SOC 29-2032 · Area 31180 · May 2025
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
Lubbock, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $64,720 | $31.12 |
| 25th percentile | $73,940 | $35.55 |
| Median | $83,900 | $40.34 |
| 75th percentile | $94,810 | $45.58 |
| 90th percentile | $98,610 | $47.41 |
| Average | $83,700 | $40.24 |
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: 110. 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 $73,940 to $94,810 in 2025, a span of $20,870.
The area median is $8,680 (9.4%) below Texas's $92,580 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 25 other published areas
- This area's median is $13,870 (19.8%) above the $70,030 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $12,210 (17.0%) above the $71,690 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $8,500 (11.3%) above the $75,400 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $7,820 (10.3%) above the $76,080 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $5,900 (7.6%) above the $78,000 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,740 (7.3%) above the $78,160 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $5,610 (7.2%) above the $78,290 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $4,530 (5.7%) above the $79,370 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $3,810 (4.8%) above the $80,090 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $3,110 (3.8%) above the $80,790 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $2,880 (3.6%) above the $81,020 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $2,200 (2.7%) above the $81,700 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $1,790 (2.2%) above the $82,110 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $1,430 (1.7%) above the $82,470 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $1,170 (1.4%) above the $82,730 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $560 (0.7%) above the $83,340 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $430 (0.5%) below the $84,330 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $440 (0.5%) below the $84,340 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $840 (1.0%) below the $84,740 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $3,740 (4.3%) below the $87,640 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $11,200 (11.8%) below the $95,100 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $11,590 (12.1%) below the $95,490 median in Midland, TX.
- This area's median is $14,110 (14.4%) below the $98,010 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $14,910 (15.1%) below the $98,810 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $20,380 (19.5%) below the $104,280 median in Odessa, 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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