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Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers pay in Texas and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers is $145,220 per year in Texas. It is $88,390 per year in Virginia. Texas is 64.3% above Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-2042 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 4,900 wage and salary jobs in Texas and 300 in Virginia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings