SOC 51-6021 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials make in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is $29,940. The 10th percentile is $22,940 and the 90th percentile is $36,930. Employment is 330.
Median annual wage
$29,940
- 10th percentile
- $22,940
- 25th percentile
- $29,040
- Median
- $29,940
- 75th percentile
- $36,920
- 90th percentile
- $36,930
- Mean
- $31,130
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials, the published 10th percentile is $22,940 and the 90th percentile is $36,930. The difference is $13,990, which is 46.7% 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 $29,040 to the 75th at $36,920, covers $7,880.
The mean annual wage is $31,130, which sits above the median of $29,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX median is 14.6% lower than the national median of $35,060 for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials. In 2024 national prices the local median is $31,610, which is 9.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 0.9% higher than the Texas median of $29,680.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 94.716, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $29,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials at $31,610 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 Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ranks 2nd 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).).
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $34,300 and employment of 260. That median is 14.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,976, against $31,610 here.
- Waco, TX is 169 miles away, with a median of $28,960 and employment of 30. That median is 3.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,291, against $31,610 here.
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 198 miles away, with a median of $29,680 and employment of 740. That median is 0.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,093, against $31,610 here.
Employment share
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (330 of 1,126,880). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (26,120 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.74 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX · Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 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 Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials make in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is $29,940. The 10th percentile is $22,940 and the 90th percentile is $36,930. Employment is 330.
How does that compare with the national median for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials?
The local median is 14.6% lower than the national median of $35,060.
What is Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials pay in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 94.716, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $29,940 is $31,610. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX compare with nearby metros for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials?
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 80 miles away, at $34,300. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ranks 2nd of 4 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.