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Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Eagle Pass, TX metropolitan area. Estimated employment 250.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 53-3032
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$58,600 · 50th
$34,09010th
$44,28025th
$58,60050th
$72,15075th
$75,70090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Eagle Pass earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$58,600 in Eagle Pass buys what $69,900 buys across the country as a whole.

Eagle Pass's regional price parity is 83.8 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Texas

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Eagle Pass
Dallas$59,530$57,700103.1−17.4%
Eagle Pass This page$58,600$69,90083.8
Odessa$58,370$62,20093.9−11.1%
Midland$58,200$60,80095.8−13.1%
Austin$57,110$58,20098.1−16.7%
Killeen$57,040$62,60091.1−10.5%
Houston$56,840$57,60098.6−17.6%
Sherman$55,270$58,90093.8−15.7%

Price parity and difference against Eagle Pass are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Employment
250 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 53-3032, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Mapped to our taxonomy as heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers.

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