Texas pay · SOC 15-2051

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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.
MeasureAnnual payHourly pay
10th percentile$64,540$31.03
25th percentile$83,880$40.33
Median$122,090$58.70
75th percentile$146,030$70.21
90th percentile$170,780$82.11
Average$119,710$57.55

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: 25,860. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $83,880 to $146,030 in 2025, a span of $62,150. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

Compare labor markets

Across 23 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $78,100 in Laredo, TX to $127,750 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published areaMedian annual payEstimated jobs
Abilene, TX$83,60040
Amarillo, TX$101,35070
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$127,3603,730
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$97,98090
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$104,98050
College Station-Bryan, TX$100,280110
Corpus Christi, TX$113,45080
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$127,75010,120
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$78,88050
El Paso, TX$95,430320
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$101,26080
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$106,7504,060
Killeen-Temple, TX$98,620100
Laredo, TX$78,10050
Longview, TX$107,27060
Lubbock, TX$89,49090
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$91,630130
Midland, TX$125,330100
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$97,120110
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$104,99090
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$103,2901,730
Tyler, TX$108,780Not available
Waco, TX$95,730100

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