How much do Self-Enrichment Teachers make in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX?

Percentile spread

For Self-Enrichment Teachers, the published 10th percentile is $25,180 and the 90th percentile is $73,430. The difference is $48,250, which is 65.7% 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 $35,740 to the 75th at $73,430, covers $37,690.

The mean annual wage is $57,330, which sits below the median of $73,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Brownsville-Harlingen, TX median is 56.9% higher than the national median of $46,800 for Self-Enrichment Teachers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $85,409, which is 82.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 103.2% higher than the Texas median of $36,140.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX is 85.975, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $73,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Self-Enrichment Teachers at $85,409 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 Self-Enrichment Teachers. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ranks 1st 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).).

• McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 48 miles away, with a median of $31,580 and employment of 220. That median is 57% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,766, against $85,409 here.
• Corpus Christi, TX is 124 miles away, with a median of $29,760 and employment of 180. That median is 59.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,114, against $85,409 here.
• Laredo, TX is 162 miles away, with a median of $33,780 and employment of 80. That median is 54% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,847, against $85,409 here.

Employment share

Self-Enrichment Teachers accounts for 0.13% of wage-and-salary employment in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX (210 of 157,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.21% of employment (332,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.62 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.