BLS metro-level wage data places Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other pay in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX at a median of $34,110 per year ($16.40/hr/hour), drawn from the OEWS May 2025 release for this Metropolitan Statistical Area. Compared to the national median of $37,280, San Antonio-New Braunfels pays 9% below, which typically tracks with a lower local cost of living or smaller specialized-employer cluster. Approximately 40 textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all others are employed across the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA in SOC 51-6099.

The San Antonio-New Braunfels pay distribution spans from $25,350 at the 10th percentile to $69,310 at the 90th — a 2.7× spread that reflects experience tenure, specialization, employer size, and the difference between public-sector, nonprofit, and private-sector compensation inside the metro. The 25th percentile sits at $27,800 and the 75th at $41,710, so half of San Antonio-New Braunfels-based textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all others earn within that middle band.

Metro figures capture where you actually work, not just where you live — which matters for commuters. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. Remember that OEWS wages reflect base pay only: employer-provided health insurance, retirement matches, stock options, signing bonuses, overtime, and tips are excluded and can add 20-40% to real total compensation. Before using this metro median as a negotiation anchor, triangulate against the same occupation's national profile (linked below), its state-wide TX data, and peer-metro comparisons — a median is a starting point, not a ceiling.