High paying management jobs in Corpus Christi, TX

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Corpus Christi, TX. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management 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 Corpus Christi, TX run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Corpus Christi, TX salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Corpus Christi, TX · Employed

1Chief Executives$229,340
Bachelor's degree
$119,190 – $420,73090
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$158,430
Bachelor's degree
$117,740 – $269,550130
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$153,870
Bachelor's degree
$92,630 – $220,720320
4Financial Managers$138,150
Bachelor's degree
$80,510 – $273,990560
5Industrial Production Managers$131,180
Bachelor's degree
$73,720 – $200,870260
6Managers, All Other$124,740
Bachelor's degree
$68,520 – $202,790600
7Human Resources Managers$124,290
Bachelor's degree
$77,680 – $229,710210
8Marketing Managers$121,990
Bachelor's degree
$70,450 – $209,790300
9Purchasing Managers$121,490
Bachelor's degree
$70,690 – $193,36090
10Administrative Services Managers$116,280
Bachelor's degree
$62,560 – $173,990260
11Natural Sciences Managers$112,840
Bachelor's degree
$63,220 – $161,99070
12Sales Managers$111,390
Bachelor's degree
$60,240 – $228,680600
13Public Relations Managers$106,990
Bachelor's degree
$71,020 – $201,77070
14Medical and Health Services Managers$105,950
Bachelor's degree
$64,180 – $174,610820
15Facilities Managers$98,810
Bachelor's degree
$55,510 – $167,850170
16Construction Managers$98,520
Bachelor's degree
$63,140 – $159,7601,150
17Education Administrators, Postsecondary$96,270
Master's degree
$62,860 – $178,900220
18General and Operations Managers$90,600
Bachelor's degree
$43,630 – $214,3905,570
19Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$90,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,840 – $160,310330
20Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$82,520
Master's degree
$66,220 – $117,570500
21Social and Community Service Managers$73,090
Bachelor's degree
$47,050 – $117,020190
22Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$56,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,830 – $124,010560
23Food Service Managers$51,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,070 – $93,320510
24Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$48,150
Bachelor's degree
$37,030 – $74,60060
25Lodging Managers$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,070 – $87,000100

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

#	Occupation	MedianCorpus Christi, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$229,340	$119,190 – $420,730	90
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$158,430	$117,740 – $269,550	130
3	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$153,870	$92,630 – $220,720	320
4	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$138,150	$80,510 – $273,990	560
5	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$131,180	$73,720 – $200,870	260
6	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$124,740	$68,520 – $202,790	600
7	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$124,290	$77,680 – $229,710	210
8	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$121,990	$70,450 – $209,790	300
9	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$121,490	$70,690 – $193,360	90
10	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$116,280	$62,560 – $173,990	260
11	Natural Sciences ManagersBachelor's degree	$112,840	$63,220 – $161,990	70
12	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$111,390	$60,240 – $228,680	600
13	Public Relations ManagersBachelor's degree	$106,990	$71,020 – $201,770	70
14	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$105,950	$64,180 – $174,610	820
15	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$98,810	$55,510 – $167,850	170
16	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$98,520	$63,140 – $159,760	1,150
17	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$96,270	$62,860 – $178,900	220
18	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$90,600	$43,630 – $214,390	5,570
19	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$90,290	$55,840 – $160,310	330
20	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$82,520	$66,220 – $117,570	500
21	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$73,090	$47,050 – $117,020	190
22	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,400	$30,830 – $124,010	560
23	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,120	$38,070 – $93,320	510
24	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$48,150	$37,030 – $74,600	60
25	Lodging ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$31,070 – $87,000	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Corpus Christi, 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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