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Hydrologic Technicians pay in Midland, TX and Raleigh-Cary, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Hydrologic Technicians is $102,150 per year in Midland, TX. It is $70,750 per year in Raleigh-Cary, NC. Midland, TX is 44.4% above Raleigh-Cary, NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4044 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Midland, TX and 40 in Raleigh-Cary, NC. 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