SOC 25-1052 · Area 26420 · May 2025

Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Published annual and hourly estimates.
MeasureAnnual payHourly pay
10th percentile$60,600Not released
25th percentile$77,190Not released
Median$99,650Not released
75th percentile$102,170Not released
90th percentile$133,060Not released
Average$100,150Not released

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: 360. 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 $77,190 to $102,170 in 2025, a span of $24,980.

The area median is $17,840 (21.8%) above Texas's $81,810 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 7 other published areas
  • This area's median is $24,290 (32.2%) above the $75,360 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
  • This area's median is $23,400 (30.7%) above the $76,250 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
  • This area's median is $22,250 (28.7%) above the $77,400 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
  • This area's median is $21,310 (27.2%) above the $78,340 median in Tyler, TX.
  • This area's median is $17,160 (20.8%) above the $82,490 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
  • This area's median is $16,650 (20.1%) above the $83,000 median in El Paso, TX.
  • This area's median is $16,440 (14.2%) below the $116,090 median in College Station-Bryan, 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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