SOC 33-1021 · Area 26420 · May 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $67,610 | $32.50 |
| 25th percentile | $78,340 | $37.66 |
| Median | $81,710 | $39.28 |
| 75th percentile | $96,290 | $46.29 |
| 90th percentile | $98,800 | $47.50 |
| Average | $85,050 | $40.89 |
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: 1,770. 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 $78,340 to $96,290 in 2025, a span of $17,950.
The area median is the same as Texas's $81,710 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 28 other published areas
- This area's median is $26,630 (48.3%) above the $55,080 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $24,740 (43.4%) above the $56,970 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $23,960 (41.5%) above the $57,750 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $22,870 (38.9%) above the $58,840 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $19,700 (31.8%) above the $62,010 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $19,530 (31.4%) above the $62,180 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $19,300 (30.9%) above the $62,410 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $19,050 (30.4%) above the $62,660 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $19,040 (30.4%) above the $62,670 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $18,900 (30.1%) above the $62,810 median in San Angelo, TX.
- This area's median is $14,460 (21.5%) above the $67,250 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $12,500 (18.1%) above the $69,210 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $12,180 (17.5%) above the $69,530 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $8,700 (11.9%) above the $73,010 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $7,750 (10.5%) above the $73,960 median in Victoria, TX.
- This area's median is $7,360 (9.9%) above the $74,350 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $6,330 (8.4%) above the $75,380 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $6,000 (7.9%) above the $75,710 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,530 (7.3%) above the $76,180 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $3,910 (5.0%) above the $77,800 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $2,260 (2.8%) above the $79,450 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $1,030 (1.2%) below the $82,740 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $4,220 (4.9%) below the $85,930 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $12,780 (13.5%) below the $94,490 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $14,530 (15.1%) below the $96,240 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $18,720 (18.6%) below the $100,430 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $19,480 (19.3%) below the $101,190 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $19,790 (19.5%) below the $101,500 median in Lubbock, TX.
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Which counties share this estimate?
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