SOC 25-2051 · Area 32580 · May 2025

Special Education Teachers, Preschool

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX. Published annual and hourly estimates.
MeasureAnnual payHourly pay
10th percentile$80,950Not released
25th percentile$81,740Not released
Median$85,200Not released
75th percentile$93,970Not released
90th percentile$93,970Not released
Average$85,980Not released

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: 60. 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 $81,740 to $93,970 in 2025, a span of $12,230.

The area median is $19,520 (29.7%) above Texas's $65,680 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 6 other published areas
  • This area's median is $26,520 (45.2%) above the $58,680 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
  • This area's median is $25,860 (43.6%) above the $59,340 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
  • This area's median is $24,750 (40.9%) above the $60,450 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
  • This area's median is $22,360 (35.6%) above the $62,840 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
  • This area's median is $18,960 (28.6%) above the $66,240 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
  • This area's median is $11,090 (15.0%) above the $74,110 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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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