There's a saying that everything is bigger in Texas, and the state's economy is no different.
The average pay for pediatricians in Texas was $250,850 a year, while ophthalmologists had an even bigger paycheck, with an average of more than $300,000.
Business Insider looked at jobs with pay data available for Texas. Cardiologist was the highest-paying occupation in Texas, with an average annual wage of $413,510 in the state, based on 2022 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That's higher than the occupation's average for New York, which was $348,860. This was also just below the national average of $421,330 for cardiologists.
Pediatric surgeons had the second-highest annual pay in Texas, with an average of $365,130. That's compared to $362,970 nationally.
Business Insider has looked at US jobs that pay the best on average, ones that pay well and may need lower stress tolerance at work compared to other jobs, among other pay analyses.
Below are the 25 highest-paying jobs in Texas, based on available Bureau of Labor Statistics data, and the estimated number of people holding these jobs in the state.