SOC 17-1022 · Area 32580 · May 2025
Surveyors
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $36,280 | $17.44 |
| 25th percentile | $42,450 | $20.41 |
| Median | $53,210 | $25.58 |
| 75th percentile | $74,790 | $35.96 |
| 90th percentile | $99,810 | $47.99 |
| Average | $62,070 | $29.84 |
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: 40. 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 $42,450 to $74,790 in 2025, a span of $32,340.
The area median is $7,940 (13.0%) below Texas's $61,150 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 21 other published areas
- This area's median is $4,990 (10.3%) above the $48,220 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $4,010 (8.2%) above the $49,200 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $3,550 (7.1%) above the $49,660 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $2,430 (4.8%) above the $50,780 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $1,830 (3.6%) above the $51,380 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $1,220 (2.3%) above the $51,990 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $1,220 (2.3%) above the $51,990 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $990 (1.8%) below the $54,200 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $3,600 (6.3%) below the $56,810 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $4,370 (7.6%) below the $57,580 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $4,460 (7.7%) below the $57,670 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $5,220 (8.9%) below the $58,430 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $5,930 (10.0%) below the $59,140 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $6,450 (10.8%) below the $59,660 median in Odessa, TX.
- This area's median is $7,970 (13.0%) below the $61,180 median in Midland, TX.
- This area's median is $8,440 (13.7%) below the $61,650 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $9,750 (15.5%) below the $62,960 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $12,820 (19.4%) below the $66,030 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $13,130 (19.8%) below the $66,340 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $13,770 (20.6%) below the $66,980 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $17,060 (24.3%) below the $70,270 median in Killeen-Temple, 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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