SOC 53-6032 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Aircraft Service Attendants make in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Service Attendants in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is $29,080. The 10th percentile is $27,100 and the 90th percentile is $38,080. Employment is 30.

Median annual wage

$29,080

10th percentile
$27,100
25th percentile
$27,100
Median
$29,080
75th percentile
$38,060
90th percentile
$38,080
Mean
$31,880

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Aircraft Service Attendants, the published 10th percentile is $27,100 and the 90th percentile is $38,080. The difference is $10,980, which is 37.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $27,100 to the 75th at $38,060, covers $10,960.

The mean annual wage is $31,880, which sits above the median of $29,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Brownsville-Harlingen, TX median is 28.1% lower than the national median of $40,450 for Aircraft Service Attendants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,824, which is 16.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 24.9% lower than the Texas median of $38,720.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 85.975, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $29,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aircraft Service Attendants at $33,824 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Aircraft Service Attendants. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Corpus Christi, TX is 124 miles away, with a median of $32,510 and employment of 60. That median is 11.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,081, against $33,824 here.

Employment share

Aircraft Service Attendants accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX (30 of 157,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.95 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX · Aircraft Service Attendants by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Aircraft Service Attendants make in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Aircraft Service Attendants in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is $29,080. The 10th percentile is $27,100 and the 90th percentile is $38,080. Employment is 30.

How does that compare with the national median for Aircraft Service Attendants?

The local median is 28.1% lower than the national median of $40,450.

What is Aircraft Service Attendants pay in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 85.975, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $29,080 is $33,824. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Brownsville-Harlingen, TX compare with nearby metros for Aircraft Service Attendants?

Corpus Christi, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 124 miles away, at $32,510. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.