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Texas pay · SOC 47-2061

Construction Laborers

May 2025 estimates for Texas and its published labor markets.

Statewide pay

BLS May 2025, Texas. Published annual and hourly estimates.
MeasureAnnual payHourly pay
10th percentile$32,560$15.65
25th percentile$36,730$17.66
Median$40,620$19.53
75th percentile$46,950$22.57
90th percentile$56,930$27.37
Average$42,910$20.63

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: 123,250. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $36,730 to $46,950 in 2025, a span of $10,220. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

Compare labor markets

Across 31 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $33,740 in Laredo, TX to $44,240 in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published areaMedian annual payEstimated jobs
Abilene, TX$38,160570
Amarillo, TX$38,170970
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$44,00011,140
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$44,2403,340
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,180330
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$35,150460
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,3401,550
College Station-Bryan, TX$37,200770
Corpus Christi, TX$42,4402,640
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$43,96029,670
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,3401,360
El Paso, TX$35,6702,140
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$38,5503,500
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$41,35034,080
Killeen-Temple, TX$37,690940
Laredo, TX$33,740400
Longview, TX$37,8401,610
Lubbock, TX$36,970980
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$34,4601,360
Midland, TX$39,5001,970
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,5202,920
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,6403,630
Odessa, TX$38,380970
San Angelo, TX$36,810240
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$39,3908,400
Sherman-Denison, TX$43,500490
Texarkana, TX-AR$36,360450
Tyler, TX$37,700650
Victoria, TX$36,930340
Waco, TX$37,6101,220
Wichita Falls, TX$36,720240

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