All occupations / 19-1029Texas pay · SOC 19-1029
Biological Scientists, All Other 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 $49,940 $24.01 25th percentile $64,400 $30.96 Median $80,870 $38.88 75th percentile $105,560 $50.75 90th percentile $126,050 $60.60 Average $87,460 $42.05
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: 2,480 . This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
The middle half of annual wages runs from $64,400 to $105,560 in 2025, a span of $41,160. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.
Compare labor markets Across 10 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $51,180 in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area to $97,470 in El Paso, TX.
Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together. Published area Median annual pay Estimated jobs Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $67,160 340 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $88,710 50 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $73,920 30 College Station-Bryan, TX $81,330 70 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $79,000 610 El Paso, TX $97,470 60 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $51,180 50 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $86,440 530 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $94,520 90 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $93,740 150
Find the estimate for your county County Choose a county Atascosa: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Austin: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Bandera: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Bastrop: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Bee: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bexar: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Blanco: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Brazoria: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Brazos: College Station-Bryan, TX Brooks: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Brown: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Burleson: College Station-Bryan, TX Burnet: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Caldwell: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Calhoun: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Cameron: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Chambers: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Coke: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Coleman: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Collin: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Colorado: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Comal: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Concho: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dallas: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Denton: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX DeWitt: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Duval: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ellis: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX El Paso: El Paso, TX Fayette: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fort Bend: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Freestone: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Galveston: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Gillespie: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gonzales: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Grimes: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Guadalupe: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Hamilton: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Harris: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Hays: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Hidalgo: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Hill: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hudspeth: El Paso, TX Hunt: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Jackson: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jim Hogg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jim Wells: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Johnson: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Karnes: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kaufman: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Kendall: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Kenedy: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kerr: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kimble: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kleberg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lavaca: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lee: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Leon: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Liberty: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Limestone: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Live Oak: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Llano: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area McCulloch: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area McMullen: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Madison: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Mason: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Matagorda: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Medina: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Menard: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Milam: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Mills: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montgomery: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Parker: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Refugio: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Robertson: College Station-Bryan, TX Rockwall: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Runnels: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area San Jacinto: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX San Saba: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Schleicher: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Starr: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sterling: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sutton: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tarrant: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Travis: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Walker: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Waller: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Washington: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wharton: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Willacy: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Williamson: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Wilson: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Wise: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Zapata: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area View this labor market Browse all counties for their area mapping.