Lawyers salary in College Station, TX

Median pay for lawyers in College Station, TX: $130,000/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $78,390 – $239,200 · about 340 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($119,840) by +$10,160 (+8%).

What it's really worth in College Station

With College Station's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $130,000 has the buying power of about $142,450 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $58,659 · median home $310,961 · median rent $1,472/mo.

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How College Station ranks for this job

On raw pay, College Station, TX is 51st of the 183 metros we hold lawyers wages for. Once College Station's cost of living is applied, it ranks 31st.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — College Station is one of the places where lawyers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in College Station

A median home in College Station, TX costs $310,961 — about 2.4× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,472/mo works out at 14% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where lawyers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to College Station.

Metro	Median pay	vs College Station	Rent vs College Station
San Jose, CA	$239,200	+84%	2.5×
San Francisco, CA	$217,340	+67%	2.2×
Los Angeles, CA	$194,020	+49%	2×
New York, NY	$185,790	+43%	2.4×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs College Station	Rent vs College Station
Corpus Christi, TX	$178,670	+37%	1×
Dallas, TX	$161,620	+24%	1.1×
Houston, TX	$152,260	+17%	1.1×
Austin, TX	$134,570	+4%	1.1×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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