Civil Engineers salary in Brownsville, TX

Median pay for civil engineers in Brownsville, TX: $65,450/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $49,850 – $103,370 · about 140 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($88,630) by −$23,180 (-26%).

What it's really worth in Brownsville

With Brownsville's cost of living at 86 (US=100), that $65,450 has the buying power of about $76,372 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 184th of the 187 metros we hold civil engineers wages for. Once Brownsville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 181st.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Brownsville sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Brownsville

A median home in Brownsville, TX costs $207,150 — about 3.2× 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 27% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where civil 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
Sacramento, CA	$125,760	+92%	1.6×
San Francisco, CA	$122,670	+87%	2.2×
San Jose, CA	$119,430	+82%	2.5×
Baton Rouge, LA	$110,110	+68%	1×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Brownsville	Rent vs Brownsville
Austin, TX	$93,370	+43%	1.1×
Dallas, TX	$92,240	+41%	1.1×
Houston, TX	$87,330	+33%	1.1×
Corpus Christi, TX	$86,960	+33%	1×

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

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