How much do Mechanical Engineers make in Corpus Christi, TX?

Percentile spread

For Mechanical Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $77,320 and the 90th percentile is $160,490. The difference is $83,170, which is 66.9% 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 $95,620 to the 75th at $153,070, covers $57,450.

The mean annual wage is $124,680, which sits above the median of $124,340. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Corpus Christi, TX median is 19.4% higher than the national median of $104,110 for Mechanical Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $134,174, which is 28.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.6% higher than the Texas median of $112,410.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Corpus Christi, TX is 92.671, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $124,340 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mechanical Engineers at $134,174 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mechanical Engineers. Corpus Christi, TX ranks 2nd of 6 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).).

• McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 114 miles away, with a median of $80,500 and employment of 90. That median is 35.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $93,719, against $134,174 here.
• Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 124 miles away, with a median of $102,350 and employment of 230. That median is 17.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $119,046, against $134,174 here.
• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 129 miles away, with a median of $104,620 and employment of 1,480. That median is 15.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $110,457, against $134,174 here.

Employment share

Mechanical Engineers accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Corpus Christi, TX (280 of 192,580). Nationally the occupation is 0.19% of employment (296,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.76 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.