SOC 13-2031 · Area 47380 · May 2025
Budget Analysts
Waco, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $42,600 | $20.48 |
| 25th percentile | $51,320 | $24.67 |
| Median | $60,840 | $29.25 |
| 75th percentile | $64,290 | $30.91 |
| 90th percentile | $77,950 | $37.47 |
| Average | $61,740 | $29.68 |
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: 50. 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 $51,320 to $64,290 in 2025, a span of $12,970.
The area median is $22,130 (26.7%) below Texas's $82,970 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 10 other published areas
- This area's median is $4,640 (7.1%) below the $65,480 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $14,240 (19.0%) below the $75,080 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $17,120 (22.0%) below the $77,960 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $18,410 (23.2%) below the $79,250 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $20,880 (25.6%) below the $81,720 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $21,950 (26.5%) below the $82,790 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $30,330 (33.3%) below the $91,170 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $31,160 (33.9%) below the $92,000 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $35,090 (36.6%) below the $95,930 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $37,490 (38.1%) below the $98,330 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, 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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