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Cooks, Short Order 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 $21,850 $10.51 25th percentile $23,140 $11.13 Median $25,320 $12.18 75th percentile $31,070 $14.94 90th percentile $36,320 $17.46 Average $27,610 $13.28
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: 7,540 . This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
The middle half of annual wages runs from $23,140 to $31,070 in 2025, a span of $7,930. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.
Compare labor markets Across 19 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $21,490 in Laredo, TX to $33,260 in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together. Published area Median annual pay Estimated jobs Abilene, TX $22,840 110 Amarillo, TX $25,500 130 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $31,520 520 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $23,600 170 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $25,320 1,770 El Paso, TX $21,610 Not available Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $23,600 210 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $25,720 1,500 Laredo, TX $21,490 100 Longview, TX $22,880 180 Lubbock, TX $25,550 160 Midland, TX $28,390 90 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $26,030 260 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $23,600 130 Odessa, TX $24,350 70 San Angelo, TX $22,320 40 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $33,260 Not available Tyler, TX $22,900 170 Wichita Falls, TX $22,430 Not available
Find the estimate for your county County Choose a county Anderson: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Andrews: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Archer: Wichita Falls, TX Armstrong: Amarillo, 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 Bee: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bexar: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Blanco: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 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 Brooks: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Brown: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Burnet: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Caldwell: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Calhoun: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Callahan: Abilene, TX Camp: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Carson: Amarillo, TX Cass: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Castro: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Chambers: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Cherokee: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Childress: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Clay: Wichita Falls, TX Cochran: Lubbock, TX Coke: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Coleman: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Collin: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Collingsworth: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Colorado: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Comal: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Comanche: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Concho: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Cooke: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Cottle: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crane: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crockett: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Crosby: Lubbock, TX 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 Delta: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Denton: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX DeWitt: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Dickens: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Donley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Duval: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Eastland: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ector: Odessa, TX Ellis: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX El Paso: El Paso, TX Erath: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fannin: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fayette: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 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 Franklin: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Freestone: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gaines: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Galveston: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Garza: Lubbock, TX Gillespie: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Glasscock: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gonzales: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gray: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Gregg: Longview, TX Grimes: Hill Country 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 Hamilton: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hansford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardeman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Harris: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Harrison: Longview, 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 Henderson: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hill: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hockley: Lubbock, TX Hood: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hopkins: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Howard: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hudspeth: El Paso, TX Hunt: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Hutchinson: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Irion: San Angelo, TX Jack: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jackson: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jeff Davis: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jim Hogg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jim Wells: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Johnson: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Jones: Abilene, TX Karnes: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kaufman: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Kendall: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Kenedy: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kent: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kerr: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kimble: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area King: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kleberg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Knox: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lamar: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lamb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lavaca: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lee: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Leon: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Liberty: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Limestone: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lipscomb: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Live Oak: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Llano: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Loving: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lubbock: Lubbock, TX Lynn: Lubbock, TX McCulloch: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area McMullen: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Madison: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Marion: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Martin: Midland, TX Mason: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Matagorda: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Medina: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Menard: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Midland: Midland, TX Milam: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Mills: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Mitchell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montague: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montgomery: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Moore: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Morris: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Motley: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Navarro: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nolan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ochiltree: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Oldham: Amarillo, TX Palo Pinto: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Parker: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Parmer: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Pecos: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Potter: Amarillo, TX Presidio: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Rains: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Randall: Amarillo, TX Reagan: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Red River: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Reeves: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Refugio: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Roberts: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Rockwall: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Runnels: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Rusk: Longview, TX San Jacinto: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX San Saba: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Schleicher: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Scurry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Shackelford: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sherman: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Smith: Tyler, TX Somervell: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Starr: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Stephens: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sterling: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Stonewall: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sutton: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Swisher: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tarrant: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Taylor: Abilene, TX Terrell: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Terry: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Throckmorton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Titus: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tom Green: San Angelo, TX Travis: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Upshur: Longview, TX Upton: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Van Zandt: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Walker: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Waller: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Ward: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Washington: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Webb: Laredo, TX Wharton: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wheeler: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Wichita: Wichita Falls, TX Wilbarger: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Willacy: Coastal Plains 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 Wood: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Yoakum: Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Young: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Zapata: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area View this labor market Browse all counties for their area mapping.