SOC 29-2043 · Area 4800004 · May 2025

Paramedics

Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$37,520	$18.04
25th percentile	$43,420	$20.87
Median	$48,640	$23.39
75th percentile	$56,830	$27.32
90th percentile	$63,690	$30.62
Average	$51,430	$24.73

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: 310. 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 $43,420 to $56,830 in 2025, a span of $13,410.

The area median is $8,860 (15.4%) below Texas's $57,500 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 25 other published areas

This area's median is $3,860 (8.6%) above the $44,780 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $3,410 (7.5%) above the $45,230 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
This area's median is $2,990 (6.5%) above the $45,650 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $2,910 (6.4%) above the $45,730 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $2,460 (5.3%) above the $46,180 median in Laredo, TX.
This area's median is $2,120 (4.6%) above the $46,520 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $2,090 (4.5%) above the $46,550 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
This area's median is $1,290 (2.7%) above the $47,350 median in Longview, TX.
This area's median is $970 (2.0%) above the $47,670 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
This area's median is $900 (1.9%) above the $47,740 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
This area's median is $530 (1.1%) above the $48,110 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
This area's median is $170 (0.4%) above the $48,470 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $530 (1.1%) below the $49,170 median in Lubbock, TX.
This area's median is $1,830 (3.6%) below the $50,470 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
This area's median is $3,210 (6.2%) below the $51,850 median in Midland, TX.
This area's median is $3,750 (7.2%) below the $52,390 median in Amarillo, TX.
This area's median is $5,390 (10.0%) below the $54,030 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
This area's median is $5,620 (10.4%) below the $54,260 median in El Paso, TX.
This area's median is $5,730 (10.5%) below the $54,370 median in Abilene, TX.
This area's median is $5,730 (10.5%) below the $54,370 median in Victoria, TX.
This area's median is $6,060 (11.1%) below the $54,700 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
This area's median is $9,750 (16.7%) below the $58,390 median in Waco, TX.
This area's median is $11,490 (19.1%) below the $60,130 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $11,660 (19.3%) below the $60,300 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $18,650 (27.7%) below the $67,290 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.

Which counties share this estimate?

The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.

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