All occupations / 17-2041Texas pay · SOC 17-2041
Chemical Engineers 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 $86,920 $41.79 25th percentile $106,910 $51.40 Median $132,750 $63.82 75th percentile $167,750 $80.65 90th percentile $210,460 $101.18 Average $144,350 $69.40
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: 2,610 . This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
The middle half of annual wages runs from $106,910 to $167,750 in 2025, a span of $60,840. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.
Compare labor markets Across 6 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $125,990 in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area to $138,120 in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, 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 $129,790 60 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $129,850 140 Corpus Christi, TX $126,690 100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $130,520 130 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $138,120 1,510 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $125,990 40 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Not released 140
Find the estimate for your county County Choose a county Andrews: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Aransas: Corpus Christi, TX Atascosa: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Austin: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Bailey: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bandera: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Bastrop: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Baylor: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bexar: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Borden: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Brazoria: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Brewster: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Briscoe: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Caldwell: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Castro: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Chambers: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Childress: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Collin: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Collingsworth: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Comal: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Cottle: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crane: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crockett: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Culberson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dallam: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dallas: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Dawson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Deaf Smith: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Denton: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Dickens: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Donley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ellis: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Fisher: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Floyd: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Foard: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fort Bend: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Gaines: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Galveston: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Glasscock: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gray: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Guadalupe: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Hale: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hall: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hansford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardeman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardin: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Harris: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Hartley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Haskell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hays: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Hemphill: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Howard: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hunt: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Hutchinson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jeff Davis: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jefferson: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Johnson: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Kaufman: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Kendall: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Kent: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area King: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Knox: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lamb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Liberty: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Lipscomb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Loving: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Medina: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Mitchell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montgomery: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Moore: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Motley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nolan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nueces: Corpus Christi, TX Ochiltree: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Orange: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Parker: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Parmer: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Pecos: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Presidio: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Reagan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Reeves: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Roberts: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Rockwall: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX San Jacinto: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX San Patricio: Corpus Christi, TX Scurry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Shackelford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sherman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Stonewall: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Swisher: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tarrant: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Terrell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Terry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Throckmorton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Travis: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Upton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Waller: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Ward: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wheeler: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wilbarger: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Williamson: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Wilson: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Winkler: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wise: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Yoakum: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area View this labor market Browse all counties for their area mapping.