Texas pay · SOC 11-9041

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May 2025 estimates for Texas and its published labor markets.

Statewide pay

BLS May 2025, Texas. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$120,460	$57.92
25th percentile	$144,340	$69.40
Median	$171,370	$82.39
75th percentile	$216,670	$104.17
90th percentile	$277,790	$133.55
Average	$187,520	$90.16

A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.

Estimated employment: 19,030. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $144,340 to $216,670 in 2025, a span of $72,330. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

Compare labor markets

Across 26 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $139,420 in Wichita Falls, TX to $176,540 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published area	Median annual pay	Estimated jobs
Abilene, TX	$156,940	40
Amarillo, TX	$162,220	60
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$176,540	3,130
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$168,480	260
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$157,160	50
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$164,380	120
College Station-Bryan, TX	$147,850	70
Corpus Christi, TX	$158,430	130
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$172,160	5,970
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$165,600	40
El Paso, TX	$144,360	160
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$154,110	50
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$172,020	5,330
Killeen-Temple, TX	$158,560	70
Laredo, TX	$155,340	30
Longview, TX	$153,490	110
Lubbock, TX	$150,150	70
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	Not released	70
Midland, TX	$169,240	260
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$160,150	130
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$165,600	140
Odessa, TX	$166,340	70
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$168,650	1,220
Sherman-Denison, TX	$159,950	70
Tyler, TX	$168,720	80
Waco, TX	$159,620	100
Wichita Falls, TX	$139,420	50

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