioengineers And Biomedical Engineers | $28,420 |
| Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | $26,060 |
| Chiropractors | $25,150 |
| Psychologists, All Other | $48,480 |
| Physics Teachers, Postsecondary | $20,040 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale And Manufacturing, Technical And Scientific Products | $40,620 |
| Emergency Management Directors | $47,460 |
| Nurse-Midwives | $69,650 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $17,540 |
| Management Analysts | $55,480 |
| Architects, Except Landscape And Naval | $45,340 |
| Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, And Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | $22,080 |
| Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $34,730 |
| Materials Scientists | $23,720 |
| Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates | $17,970 |
| Database Administrators And Architects | $58,340 |
| Health And Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers And Inspectors | $55,160 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $58,340 |
| Personal Financial Advisors | $41,820 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $61,070 |
| Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers | $55,760 |
| Materials Engineers | $62,930 |
| Economists | $52,200 |
| Electrical Engineers | $65,580 |
| Marine Engineers And Naval Architects | $58,850 |
| Data Scientists And Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other | $64,110 |
| Atmospheric And Space Scientists | $53,740 |
| Medical And Health Services Managers | $53,470 |
| Physician Assistants | $40,920 |
| Civil Engineers | $52,200 |
| Commercial Pilots | $52,490 |
| Environmental Engineers | $49,610 |
| Information Security Analysts | $63,080 |
| Athletes And Sports Competitors | $18,250 |
| Industrial Engineers | $63,610 |
| Software Developers And Software Quality Assurance Analysts And Testers | $66,360 |
| Computer Programmers | $53,470 |
| Construction Managers | $56,100 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | $40,800 |
| Law Teachers, Postsecondary | $19,630 |
| Advertising And Promotions Managers | $56,450 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | $63,680 |
| Astronomers | $55,640 |
| Nuclear Engineers | $27,520 |
| Compensation And Benefits Managers | $60,400 |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $57,630 |
| Physicists | $52,830 |
| Engineers, All Other | $63,340 |
| Nurse Practitioners | $84,830 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $70,830 |
| Computer Network Architects | $71,090 |
| Actuaries | $64,290 |
| General And Operations Managers | $41,950 |
| Industrial Production Managers | $67,110 |
| Sales Engineers | $60,540 |
| Optometrists | $64,330 |
| Personal Service Managers, All Other; Entertainment And Recreation Managers, Except Gambling; And Managers, All Other | $69,280 |
| Human Resources Managers | $71,400 |
| Veterinarians | $62,430 |
| Aerospace Engineers | $77,220 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | $45,300 |
| Public Relations And Fundraising Managers | $68,410 |
| Air Traffic Controllers | $75,820 |
| Natural Sciences Managers | $72,460 |
| Computer And Information Research Scientists | $78,780 |
| Pharmacists | $97,080 |
| Lawyers | $63,900 |
| Financial Managers | $62,520 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $46,220 |
| Sales Managers | $66,010 |
| Training And Development Managers | $71,020 |
| Purchasing Managers | $77,400 |
| Chemical Engineers | $86,810 |
| Podiatrists | $66,480 |
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists And Geographers | $66,180 |
| Computer And Information Systems Managers | $91,610 |
| General Internal Medicine Physicians | $55,640 |
| Nurse Anesthetists | $133,760 |
| Architectural And Engineering Managers | $96,040 |
| Petroleum Engineers | $87,570 |
| Obstetricians And Gynecologists | $52,950 |
| Dentists, General | $84,810 |
| Pediatricians, General | $103,640 |
| Marketing Managers | $73,980 |
| Orthodontists | $70,650 |
| Physicians, All Other; And Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $59,630 |
| Psychiatrists | $61,920 |
| Dentists, All Other Specialists | $104,300 |
| Family Medicine Physicians | $87,260 |
| Chief Executives | $108,610 |
| Surgeons, Except Ophthalmologists | $61,550 |
| Anesthesiologists | $60,730 |