Texas pay · SOC 35-3023

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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$21,710$10.44
25th percentile$22,980$11.05
Median$27,740$13.34
75th percentile$29,730$14.29
90th percentile$35,680$17.15
Average$27,750$13.34

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: 460,530. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $22,980 to $29,730 in 2025, a span of $6,750. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

Compare labor markets

Across 32 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $22,500 in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX to $29,310 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published areaMedian annual payEstimated jobs
Abilene, TX$26,3102,930
Amarillo, TX$26,8804,820
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$29,31035,000
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$26,6305,050
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$24,1301,840
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$22,5006,570
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$25,5906,450
College Station-Bryan, TX$27,4205,270
Corpus Christi, TX$25,6307,870
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$28,070128,380
Eagle Pass, TX$24,5701,020
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$23,7605,090
El Paso, TX$23,03013,520
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$23,4907,490
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$27,570105,810
Killeen-Temple, TX$26,5307,120
Laredo, TX$23,0304,620
Longview, TX$26,7304,220
Lubbock, TX$25,2507,930
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$22,79012,160
Midland, TX$28,6503,240
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$23,56012,240
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$25,5905,920
Odessa, TX$28,3902,960
San Angelo, TX$23,8501,990
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$27,81040,040
Sherman-Denison, TX$27,3402,110
Texarkana, TX-AR$22,8802,170
Tyler, TX$26,3704,260
Victoria, TX$24,5101,680
Waco, TX$27,7505,100
Wichita Falls, TX$25,5402,240

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