SOC 47-5099 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Extraction Workers, All Other make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Extraction Workers, All Other in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $64,740. The 10th percentile is $41,010 and the 90th percentile is $72,340. Employment is 260.

Median annual wage

$64,740

10th percentile
$41,010
25th percentile
$64,730
Median
$64,740
75th percentile
$65,220
90th percentile
$72,340
Mean
$61,230

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A welder working in a workshop
A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Extraction Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $41,010 and the 90th percentile is $72,340. The difference is $31,330, which is 48.4% 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 $64,730 to the 75th at $65,220, covers $490.

The mean annual wage is $61,230, which sits below the median of $64,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 13.6% higher than the national median of $57,010 for Extraction Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $65,640, which is 15.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.6% higher than the Texas median of $61,290.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Extraction Workers, All Other at $65,640 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 Extraction Workers, All Other. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 1st 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).).

  • Lafayette, LA is 193 miles away, with a median of $53,210 and employment of 390. That median is 17.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,014, against $65,640 here.
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 198 miles away, with a median of $62,820 and employment of 70. That median is 3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,325, against $65,640 here.

Employment share

Extraction Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (260 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (5,540 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.22 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Extraction Workers, All Other 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 Extraction Workers, All Other make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Extraction Workers, All Other in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $64,740. The 10th percentile is $41,010 and the 90th percentile is $72,340. Employment is 260.

How does that compare with the national median for Extraction Workers, All Other?

The local median is 13.6% higher than the national median of $57,010.

What is Extraction Workers, All Other pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $64,740 is $65,640. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX compare with nearby metros for Extraction Workers, All Other?

Lafayette, LA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 193 miles away, at $53,210. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 1st of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.