Texas pay · SOC 35-1011

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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	$31,380	$15.09
25th percentile	$42,030	$20.21
Median	$56,080	$26.96
75th percentile	$71,870	$34.55
90th percentile	$92,290	$44.37
Average	$59,350	$28.53

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: 13,270. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $42,030 to $71,870 in 2025, a span of $29,840. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

Compare labor markets

Across 27 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $39,140 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX to $64,940 in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published area	Median annual pay	Estimated jobs
Abilene, TX	$47,840	60
Amarillo, TX	$45,370	80
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$62,400	1,710
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$58,440	120
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$47,850	120
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$42,980	110
College Station-Bryan, TX	$57,920	170
Corpus Christi, TX	$46,150	150
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$64,100	3,550
El Paso, TX	$43,020	320
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$52,030	150
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$45,400	3,610
Killeen-Temple, TX	$53,000	110
Laredo, TX	$49,670	60
Longview, TX	$46,870	90
Lubbock, TX	$56,950	100
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$39,140	230
Midland, TX	$58,100	100
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$52,030	220
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	$64,940	80
Odessa, TX	$49,820	70
San Angelo, TX	$50,190	50
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$48,900	1,260
Sherman-Denison, TX	$43,020	40
Texarkana, TX-AR	$50,270	50
Tyler, TX	$52,050	90
Waco, TX	$42,660	110

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