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Title: Corporate Secretary hourly rate in Texas | Deftridge
Summary: Corporate Secretary & Governance pay in Texas: median wage $61 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $90. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

TX · United States · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Corporate Secretary & Governance hourly rate in Texas

The market median wage for a Corporate Secretary & Governance in Texas is **$60.71 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$90 an hour** on Deftridge, +6% against the United States rate.

**$90/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$60.71/hr** median wage

**$47-80** middle half of wages

**$1,950** a month at 5 hours a week

## Corporate Secretary & Governance wage percentiles in Texas

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $35.79 | $780 | $74,400 |
| 25th | $46.69 | $1,010 | $97,100 |
| Median | $60.71 | $1,320 | $126,300 |
| 75th | $79.73 | $1,730 | $165,800 |
| 90th | $102.44 | $2,220 | $213,100 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 92,850 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Texas in numbers

What sets Texas apart for a Corporate Secretary & Governance, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+4%** median wage against the United States median of $58.33

- **16th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **92,850** people employed in the role in this place

- **$76.68** median wage in the Midland metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Corporate Secretary & Governance in Texas by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $90 | $1,950 |
| Manager | $105 | $2,280 |

- Regular role **$90**

- One-off task **$100**

- Task bundle **$90**

## Corporate Secretary & Governance pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Corporate Secretary & Governance, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Texas ranks **16 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $78.84 | $115 |
| Alabama | $72.40 | $105 |
| California | $69.80 | $100 |
| New York | $62.67 | $90 |
| South Dakota | $61.20 | $90 |
| Virginia | $60.80 | $90 |
| Texas | $60.71 | $90 |
| Massachusetts | $60.33 | $85 |
| Delaware | $59.99 | $85 |
| Missouri | $59.96 | $85 |

## Metro areas in Texas

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Midland $76.68/hr median wage · range $48-101](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

- [Eagle Pass $62.76/hr median wage · range $37-74](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

- [Dallas $62.74/hr median wage · range $48-83](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

- [Houston $61.19/hr median wage · range $48-80](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

- [San Antonio $60.31/hr median wage · range $46-79](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

- [Austin $60.03/hr median wage · range $47-79](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

- [Killeen $59.06/hr median wage · range $49-75](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

- [Waco $58.20/hr median wage · range $44-71](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

- [Amarillo $57.74/hr median wage · range $46-72](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

- [Odessa $57.66/hr median wage · range $44-74](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Corporate Secretary & Governance rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/) · [Corporate Secretary & Governance jobs in Texas](https://deftridge.com/jobs/corporate-secretary-and-governance/texas/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
