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Materials Engineer Salary in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas

The annual salary statistics of materials engineers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of materials engineers in Brownsville-Harlingen is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Materials Engineers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$57,420
25th Percentile Wage
$66,540
50th Percentile Wage
$81,900
75th Percentile Wage
$93,660
90th Percentile Wage
$101,020

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials engineers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $101,020. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,900. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,420.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of materials engineers from 2012 to 2016. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth4-Year Growth
2016
$81,900
0.00% 0.00%
2012
$81,900
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Table 2. Compare Materials Engineer Salary in Brownsville-Harlingen with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,900 in Brownsville-Harlingen is in the middle of salary range for materials engineers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of materials engineers in Brownsville-Harlingen is 38.3 percent (38.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 39.0 percent (39.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$132,750
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$107,490
Corpus Christi
$104,420
Fort Worth-Arlington
$103,960
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$103,140
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$100,710
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$95,920
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$93,300
Brownsville-Harlingen
$81,900
El Paso
$81,070
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$80,230
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$68,520
College Station-Bryan
$49,950

See also: Top paying jobs in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas.