Texas pay · SOC 29-1071

Physician Assistants

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$102,650$49.35
25th percentile$122,720$59.00
Median$134,550$64.69
75th percentile$156,000$75.00
90th percentile$169,000$81.25
Average$135,850$65.31

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: 10,110. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $122,720 to $156,000 in 2025, a span of $33,280. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

Compare labor markets

Across 26 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $107,220 in El Paso, TX to $159,210 in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published areaMedian annual payEstimated jobs
Abilene, TX$127,55060
Amarillo, TX$132,990240
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$134,550680
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$132,92090
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$127,370200
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$125,37070
Corpus Christi, TX$134,360150
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$134,9003,230
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$129,51080
El Paso, TX$107,220170
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$133,810120
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$137,2402,390
Killeen-Temple, TX$140,200350
Laredo, TX$124,12080
Longview, TX$128,18070
Lubbock, TX$137,510120
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$131,870400
Midland, TX$158,20060
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$127,100140
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$159,21080
Odessa, TX$129,38040
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$140,160650
Texarkana, TX-AR$124,87040
Tyler, TX$133,460130
Waco, TX$131,00090
Wichita Falls, TX$128,78050

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