Texas pay · SOC 25-2021

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

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$48,500Not released
25th percentile$59,460Not released
Median$62,760Not released
75th percentile$65,410Not released
90th percentile$73,570Not released
Average$61,890Not released

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: 116,260. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $59,460 to $65,410 in 2025, a span of $5,950. 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 $50,270 in Texarkana, TX-AR to $65,070 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$53,480660
Amarillo, TX$61,170960
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$61,2708,450
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$60,2601,780
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$61,350290
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$63,3501,950
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$60,4901,920
College Station-Bryan, TX$57,870960
Corpus Christi, TX$60,2101,840
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$65,07027,350
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,610920
El Paso, TX$63,8002,580
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$59,8201,820
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$64,50030,980
Killeen-Temple, TX$63,1202,280
Laredo, TX$61,3101,710
Longview, TX$60,2101,200
Lubbock, TX$59,2201,840
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$63,1104,090
Midland, TX$61,350380
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$59,5602,940
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$59,1101,890
Odessa, TX$63,020820
San Angelo, TX$51,590600
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$61,72012,220
Sherman-Denison, TX$60,030420
Texarkana, TX-AR$50,270720
Tyler, TX$60,120920
Victoria, TX$57,430410
Waco, TX$59,1001,180
Wichita Falls, TX$58,900290

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