High paying business and finance jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Every business and finance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single business and finance job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX run 1.4% below the national average (2024), so a Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX salary is worth about 1.01× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Employed

1Financial and Investment Analysts$101,660
Bachelor's degree
$66,730 – $174,2206,510
2Management Analysts$101,120
Bachelor's degree
$63,170 – $169,5709,050
3Project Management Specialists$99,510
Bachelor's degree
$58,560 – $168,07035,550
4Personal Financial Advisors$98,930
Bachelor's degree
$49,120 – $323,9904,130
5Accountants and Auditors$85,090
Bachelor's degree
$58,780 – $144,19028,400
6Business Operations Specialists, All Other$82,060
Bachelor's degree
$47,700 – $145,83024,360
7Compliance Officers$78,860
Bachelor's degree
$45,170 – $132,8508,450
8Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators$78,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,120 – $115,8102,890
9Cost Estimators$78,200
Bachelor's degree
$44,800 – $132,4505,660
10Insurance Underwriters$77,770
Bachelor's degree
$52,490 – $136,4901,520
11Financial Specialists, All Other$76,820
Bachelor's degree
$46,120 – $133,6802,210
12Buyers and Purchasing Agents$76,290
Bachelor's degree
$48,760 – $124,70010,880
13Logisticians$75,940
Bachelor's degree
$46,020 – $126,4805,420
14Human Resources Specialists$72,550
Bachelor's degree
$46,570 – $118,82018,320
15Loan Officers$67,560
Bachelor's degree
$26,160 – $172,5403,410
16Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$67,370
Bachelor's degree
$26,950 – $125,76014,480
17Property Appraisers and Assessors$64,220
Bachelor's degree
$51,020 – $101,4501,360
18Training and Development Specialists$62,630
Bachelor's degree
$30,690 – $121,9809,630
19Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$61,770
Bachelor's degree
$37,240 – $94,3502,160
20Tax Preparers$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,070 – $90,3301,280

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Financial and Investment AnalystsBachelor's degree	$101,660	$66,730 – $174,220	6,510
2	Management AnalystsBachelor's degree	$101,120	$63,170 – $169,570	9,050
3	Project Management SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$99,510	$58,560 – $168,070	35,550
4	Personal Financial AdvisorsBachelor's degree	$98,930	$49,120 – $323,990	4,130
5	Accountants and AuditorsBachelor's degree	$85,090	$58,780 – $144,190	28,400
6	Business Operations Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$82,060	$47,700 – $145,830	24,360
7	Compliance OfficersBachelor's degree	$78,860	$45,170 – $132,850	8,450
8	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,820	$48,120 – $115,810	2,890
9	Cost EstimatorsBachelor's degree	$78,200	$44,800 – $132,450	5,660
10	Insurance UnderwritersBachelor's degree	$77,770	$52,490 – $136,490	1,520
11	Financial Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$76,820	$46,120 – $133,680	2,210
12	Buyers and Purchasing AgentsBachelor's degree	$76,290	$48,760 – $124,700	10,880
13	LogisticiansBachelor's degree	$75,940	$46,020 – $126,480	5,420
14	Human Resources SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$72,550	$46,570 – $118,820	18,320
15	Loan OfficersBachelor's degree	$67,560	$26,160 – $172,540	3,410
16	Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$67,370	$26,950 – $125,760	14,480
17	Property Appraisers and AssessorsBachelor's degree	$64,220	$51,020 – $101,450	1,360
18	Training and Development SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$62,630	$30,690 – $121,980	9,630
19	Meeting, Convention, and Event PlannersBachelor's degree	$61,770	$37,240 – $94,350	2,160
20	Tax PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$35,070 – $90,330	1,280

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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