{"id":283104,"date":"2026-05-07T17:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283104\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:38:14","slug":"fact-check-is-the-average-annual-wage-in-el-paso-lower-than-the-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283104\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Is the average annual wage in El Paso lower than the state\u2019s?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: El Paso Matters has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/gigafact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gigafact<\/a> to produce <a href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/2024\/01\/30\/el-paso-matters-gigafact-fact-check-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cfact briefs\u201d<\/a> that examine claims about issues shaping our community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/factBriefImage.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:150px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>El Paso\u2019s average annual wage was about 21.4% lower than the state average in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>The average annual wage in Texas was $63,660 that year, the latest data available from the BLS. In El Paso, the average annual wage was $50,050 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reflects average wages across all occupations.<\/p>\n<p>Nationally, the mean annual wage in 2024 was $67,920.<\/p>\n<p>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/screenshot-2026-03-16-114441\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sources<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/author\/brandy-ruiz\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Brandy-Ruiz-scaled-e1640132858282-120x120.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrandy Ruiz is an audience engagement reporter at El Paso Matters. She joined the staff in 2021 as a social media intern, completed a summer fellowship at the Texas Tribune and graduated with a degree&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/elpasomatters.org\/author\/brandy-ruiz\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Brandy Ruiz\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s Note: El Paso Matters has partnered with Gigafact to produce \u201cfact briefs\u201d that examine claims about issues&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[5332,138,140,139,3927],"class_list":["post-283104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-business-economy","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-fact-check"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}