Texas Labor
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Texas pay · SOC 53-7062

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

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$29,250$14.06
25th percentile$33,280$16.00
Median$37,540$18.05
75th percentile$45,200$21.73
90th percentile$50,140$24.11
Average$39,400$18.94

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: 216,970. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $33,280 to $45,200 in 2025, a span of $11,920. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

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Across 32 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $30,690 in Eagle Pass, TX to $43,390 in Tyler, TX.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published areaMedian annual payEstimated jobs
Abilene, TX$35,810830
Amarillo, TX$37,0601,650
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$38,53013,900
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$37,6602,010
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$33,350520
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$32,3001,810
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$33,9001,370
College Station-Bryan, TX$35,3501,300
Corpus Christi, TX$36,4102,470
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$38,51081,940
Eagle Pass, TX$30,690100
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$34,7801,790
El Paso, TX$35,5505,140
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,2901,890
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$38,00052,520
Killeen-Temple, TX$37,8701,660
Laredo, TX$32,4802,430
Longview, TX$37,5901,890
Lubbock, TX$35,1301,920
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$31,6103,100
Midland, TX$41,9101,500
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$34,6103,860
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,4802,540
Odessa, TX$39,6001,230
San Angelo, TX$34,790560
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$37,47013,440
Sherman-Denison, TX$40,770970
Texarkana, TX-AR$36,710920
Tyler, TX$43,3902,800
Victoria, TX$35,180500
Waco, TX$35,2701,980
Wichita Falls, TX$34,420680

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