Location Salary Data

Salaries in Harlingen, TX

Government-verified salary data from 122 DOL employer filings in this area.

Median DOL Salary
$116,040
122 filings
Median DOL Salary
$116,040
Total DOL Filings
122
Companies Hiring
67
Cost of Living Index
92.7
National avg = 100

Location vs National

Harlingen, TX$116,040
National Average$60,917
The weighted median salary in Harlingen, TX is 90.5% above the national average across all occupations.

Top Employers in Harlingen

Highest-Paying Occupations in Harlingen

Job TitleMedian Salaryvs NationalFilings
Speech-Language Pathologists$62,000-30.7%7
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$44,100-28.9%5

BLS Wage Survey Data - Texas

Independent Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey - all workers, not just sponsored positions.
BLS metro-level data is not available for this area. Showing state-level data for Texas.
OccupationBLS Median WageEmployment
Family Medicine Physicians$228,5606,510
Nurse Anesthetists$227,5803,660
Dentists, All Other Specialists$227,570N/A
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$214,67010,050
Anesthesiologists$203,4503,740
Pediatricians, General$187,5902,690
Dermatologists$172,510740
Architectural and Engineering Managers$170,65017,980
Physicists$170,450700
Cardiologists$168,7801,530

Salary Trend in Harlingen, TX

Median DOL-filed salary by fiscal year

Cost of Living Comparison

Harlingen, TX has a cost of living index of 92.7, which is 7.3% less expensive than the national average. A salary of $100,000 here has the purchasing power equivalent of $107,875 in an average-cost city.

Top-Paying Occupations - COL-Adjusted

Job TitleMedian SalaryCOL-Adjusted Equivalent
Speech-Language Pathologists$62,000$66,882
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$44,100$47,573

Compare to Other Cities

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Popular Salary Pages in Harlingen, TX

Speech-Language PathologistsSecondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.