How much do Protective Service Workers, All Other make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Percentile spread

For Protective Service Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $30,400 and the 90th percentile is $77,550. The difference is $47,150, which is 101.8% 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 $35,080 to the 75th at $58,420, covers $23,340.

The mean annual wage is $50,580, which sits above the median of $46,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median is 8.9% higher than the national median of $42,540 for Protective Service Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,233, which is 11% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 38.3% higher than the Texas median of $33,500.

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 $46,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Protective Service Workers, All Other at $47,233 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Protective Service Workers, All Other. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 2nd of 5 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 $32,470 and employment of 1,200. That median is 29.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,281, against $47,233 here.
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 141 miles away, with a median of $33,500 and employment of 880. That median is 27.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,966, against $47,233 here.
• Corpus Christi, TX is 163 miles away, with a median of $60,590 and employment of 30. That median is 30.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,382, against $47,233 here.

Employment share

Protective Service Workers, All Other accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (300 of 1,293,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (81,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.44 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.