The Texas Workforce Commission reported the following statewide average salaries for respiratory therapists in 2013:
- Annual, mean salary: $26.50 per hour ($55,120)
- Entry-level salary: $21.83 per hour ($45,406)
- Experienced-level salary: $28.84 per hour ($59,987)
- Respiratory therapist salary in the 10th percentile: $20.20 per hour
- Respiratory therapist salary in the 25th percentile: $23.39 per hour
- Respiratory therapist salary in the 50th percentile: $26.35 per hour
- Respiratory therapist salary in the 75th percentile: $29.41 per hour
- Respiratory therapist salary in the 90th percentile: $34.13 per hour
Average salaries for respiratory therapists in Texas in 2013 varied according to the metropolitan region in which they were located:
- Dallas-Plano-Irving: $27.73 per hour
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington: $27.45 per hour
- Fort Worth-Arlington: $27.45 per hour
- Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown: $27.40 per hour
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos: $26.81 per hour
- San Antonio-New Braunfels: $24.59 per hour
Respiratory therapist jobs, according to metropolitan region, were distributed as follows in 2013:
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington: 2,710
- Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown: 2,520
- Dallas-Plano-Irving: 1,740
- Fort Worth-Arlington: 980
- San Antonio-New Braunfels: 860
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos: 570
The Texas Workforce Commission reported that there were 10,300 respiratory therapists employed in the Lone Star State in 2010. By 2020, this number is expected to increase to 14,050, a growth of 3,750 jobs, or 36.4 percent. Texas is second only to California for its employment of respiratory therapists.
The Workforce Commission also reported 570 annual, average job openings in Texas, 375 of which are due to growth and 195 of which are due to replacement.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes salary statistics on respiratory therapists in Texas. The following table displays this data by city: