SOC 19-3022 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025

How much do Survey Researchers make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Survey Researchers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $48,810. The 10th percentile is $48,190 and the 90th percentile is $65,950. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$48,810

10th percentile
$48,190
25th percentile
$48,810
Median
$48,810
75th percentile
$51,270
90th percentile
$65,950
Mean
$53,260

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Survey Researchers, the published 10th percentile is $48,190 and the 90th percentile is $65,950. The difference is $17,760, which is 36.4% 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 $48,810 to the 75th at $51,270, covers $2,460.

The mean annual wage is $53,260, which sits above the median of $48,810. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 29.7% lower than the national median of $69,460 for Survey Researchers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,488, which is 28.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.1% higher than the Texas median of $47,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,810 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Survey Researchers at $49,488 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Survey Researchers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Survey Researchers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (100 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,290 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.57 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Survey Researchers 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 Survey Researchers make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Survey Researchers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $48,810. The 10th percentile is $48,190 and the 90th percentile is $65,950. Employment is 100.

How does that compare with the national median for Survey Researchers?

The local median is 29.7% lower than the national median of $69,460.

What is Survey Researchers pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $48,810 is $49,488. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.