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All Occupations Salary Information in El Paso, Texas

The annual and hourly salary statistics of all occupations in El Paso, Texas are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. The wage data of all occupations in El Paso is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2012 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of All Occupations in El Paso, Texas

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
90th Percentile Wage	$65,970
75th Percentile Wage	$43,910
50th Percentile Wage	$25,710
25th Percentile Wage	$18,510
10th Percentile Wage	$16,660

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for all occupations in El Paso, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $65,970. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $25,710. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $16,660.

Table 2. Hourly Salary of All Occupations in El Paso, Texas

Percentile Bracket	Average Hourly Salary
90th Percentile Wage	$31.72
75th Percentile Wage	$21.11
50th Percentile Wage	$12.36
25th Percentile Wage	$8.90
10th Percentile Wage	$8.01

Table 2 shows the average hourly salary for all occupations in El Paso, Texas. The average hourly salary for the 90th percentile is $31.72. The median hourly salary is $12.36. The average hourly salary for the bottom 10 percent is $8.01.

Table 3. Compare All Occupations Salary in El Paso with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $25,710 in El Paso is in the middle of salary range for all occupations in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of all occupations in El Paso is 27.9 percent (27.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Plano-Irving and 12.9 percent (12.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brownsville-Harlingen.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Plano-Irving	$35,670
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos	$35,620
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown	$35,350
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington	$34,830
Midland	$34,670
Beaumont-Port Arthur	$33,420
Odessa	$33,230
Fort Worth-Arlington	$32,970
Victoria	$30,590
Texarkana-Texarkana	$30,160
College Station-Bryan	$30,040
San Antonio-New Braunfels	$30,030
Amarillo	$30,010
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood	$29,900
Longview	$29,880
Waco	$29,720
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area	$29,720
Sherman-Denison	$29,290
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area	$29,060
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area	$29,050
Tyler	$29,040
Corpus Christi	$28,710
Abilene	$28,200
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area	$27,960
Wichita Falls	$27,880
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area	$27,880
San Angelo	$26,610
Lubbock	$26,210
El Paso	$25,710
Laredo	$24,480
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area	$24,300
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission	$22,710
Brownsville-Harlingen	$22,390

Table 4. Comparison of All Occupations Salary in El Paso, Texas, and the Nation

From Table 4, notice that the median annual salary of all occupations in El Paso is lower than the salary statistics of both state of Texas and the United States. Specifically, the median salary of all occupations in El Paso ($25,710) is 20.5 percent (20.5%) lower than that in Texas ($32,350) and 26.0 percent (26.0%) lower than that in the United States ($34,750).

Region	Median annual Salary
USA	$34,750
Texas	$32,350
El Paso	$25,710