# Counties in Texas by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 254 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/texas-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Harris County | 236,477.2 |
| 2 | Dallas County | 180,537.2 |
| 3 | Travis County | 97,831.8 |
| 4 | Tarrant County | 80,707 |
| 5 | Bexar County | 71,047.8 |
| 6 | Collin County | 54,586 |
| 7 | Denton County | 22,790 |
| 8 | Williamson County | 20,964.4 |
| 9 | El Paso County | 20,299 |
| 10 | Montgomery County | 17,660.8 |
| 11 | Fort Bend County | 17,228 |
| 12 | Hidalgo County | 13,595 |
| 13 | Midland County | 12,312.7 |
| 14 | Bell County | 11,404.1 |
| 15 | Nueces County | 10,964.2 |
| 16 | Jefferson County | 9,423.1 |
| 17 | Brazoria County | 9,031.4 |
| 18 | Lubbock County | 8,978.3 |
| 19 | Galveston County | 8,433.4 |
| 20 | McLennan County | 8,193 |
| 21 | Cameron County | 7,637.3 |
| 22 | Brazos County | 7,221.6 |
| 23 | Smith County | 7,060.2 |
| 24 | Ector County | 6,438.2 |
| 25 | Hays County | 5,670.1 |
| 26 | Webb County | 5,465 |
| 27 | Potter County | 5,206.8 |
| 28 | Comal County | 4,910.4 |
| 29 | Gregg County | 4,837.7 |
| 30 | Taylor County | 4,491.4 |
| 31 | Ellis County | 3,935.9 |
| 32 | Johnson County | 3,753 |
| 33 | Wichita County | 3,344.2 |
| 34 | Grayson County | 3,282.9 |
| 35 | Tom Green County | 3,263.8 |
| 36 | Guadalupe County | 3,110.2 |
| 37 | Kaufman County | 2,658 |
| 38 | Parker County | 2,606.4 |
| 39 | Rockwall County | 2,595.8 |
| 40 | Bowie County | 2,446.4 |
| 41 | Randall County | 2,261.7 |
| 42 | Victoria County | 2,260.9 |
| 43 | Hunt County | 2,188.6 |
| 44 | Angelina County | 1,942 |
| 45 | Chambers County | 1,786.2 |
| 46 | Waller County | 1,774.1 |
| 47 | Orange County | 1,692.5 |
| 48 | Walker County | 1,470 |
| 49 | Harrison County | 1,459.1 |
| 50 | San Patricio County | 1,455 |
| 51 | Kendall County | 1,381.7 |
| 52 | Wise County | 1,372.4 |
| 53 | Bastrop County | 1,355.1 |
| 54 | Anderson County | 1,307.9 |
| 55 | Lamar County | 1,258.5 |
| 56 | Kerr County | 1,211.6 |
| 57 | Liberty County | 1,208.3 |
| 58 | Nacogdoches County | 1,164.2 |
| 59 | Calhoun County | 1,162.1 |
| 60 | Cooke County | 1,128.6 |
| 61 | Val Verde County | 1,111.8 |
| 62 | Henderson County | 1,055.5 |
| 63 | Hood County | 1,043.7 |
| 64 | Burnet County | 1,043.3 |
| 65 | Austin County | 981.1 |
| 66 | Atascosa County | 978.3 |
| 67 | Erath County | 940.9 |
| 68 | Washington County | 938.2 |
| 69 | Titus County | 936.5 |
| 70 | Howard County | 895.8 |
| 71 | Navarro County | 895.5 |
| 72 | Wharton County | 894.4 |
| 73 | Coryell County | 880.2 |
| 74 | Matagorda County | 878.5 |
| 75 | Maverick County | 863.8 |
| 76 | Hopkins County | 859.2 |
| 77 | Brown County | 825.7 |
| 78 | Cherokee County | 825.2 |
| 79 | Rusk County | 777.2 |
| 80 | Jim Wells County | 774.7 |
| 81 | Kleberg County | 721.4 |
| 82 | Polk County | 711.9 |
| 83 | Hardin County | 711.1 |
| 84 | Carson County | 693 |
| 85 | Moore County | 688.5 |
| 86 | Gillespie County | 686.6 |
| 87 | Reeves County | 659.3 |
| 88 | Hill County | 655 |
| 89 | Andrews County | 653.3 |
| 90 | Van Zandt County | 647.8 |
| 91 | Starr County | 632.9 |
| 92 | Hockley County | 618.5 |
| 93 | Limestone County | 612.5 |
| 94 | Hutchinson County | 600.9 |
| 95 | Caldwell County | 597 |
| 96 | Medina County | 592.9 |
| 97 | Hale County | 572.3 |
| 98 | Fayette County | 564.2 |
| 99 | Wood County | 563 |
| 100 | Ward County | 555 |
| 101 | Houston County | 546 |
| 102 | Wilson County | 545.8 |
| 103 | Fannin County | 523.9 |
| 104 | Grimes County | 523.4 |
| 105 | Jasper County | 520 |
| 106 | Scurry County | 515.5 |
| 107 | Lee County | 504.1 |
| 108 | Uvalde County | 501.6 |
| 109 | Panola County | 492.8 |
| 110 | Karnes County | 481.8 |
| 111 | Shelby County | 480 |
| 112 | Gray County | 478.6 |
| 113 | Young County | 457.4 |
| 114 | Dimmit County | 456.3 |
| 115 | Upshur County | 455.9 |
| 116 | Palo Pinto County | 450.9 |
| 117 | Gaines County | 449.9 |
| 118 | Frio County | 449.1 |
| 119 | Colorado County | 439 |
| 120 | Deaf Smith County | 434.5 |
| 121 | Bee County | 423 |
| 122 | Leon County | 409.2 |
| 123 | Cass County | 408.3 |
| 124 | DeWitt County | 407 |
| 125 | Winkler County | 404.6 |
| 126 | Gonzales County | 401.7 |
| 127 | Robertson County | 398.6 |
| 128 | Nolan County | 387.1 |
| 129 | Upton County | 366.7 |
| 130 | Milam County | 363.2 |
| 131 | Pecos County | 358.6 |
| 132 | Lavaca County | 356.9 |
| 133 | Parmer County | 348.1 |
| 134 | Jackson County | 340.5 |
| 135 | Llano County | 333.3 |
| 136 | Aransas County | 323.4 |
| 137 | Somervell County | 318.4 |
| 138 | Eastland County | 313.5 |
| 139 | Freestone County | 304.1 |
| 140 | Wilbarger County | 299.9 |
| 141 | Blanco County | 287.7 |
| 142 | Burleson County | 287 |
| 143 | Yoakum County | 285.7 |
| 144 | La Salle County | 281.2 |
| 145 | Live Oak County | 271.8 |
| 146 | Lampasas County | 270 |
| 147 | Montague County | 257.9 |
| 148 | Brewster County | 254.7 |
| 149 | Bosque County | 248.5 |
| 150 | Dallam County | 243.3 |
| 151 | Ochiltree County | 238.4 |
| 152 | Dawson County | 234.2 |
| 153 | Madison County | 225 |
| 154 | Jones County | 222.1 |
| 155 | Tyler County | 219.6 |
| 156 | Comanche County | 216.7 |
| 157 | Lamb County | 215.7 |
| 158 | Morris County | 214.2 |
| 159 | Willacy County | 211 |
| 160 | Franklin County | 207.1 |
| 161 | Zapata County | 195.4 |
| 162 | Falls County | 190.6 |
| 163 | Bandera County | 188.1 |
| 164 | Martin County | 186.7 |
| 165 | Camp County | 182.9 |
| 166 | Callahan County | 175.1 |
| 167 | Terry County | 168.9 |
| 168 | Runnels County | 166.3 |
| 169 | Duval County | 159.8 |
| 170 | Stephens County | 158 |
| 171 | Childress County | 154.2 |
| 172 | Culberson County | 152.6 |
| 173 | Hartley County | 147.8 |
| 174 | Reagan County | 147.6 |
| 175 | Jack County | 144.1 |
| 176 | Hamilton County | 142.5 |
| 177 | Zavala County | 141 |
| 178 | Castro County | 134.8 |
| 179 | Brooks County | 134.3 |
| 180 | Presidio County | 133.1 |
| 181 | San Jacinto County | 131.2 |
| 182 | Refugio County | 130.3 |
| 183 | Mitchell County | 126.6 |
| 184 | Red River County | 126.2 |
| 185 | McCulloch County | 122.8 |
| 186 | Sabine County | 118.4 |
| 187 | Rains County | 116.6 |
| 188 | Hansford County | 115.2 |
| 189 | Bailey County | 114.2 |
| 190 | Coleman County | 111.9 |
| 191 | Trinity County | 111.6 |
| 192 | San Augustine County | 110.8 |
| 193 | Marion County | 110.4 |
| 194 | Archer County | 110.3 |
| 195 | Lynn County | 108.5 |
| 196 | Crane County | 105 |
| 197 | Shackelford County | 104.6 |
| 198 | Jim Hogg County | 97.2 |
| 199 | Garza County | 93.8 |
| 200 | Swisher County | 91.2 |
| 201 | Hudspeth County | 90.7 |
| 202 | Clay County | 90.2 |
| 203 | Coke County | 90.2 |
| 204 | Wheeler County | 88.8 |
| 205 | Baylor County | 88 |
| 206 | Loving County | 85.7 |
| 207 | Hemphill County | 85 |
| 208 | Goliad County | 84.2 |
| 209 | Irion County | 82 |
| 210 | Sutton County | 81.5 |
| 211 | San Saba County | 81.2 |
| 212 | Floyd County | 79.1 |
| 213 | Crockett County | 78.2 |
| 214 | Cottle County | 72.3 |
| 215 | Lipscomb County | 71.1 |
| 216 | Concho County | 70.4 |
| 217 | Haskell County | 68.5 |
| 218 | Glasscock County | 66.8 |
| 219 | Newton County | 66.1 |
| 220 | Crosby County | 63.6 |
| 221 | Kimble County | 63.6 |
| 222 | Mills County | 63.5 |
| 223 | Hardeman County | 62.4 |
| 224 | Mason County | 60.4 |
| 225 | Kinney County | 58.1 |
| 226 | Knox County | 58.1 |
| 227 | Stonewall County | 55.3 |
| 228 | Fisher County | 52.9 |
| 229 | Cochran County | 51.9 |
| 230 | Sherman County | 49.8 |
| 231 | Delta County | 45.9 |
| 232 | Collingsworth County | 45.5 |
| 233 | Schleicher County | 45 |
| 234 | McMullen County | 44.8 |
| 235 | Oldham County | 43.6 |
| 236 | Kenedy County | 41.8 |
| 237 | Donley County | 41.1 |
| 238 | Jeff Davis County | 35.6 |
| 239 | Real County | 33.9 |
| 240 | Hall County | 32.8 |
| 241 | Sterling County | 32.5 |
| 242 | Dickens County | 32.3 |
| 243 | Armstrong County | 31.7 |
| 244 | Borden County | 27.3 |
| 245 | Edwards County | 24.9 |
| 246 | Throckmorton County | 20.7 |
| 247 | Foard County | 20 |
| 248 | Briscoe County | 20 |
| 249 | Terrell County | 19.1 |
| 250 | Menard County | 17.7 |
| 251 | Motley County | 16.4 |
| 252 | Kent County | 15 |
| 253 | Roberts County | 8.7 |
| 254 | King County | 5.7 |