Management occupations · SOC 11-9199 · Texas

Managers, all other in Texas

Managers, all other in Texas earned a median of $134,390 a year in May 2025, below the $141,900 national median for the occupation. Texas employs 61,410 of them, 4.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the state. Most people entering the occupation nationally do so with a bachelor's degree.

Data snapshot: August 21, 2026.

Median annual pay in Texas

$134,390

Below the $141,900 national median for this occupation

Median hourly pay in Texas

$64.61

Published separately by BLS, not calculated from the annual figure.

Middle half earn between

$102,620 – $173,480

The 25th to 75th percentile of everyone in the occupation in this state

Employed in Texas

61,410

4.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the state

Concentration vs national

1.09×

about as concentrated here as nationally

Pay rank

#19 of 51

Among the states and DC that released an estimate for this occupation

Typical entry education (U.S.)

Bachelor's degree

Federal Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates.

What managers, all other actually earn in Texas

The full published wage distribution (May 2025), not one averaged figure. Pay inside a single occupation varies more by experience, employer and setting than most salary pages admit.

10th percentile
$78,050
25th percentile
$102,620
Median
$134,390
75th percentile
$173,480
90th percentile
$220,370

How Texas compares

  • Against the rest of the country. $134,390 in Texas against $141,900 nationally for the same occupation, which puts Texas 19th of the 51 jurisdictions that released an estimate. Neither figure is adjusted for cost of living, so a higher median does not by itself mean more money left over.
  • Against other work in Texas. $134,390 against $48,620, the median across every occupation in the state — 176% above it.
  • How much of this work is here. The occupation is about as concentrated here as nationally (1.09× the national share of employment), 18th of 50 for concentration. Concentration describes where the work is, not how easy it is to be hired.

Where managers, all other are paid most

The highest published medians for this occupation (May 2025). Before reading it as a place to move, note that these are not cost-of-living adjusted and that the states paying most are often the ones where everything costs most.

How people get into this work

What the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as typical for entry nationally. Typical is a measurement of the people already doing the work, not a rule: some enter with less and some with more.

Typical entry education

Bachelor's degree

Work experience needed

Less than 5 years

On-the-job training

None

Texas licensing is not in these figures.

Many occupations, including most of health care, teaching, law, accountancy and the skilled trades, require a state licence, certification or registration before you can work. Texas sets its own, and none of it is part of the federal dataset above, so CampusPin cannot tell you whether this occupation is licensed here. Check the Texas licensing board before committing to a route, because where an occupation is licensed that requirement, not the typical credential, is the real gate.

What people study to get here, and where in Texas

Fields the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk associates with this occupation, ordered by how many credentials U.S. colleges conferred in each — a measure of how many people take a route, never of how good it is. Studying any of these does not lead only here, and this occupation is entered from other fields too.

Business Administration: 349,759 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

128 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 51 Texas bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $63,259 four years after graduating; highest, Texas Christian University ($106,765) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Psychology: 149,354 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

86 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 40 Texas bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $47,170 four years after graduating; highest, Texas Christian University ($65,356) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Criminal Justice: 87,536 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

100 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 31 Texas bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $50,888 four years after graduating; highest, Texas Woman's University ($60,708) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Economics: 47,983 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

28 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 11 Texas bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $78,204 four years after graduating; highest, Rice University ($129,575) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Political Science: 45,103 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

69 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Graduates of 16 Texas bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $58,659 four years after graduating; highest, The University of Texas at Austin ($75,988) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

History: 31,232 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

77 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 17 Texas bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $52,969 four years after graduating; highest, The University of Texas at Dallas ($61,321) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Sociology: 30,658 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

67 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Graduates of 15 Texas bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $49,257 four years after graduating; highest, The University of Texas at Austin ($58,807) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Organizational Leadership: 16,608 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

22 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Public Administration: 13,751 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

34 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 6 Texas master's programs in this field earned a typical $72,340 four years after graduating; highest, The University of Texas at Arlington ($83,344) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Digital Media: 11,734 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

19 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

International Relations: 11,274 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

12 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 3 Texas master's programs in this field earned a typical $86,451 four years after graduating; highest, Texas A & M University-College Station ($95,282) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Criminology: 10,863 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

13 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 4 Texas bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $50,409 four years after graduating; highest, The University of Texas at Dallas ($52,244) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Entrepreneurship: 10,796 credentials conferred nationally, mostly certificates

23 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Anthropology: 10,788 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

23 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 7 Texas bachelor's programs in this field earned a typical $42,913 four years after graduating; highest, Texas A & M University-College Station ($52,227) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Library and Information Science: 6,308 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

5 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Graduates of 4 Texas master's programs in this field earned a typical $59,850 four years after graduating; highest, Sam Houston State University ($64,781) (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Project Management: 5,781 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

6 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Geographic Information Science: 4,141 credentials conferred nationally, mostly certificates

15 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Geography: 2,972 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

10 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Homeland Security: 2,792 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

11 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Emergency Management: 2,750 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

9 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25 — see which ones, and what they cost.

Forensic Psychology: 2,606 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

1 college in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Nonprofit Management: 2,442 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

7 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Archaeology: 431 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

2 colleges in Texas reported awarding credentials in this field in 2024-25.

Program figures are the median earnings of each program's graduates four years after completing (federal-aid recipients who worked and were not enrolled), not the pay of this occupation; the typical program is the median across the state's programs with at least 30 graduates measured.

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.

Colleges in Texas

Pay is one half of the decision. What it costs to get qualified is the other, and it is the half that varies most between two colleges in the same state.

Source & methodology

State wage and employment figures are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release. National median pay, projections and typical entry education are from the BLS Employment Projections programme (2024 wages). Both are public domain; credit BLS.

Wages are May 2025 estimates from the federal Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, which asks employers what they pay everyone currently working in the occupation — experienced and new alike. They are not starting salaries, not the earnings of recent graduates, and not adjusted for cost of living, which matters when comparing one state against another. Self-employed workers are not surveyed.

Suggested citation

CampusPin. (2026). Managers, all other in Texas, pay and employment. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/careers/managers-all-other/in/texas

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