VERIFY: The average hourly wage in Texas is about $29

HOUSTON — When taking questions at a enterprise roundtable in Houston Thursday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott additionally talked about hourly wages in Texas.

This assertion caught our consideration: 

“The common hourly wage in Texas is $29 an hour,” stated Abbott. 

At first look, it appeared a bit excessive. At $29 an hour, which means the common Texan makes greater than $60,000 a yr. 

So we needed to confirm: What’s the common hourly wage in Texas? 

Our supply is The Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

It experiences on common Texans acquired paid $28.55 per hour in 2021. That’s about $2 lower than the nationwide common of $30.59 per hour. 

When Abbott took workplace in 2015, the common wage per hour was $24.39. It is climbed greater than $4 all through his two phrases. 

And to this point this yr, it is even greater than 2021’s common. Early numbers present the common hourly charge in Texas is $30.19.

So we are able to confirm the governor’s declare in regards to the common hourly wage in Texas being $29 to be true. 

However, it is value noting that at $28.55 an hour that 45 cents would translate to $972 fewer {dollars} a yr into somebody’s pocket. 

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