Jobs in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX area: pay, hiring and remote work
The San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area has 837 open job postings from 215 employers in our data. 20.9% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $113,000 a year, 2.9% are remote and 26.8% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $113,000 posted salary in the San Antonio area buys about what $119,500 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 5% below the national average.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($47,000) is worth $49,500 in average-US dollars, 72nd of 99 metro areas.
2.9% of postings are remote, 70th highest of 99 metro areas.
Indeed's own count of job postings in the metro area is 11.9% above its February 2020 level.
20.9% of open job postings list a pay range, 51st of 99 metro areas.
San Antonio compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
837open postings from 215 employers
20.9%list a pay range
$113,000median posted pay (middle half: $77,000 to $148,000)
2.9%remote
4.5%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$47,000official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
14%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 4.5% in 2026-08 (4.3% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Texas, employers had 608,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 4.1% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 11.9% above its February 2020 level and 3.8% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
San Antonio, TX
745
199
20.3%
$126,000
New Braunfels, TX
34
17
33.3%
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Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
124 federal job announcements open to the public list San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $115,500. Agencies hiring most: Veterans Health Administration (45), Federal Aviation Administration (17), Defense Health Agency (10), National Credit Union Administration (5), Air Force Materiel Command (5). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX area run 5% below the national average, and housing runs 5% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $47,000, which is worth $49,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $113,000 is worth $119,500.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
