SOC 19-1029 · Area 4800006 · May 2025

Biological Scientists, All Other

Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$49,940	$24.01
25th percentile	$61,110	$29.38
Median	$73,920	$35.54
75th percentile	$97,470	$46.86
90th percentile	$109,300	$52.55
Average	$78,210	$37.60

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: 30. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

What these figures tell you

The middle half of annual wages runs from $61,110 to $97,470 in 2025, a span of $36,360.

The area median is $6,950 (8.6%) below Texas's $80,870 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 9 other published areas

This area's median is $22,740 (44.4%) above the $51,180 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $6,760 (10.1%) above the $67,160 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
This area's median is $5,080 (6.4%) below the $79,000 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $7,410 (9.1%) below the $81,330 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
This area's median is $12,520 (14.5%) below the $86,440 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $14,790 (16.7%) below the $88,710 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
This area's median is $19,820 (21.1%) below the $93,740 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
This area's median is $20,600 (21.8%) below the $94,520 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
This area's median is $23,550 (24.2%) below the $97,470 median in El Paso, TX.

An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.

Which counties share this estimate?

The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.

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