Texas pay · SOC 15-1252

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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$82,600$39.71
25th percentile$103,350$49.69
Median$132,150$63.54
75th percentile$162,530$78.14
90th percentile$183,680$88.31
Average$136,450$65.60

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: 163,880. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

The middle half of annual wages runs from $103,350 to $162,530 in 2025, a span of $59,180. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.

Compare labor markets

Across 30 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $95,580 in San Angelo, TX to $134,120 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together.
Published areaMedian annual payEstimated jobs
Abilene, TX$103,760250
Amarillo, TX$116,530320
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$134,12031,960
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$124,470420
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$122,51050
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$106,990310
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$125,360200
College Station-Bryan, TX$101,910620
Corpus Christi, TX$123,580520
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$133,29067,030
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$127,770210
El Paso, TX$127,3101,360
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$121,780400
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$129,44022,940
Killeen-Temple, TX$123,320470
Laredo, TX$111,450130
Longview, TX$106,360320
Lubbock, TX$115,190340
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$116,120400
Midland, TX$126,190400
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$118,600520
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$123,380250
Odessa, TX$127,080110
San Angelo, TX$95,580130
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$128,4308,010
Sherman-Denison, TX$128,630120
Texarkana, TX-AR$116,49080
Tyler, TX$123,760320
Waco, TX$123,080490
Wichita Falls, TX$108,26070

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