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Texas pay · SOC 29-1141

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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$67,120$32.27
25th percentile$79,170$38.06
Median$95,970$46.14
75th percentile$105,100$50.53
90th percentile$127,950$61.51
Average$95,380$45.86

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: 271,380. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $79,170 to $105,100 in 2025, a span of $25,930. 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 $73,660 in Eagle Pass, TX to $101,420 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$80,2401,680
Amarillo, TX$86,8503,030
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$97,89018,920
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$81,1803,100
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$81,850700
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$81,0902,930
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$81,5402,020
College Station-Bryan, TX$83,0902,950
Corpus Christi, TX$82,6904,800
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$101,42076,680
Eagle Pass, TX$73,660340
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$79,0501,980
El Paso, TX$86,1007,320
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$84,5003,150
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$99,83065,910
Killeen-Temple, TX$93,4405,340
Laredo, TX$77,0501,760
Longview, TX$80,3302,480
Lubbock, TX$81,4805,070
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$80,5405,400
Midland, TX$82,1201,210
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$81,4804,390
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$83,4602,370
Odessa, TX$81,3701,140
San Angelo, TX$80,0801,710
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$94,37023,660
Sherman-Denison, TX$83,7001,580
Texarkana, TX-AR$80,6101,760
Tyler, TX$80,3404,430
Victoria, TX$83,6801,080
Waco, TX$92,8902,570
Wichita Falls, TX$83,2801,470

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