Texas pay · SOC 23-1011

Lawyers

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$79,340$38.15
25th percentile$102,810$49.43
Median$154,200$74.13
75th percentile$223,390$107.40
90th percentile$349,490$168.02
Average$180,370$86.72

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: 56,580. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $102,810 to $223,390 in 2025, a span of $120,580. 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 $101,680 in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area to $168,510 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$122,560160
Amarillo, TX$130,580410
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$153,3307,540
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$131,680500
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$129,13090
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$103,100390
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$120,020180
College Station-Bryan, TX$134,800340
Corpus Christi, TX$129,180740
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$168,51017,110
Eagle Pass, TX$122,15060
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$120,990190
El Paso, TX$140,550780
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$107,500370
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$157,98016,810
Killeen-Temple, TX$129,430260
Laredo, TX$125,900240
Longview, TX$105,590240
Lubbock, TX$124,410470
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$115,920850
Midland, TX$163,090280
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$103,220370
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$101,680180
Odessa, TX$133,340110
San Angelo, TX$125,79090
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$137,6904,020
Sherman-Denison, TX$134,67090
Texarkana, TX-AR$118,410120
Tyler, TX$130,390310
Victoria, TX$123,77070
Waco, TX$130,230280
Wichita Falls, TX$106,78080

Find the estimate for your county

Use this with an offer

Check the job's duties, paid hours, benefits and location. The same title can cover different responsibilities. These estimates exclude self-employed workers and reflect May 2025, so a current offer may differ.

Read the offer comparison guide · Try a savings scenario · Sources and methods