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Mechanical Engineers Salary in Houston, TX

Estimates come from the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Mechanical Engineers in Houston, TX is $125,350, 20% higher than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Houston sits within the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area, Mechanical Engineers pay runs from $79,470 to $198,730 a year, with about 8.3K people employed.

Median annual

$125,350

Median hourly

$60

Average annual

$133,040

Employed in metro

8.3K

Pay distribution

10th$79,470
25th$99,080
Median$125,350
75th$164,640
90th$198,730

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Hourly
$60.26
Daily
$482
Weekly
$2,411
Bi-weekly
$4,821
Monthly
$10,446
Annual
$125,350

$125,350 a year is around the 50th percentile for Mechanical Engineerss in Houston, TX. The median is $125,350.

Mechanical Engineers in other metro areas

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$168,030
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$161,370
  • Baton Rouge, LA$135,530
  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$132,920
  • Salinas, CA$132,560
  • Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$128,740
  • Peoria, IL$128,710
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$128,180