Entry-level Elementary School Teacher salary in Austin, TX

Based on 14 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Bastrop, Pflugerville.

Also listed as: Elementary Bilingual Teacher

Median salary$57,207
Middle 50%$55.8k–$58.1k
vs. all levels here−1%comparison median $58,069
Filings14FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $51,134 and $58,069.
PercentileSalary
10th$53,692
25th$55,844
50th (median)$57,207
75th$58,069
90th$58,069

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $50k $60k FY2020: median $50,251 (10 filings) FY2021: median $51,000 (12 filings) FY2023: median $52,191 (17 filings) FY2024: median $55,844 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 9 filings FY22 FY2023: 17 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 8 filings FY25 FY2026: 6 filings FY26 17
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$50,251$50,251$50,25110
FY2021$51,000$50,251$51,00012
FY2022–––9
FY2023$52,191$52,191$53,50017
FY2024$55,844$55,844$55,84412
FY2025–––8
FY2026–––6

Cost of living

Austin's median entry-level Elementary School Teacher salary of $57,207 is worth about $58,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Austin = 98.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Austin, TX area earned a median of $61,270 in May 2025 (8,450 employed). The H-1B median here is $57,207, 7% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Austin Independent School District$58,06912
Harmony Public Schoolstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $57,207 14
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$50,890$57,20714

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.