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Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers · SOC 19-2042

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Salary in the Odessa Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Odessa, TX metro area

Figures describe the Odessa, TX metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Odessa city limits.

Median annual wage$129,730
Median hourly wage$62.37

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers in the Odessa, TX metro area earned a median of $129,730 per year ($62.37 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $57,910 at the 10th percentile to $282,970 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers in the Odessa metro area earn more than $129,730 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $57,910 and $214,660.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$57,910$57,910$129,730$214,660$282,970
Hourly$27.84$27.84$62.37$103.20$136.05

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Odessa metro areathis metro area
    $129,730
  • Texasstate (TX)
    $145,220
  • United Statesnational
    $101,920

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −11% vs Texas overall and +27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$55,130$109,800$164,470$219,140Casper, WY — $55,130Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $59,390Tyler, TX — $62,840Chattanooga, TN-GA — $63,270Lexington-Fayette, KY — $67,700Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $69,230Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $70,180Tallahassee, FL — $70,200Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $71,500Rochester, NY — $73,320Cheyenne, WY — $74,150Duluth, MN-WI — $75,450Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $76,060Pittsburgh, PA — $76,410Baton Rouge, LA — $76,640Knoxville, TN — $77,870Cleveland, OH — $77,890Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $78,290Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $78,500Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $78,570St. Louis, MO-IL — $78,630Syracuse, NY — $78,680Springfield, IL — $79,190Lafayette, LA — $79,240Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $79,780Albuquerque, NM — $79,820Richmond, VA — $80,490Colorado Springs, CO — $80,660Jackson, MS — $80,660Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $81,330Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $81,630Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $81,710Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $81,750Akron, OH — $83,010Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $83,100Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $83,970Columbus, OH — $84,140Corvallis, OR — $84,190Madison, WI — $84,520Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $84,910College Station-Bryan, TX — $86,260Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $86,420Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $86,650Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $86,870Raleigh-Cary, NC — $87,220Columbia, SC — $88,290Boise City, ID — $88,640San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $88,990Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $89,770Kansas City, MO-KS — $90,060Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $90,270Tucson, AZ — $90,700New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $90,810Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $91,100Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $92,150Omaha, NE-IA — $92,340Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $92,930Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $93,030Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $94,300Reno, NV — $94,610Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $94,660Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $94,850Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $95,140Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $97,330Jacksonville, FL — $97,470Manchester-Nashua, NH — $97,610Kennewick-Richland, WA — $97,770Asheville, NC — $99,160Billings, MT — $99,270Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $99,560Wichita, KS — $100,160Fairbanks-College, AK — $100,250Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $101,750Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $102,730Wilmington, NC — $102,990San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $104,760Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $105,020Longview, TX — $105,450Urban Honolulu, HI — $106,260Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $107,800Boulder, CO — $107,860Anchorage, AK — $111,290Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $111,830Redding, CA — $111,830Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $114,030Fresno, CA — $117,420San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $117,420Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $119,950Oklahoma City, OK — $119,990Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $120,240Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $120,480Grand Junction, CO — $121,820Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $122,100San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $122,310New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $125,570Odessa, TX — $129,730Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $132,620Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $132,780Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $132,790San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $136,120Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $136,120Lubbock, TX — $140,660Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $154,390Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $174,490Midland, TX — $219,140

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Odessa metro area has the 10th-highest published median for this occupation among the 105 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Odessa metro areathis page
    $129,730
  • Midland metro area
    $219,140
  • Houston metro area
    $174,490
  • Lubbock metro area
    $140,660
  • Dallas metro area
    $132,780
  • Longview metro area
    $105,450
  • Austin metro area
    $92,930

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$66,110Chemical Technicians$60,580Occupational Health and Safety Technicians$65,480Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians$31,950

Highest-paying metro areas for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographerss · Highest-paying occupations in Odessa Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.