How much do Architectural and Engineering Managers make in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX?

Percentile spread

For Architectural and Engineering Managers, the published 10th percentile is $111,480 and the 90th percentile is $200,570. The difference is $89,090, which is 56.7% 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 $144,430 to the 75th at $162,130, covers $17,700.

The mean annual wage is $154,060, which sits below the median of $157,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Brownsville-Harlingen, TX median is 8.2% lower than the national median of $171,270 for Architectural and Engineering Managers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $182,797, which is 6.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.3% lower than the Texas median of $171,370.

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 $157,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Architectural and Engineering Managers at $182,797 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Architectural and Engineering Managers. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ranks 2nd of 3 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 $158,430 and employment of 130. That median is 0.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $170,960, against $182,797 here.
• Laredo, TX is 162 miles away, with a median of $155,340 and employment of 30. That median is 1.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $178,642, against $182,797 here.

Employment share

Architectural and Engineering Managers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX (50 of 157,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (220,260 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.22 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.