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Statewide pay BLS May 2025, Texas. Published annual and hourly estimates. Measure Annual pay Hourly pay 10th percentile $59,010 $28.37 25th percentile $79,670 $38.30 Median $101,850 $48.97 75th percentile $127,760 $61.42 90th percentile $153,380 $73.74 Average $104,660 $50.32
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: 19,590 . This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
The middle half of annual wages runs from $79,670 to $127,760 in 2025, a span of $48,090. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.
Compare labor markets Across 15 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $62,400 in San Angelo, TX to $103,210 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together. Published area Median annual pay Estimated jobs Abilene, TX $81,990 50 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $103,070 3,340 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $99,670 50 College Station-Bryan, TX $83,700 90 Corpus Christi, TX $96,530 50 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $103,210 8,840 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $97,830 50 El Paso, TX $92,150 180 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $99,400 50 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $98,690 2,420 Killeen-Temple, TX $81,390 80 Lubbock, TX Not released 40 Midland, TX $94,500 60 San Angelo, TX $62,400 40 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $95,990 1,010 Waco, TX $83,150 80
Find the estimate for your county County Choose a county Angelina: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Aransas: Corpus Christi, TX Atascosa: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Austin: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Bandera: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Bastrop: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Bell: Killeen-Temple, TX Bexar: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Blanco: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bosque: Waco, TX Brazoria: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Brazos: College Station-Bryan, TX Brown: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Burleson: College Station-Bryan, TX Burnet: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Caldwell: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Callahan: Abilene, TX Chambers: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Cochran: Lubbock, TX Coke: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Coleman: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Collin: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Comal: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Concho: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Coryell: Killeen-Temple, TX Crosby: Lubbock, TX Dallas: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Denton: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Ellis: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX El Paso: El Paso, TX Falls: Waco, TX Fayette: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fort Bend: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Freestone: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Galveston: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Garza: Lubbock, TX Gillespie: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Grimes: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Guadalupe: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Hamilton: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hardin: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Harris: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Hays: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Hill: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hockley: Lubbock, TX Houston: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hudspeth: El Paso, TX Hunt: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Irion: San Angelo, TX Jasper: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jefferson: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Johnson: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Jones: Abilene, TX Kaufman: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Kendall: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Kerr: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kimble: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lampasas: Killeen-Temple, TX Lee: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Leon: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Liberty: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Limestone: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Llano: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lubbock: Lubbock, TX Lynn: Lubbock, TX McCulloch: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area McLennan: Waco, TX Madison: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Martin: Midland, TX Mason: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Medina: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Menard: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Midland: Midland, TX Milam: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Mills: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montgomery: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Nacogdoches: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Newton: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nueces: Corpus Christi, TX Orange: Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Panola: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Parker: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Polk: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Robertson: College Station-Bryan, TX Rockwall: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Runnels: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sabine: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area San Augustine: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area San Jacinto: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX San Patricio: Corpus Christi, TX San Saba: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Schleicher: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Shelby: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sterling: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Sutton: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tarrant: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Taylor: Abilene, TX Tom Green: San Angelo, TX Travis: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Trinity: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tyler: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Walker: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Waller: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Washington: Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Williamson: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Wilson: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Wise: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX View this labor market Browse all counties for their area mapping.