All occupations / 13-2082Texas pay · SOC 13-2082
Tax Preparers May 2025 estimates for Texas and its published labor markets.
Statewide pay BLS May 2025, Texas. Published annual and hourly estimates. Measure Annual pay Hourly pay 10th percentile $31,110 $14.96 25th percentile $35,440 $17.04 Median $47,460 $22.82 75th percentile $74,060 $35.60 90th percentile $86,950 $41.80 Average $56,670 $27.24
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: 6,010 . This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
The middle half of annual wages runs from $35,440 to $74,060 in 2025, a span of $38,620. Percentiles describe the wage distribution across jobs. They do not identify experience levels or promise an offer.
Compare labor markets Across 18 distinct areas with comparable 2025 estimates, medians range from $29,660 in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area to $70,980 in Amarillo, TX.
Each published area appears once. Employment totals across counties must not be added together. Published area Median annual pay Estimated jobs Amarillo, TX $70,980 60 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $48,150 490 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $49,630 90 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $29,660 60 College Station-Bryan, TX $37,630 30 Corpus Christi, TX $42,990 90 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $47,020 1,780 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $36,860 70 El Paso, TX $59,990 Not available Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $47,320 1,280 Killeen-Temple, TX $37,760 70 Laredo, TX Not released 40 Lubbock, TX $37,770 50 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $39,580 150 Midland, TX $46,210 30 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $36,300 130 Sherman-Denison, TX $35,960 30 Tyler, TX $47,210 Not available Waco, TX $65,020 40
Find the estimate for your county County Choose a county Anderson: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Angelina: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Aransas: Corpus Christi, TX Armstrong: Amarillo, TX Austin: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Bastrop: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Bee: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Bell: Killeen-Temple, TX Bosque: Waco, TX Brazoria: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Brazos: College Station-Bryan, TX Brooks: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Burleson: College Station-Bryan, TX Caldwell: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Calhoun: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Cameron: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Camp: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Carson: Amarillo, TX Cass: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Chambers: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Cherokee: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Cochran: Lubbock, TX Collin: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Colorado: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Comanche: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Cooke: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Coryell: Killeen-Temple, TX Crosby: Lubbock, TX Dallas: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Delta: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Denton: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX DeWitt: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Duval: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Eastland: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Ellis: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX El Paso: El Paso, TX Erath: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Falls: Waco, TX Fannin: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Fort Bend: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Franklin: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Galveston: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Garza: Lubbock, TX Gonzales: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Grayson: Sherman-Denison, TX Harris: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Hays: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Henderson: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hidalgo: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Hockley: Lubbock, TX Hood: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hopkins: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Houston: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Hudspeth: El Paso, TX Hunt: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Jack: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jackson: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jasper: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jim Hogg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Jim Wells: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Johnson: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Karnes: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kaufman: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Kenedy: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Kleberg: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lamar: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lampasas: Killeen-Temple, TX Lavaca: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Liberty: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Live Oak: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Lubbock: Lubbock, TX Lynn: Lubbock, TX McLennan: Waco, TX McMullen: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Marion: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Martin: Midland, TX Matagorda: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Midland: Midland, TX Montague: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Montgomery: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Morris: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nacogdoches: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Navarro: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Newton: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Nueces: Corpus Christi, TX Oldham: Amarillo, TX Palo Pinto: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Panola: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Parker: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Polk: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Potter: Amarillo, TX Rains: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Randall: Amarillo, TX Red River: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Refugio: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Robertson: College Station-Bryan, TX Rockwall: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 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 Shelby: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Smith: Tyler, TX Somervell: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Starr: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Stephens: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tarrant: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Titus: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Travis: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Trinity: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Tyler: Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Van Zandt: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Waller: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Webb: Laredo, TX Wharton: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Willacy: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Williamson: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Wise: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Wood: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Young: North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Zapata: Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area View this labor market Browse all counties for their area mapping.