Frontend Developer salary in Texas

Official occupation: 15-1254 Web Developers · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In Texas, the median frontend developer earns $85,800 a year, 7% below the United States median of $92,650.

It ranks 20th of 44 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $158,460, 3.2 times the $50,060 that marks the bottom 10%.

With 4,910 jobs and a location quotient of 0.77, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Texas is $48,620, so this role pays 1.8 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureTexasNational
Median annual pay Observed$85,800United States: $92,650
Mean annual pay Observed$95,560United States: $98,770
10th percentile Observed$50,060United States: $48,100
25th percentile Observed$61,960United States: $64,230
75th percentile Observed$118,980United States: $126,230
90th percentile Observed$158,460United States: $162,290
Median hourly pay Observed$41.25United States: $44.54
Employment (jobs) Observed4,910
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed0.349
Location quotient Observed0.77
Difference from United States median ($92,650) Derived−7%
Rank among 44 states Derived20
Ratio to Texas all-occupation median ($48,620) Derived1.76×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived3.17

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 18. Colorado$85,950
  2. 19. Connecticut$85,930
  3. 20. Texas$85,800
  4. 21. Louisiana$85,330
  5. 22. Illinois$84,820

Largest cities in Texas: Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.