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Galveston County · Texas · United States

What trades pay in Galveston County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Galveston County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$908 Median weekly pay across these 35 trades. $1,921 — $337.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 92 businesses · 316 employees$1,921$99,896 a year-6.6%down
Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 15 businesses · 156 employees$1,714$89,123 a year+2.0%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 12 businesses · 943 employees$1,702$88,524 a year-4.7%down
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 66 businesses · 615 employees$1,700$88,406 a year+4.9%up
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 172 businesses · 963 employees$1,636$85,092 a year+6.5%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 124 businesses · 560 employees$1,555$80,859 a year+2.6%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 164 businesses · 2,176 employees$1,550$80,574 a year-1.0%down
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 61 businesses · 900 employees$1,449$75,338 a year-2.2%down
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 40 businesses · 308 employees$1,383$71,925 a year+11.0%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 52 businesses · 619 employees$1,361$70,782 a year-3.4%down
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 56 businesses · 733 employees$1,299$67,570 a year-2.4%down
Solid waste collectionNAICS 562111 · 7 businesses · 82 employees$1,249$64,955 a year+1.5%up
General automotive repairNAICS 811111 · 68 businesses · 332 employees$1,149$59,768 a year+1.7%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 102 businesses · 788 employees$1,100$57,220 a year+2.2%up
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 12 businesses · 73 employees$1,048$54,502 a year+8.7%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 102 businesses · 236 employees$942$48,967 a year-7.1%down
Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 41 businesses · 119 employees$915$47,581 a year+7.8%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 18 businesses · 57 employees$908$47,201 a year-2.2%down
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 20 businesses · 1,260 employees$902$46,899 a year+6.1%up
Security guards and patrolNAICS 561612 · 11 businesses · 785 employees$800$41,621 a year-14.6%down
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 25 businesses · 180 employees$799$41,530 a year-7.4%down
Barber shopsNAICS 812111 · 6 businesses · 70 employees$787$40,919 a year+7.4%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 52 businesses · 512 employees$781$40,605 a year+6.8%up
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 53 businesses · 362 employees$673$35,014 a year-2.2%down
Automotive oil change and lubricationNAICS 811191 · 14 businesses · 153 employees$635$33,001 a year+5.3%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 40 businesses · 2,705 employees$633$32,902 a year-0.5%flat
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 35 businesses · 1,427 employees$613$31,888 a year+8.5%up
Other services to buildingsNAICS 561790 · 31 businesses · 234 employees$590$30,686 a year+6.7%up
Nail salonsNAICS 812113 · 26 businesses · 87 employees$559$29,073 a year-10.7%down
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 66 businesses · 1,180 employees$554$28,810 a year-1.2%down
CaterersNAICS 722320 · 8 businesses · 181 employees$524$27,266 a year+6.1%up
Convenience storesNAICS 445131 · 48 businesses · 142 employees$516$26,824 a year-3.6%down
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 279 businesses · 8,138 employees$478$24,857 a year+0.8%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 228 businesses · 5,310 employees$403$20,956 a year+1.5%up
Retail bakeriesNAICS 311811 · 5 businesses · 50 employees$337$17,525 a year-4.0%down

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses25,068
Employees332,380
Annual payroll$16 M
Net movement of people+1,966People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Galveston County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in Texas

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Galveston County?
Across the 35 trades on this page, the middle one pays $908 a week. The highest pays $1,921 and the lowest $337.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Galveston County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.