SOC 47-5023 · Area 4800002 · May 2025

Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas

North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$35,400	$17.02
25th percentile	$48,390	$23.26
Median	$58,930	$28.33
75th percentile	$72,800	$35.00
90th percentile	$79,350	$38.15
Average	$61,420	$29.53

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: 80. 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 $48,390 to $72,800 in 2025, a span of $24,410.

The area median is $230 (0.4%) above Texas's $58,700 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 6 other published areas

This area's median is $6,930 (13.3%) above the $52,000 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
This area's median is $1,090 (1.9%) above the $57,840 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
This area's median is $960 (1.7%) above the $57,970 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $1,740 (2.9%) below the $60,670 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $2,620 (4.3%) below the $61,550 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
This area's median is $4,800 (7.5%) below the $63,730 median in Midland, 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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