Mechanical Engineers salary in Brownsville, TX

Median pay for mechanical engineers in Brownsville, TX: $102,320/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $47,000 – $160,790 · about 100 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($95,605) by +$6,715 (+7%).

What it's really worth in Brownsville

With Brownsville's cost of living at 86 (US=100), that $102,320 has the buying power of about $119,395 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $47,435 · median home $207,150 · median rent $1,460/mo.

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How Brownsville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Brownsville, TX is 34th of the 180 metros we hold mechanical engineers wages for. Once Brownsville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 9th.

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

What that salary buys in Brownsville

A median home in Brownsville, TX costs $207,150 — about 2× 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 $1,460/mo works out at 17% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where mechanical engineers earn more

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

Metro	Median pay	vs Brownsville	Rent vs Brownsville
San Jose, CA	$153,520	+50%	2.5×
San Francisco, CA	$136,970	+34%	2.2×
Albuquerque, NM	$133,660	+31%	1×
Tyler, TX	$130,720	+28%	1×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Brownsville	Rent vs Brownsville
Tyler, TX	$130,720	+28%	1×
Beaumont, TX	$121,470	+19%	0.9×
Corpus Christi, TX	$119,770	+17%	1×
Houston, TX	$119,550	+17%	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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