How much do Furniture Finishers make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Percentile spread

For Furniture Finishers, the published 10th percentile is $28,590 and the 90th percentile is $51,020. The difference is $22,430, which is 52.2% 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 $33,630 to the 75th at $45,130, covers $11,500.

The mean annual wage is $39,850, which sits below the median of $42,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median is 3.6% lower than the national median of $44,540 for Furniture Finishers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,787, which is 1.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.1% higher than the Texas median of $36,350.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $42,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Furniture Finishers at $43,787 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Furniture Finishers. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 1st of 4 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).).

• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $36,160 and employment of 70. That median is 15.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,177, against $43,787 here.
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 141 miles away, with a median of $36,450 and employment of 210. That median is 15.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,957, against $43,787 here.
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 184 miles away, with a median of $36,080 and employment of 350. That median is 16% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,999, against $43,787 here.

Employment share

Furniture Finishers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (70 of 1,293,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (14,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.58 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.