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Title: IP & Trademark Support hourly rate in Texas | Deftridge
Summary: IP & Trademark Support pay in Texas: median wage $47 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $80. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

TX · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# IP & Trademark Support hourly rate in Texas

The market median wage for an IP & Trademark Support in Texas is **$47.24 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$80 an hour** on Deftridge, +7% against the United States rate.

**$80/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$47.24/hr** median wage

**$37-59** middle half of wages

**$1,730** a month at 5 hours a week

## IP & Trademark Support 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 | $29.95 | $650 | $62,300 |
| 25th | $36.54 | $790 | $76,000 |
| Median | $47.24 | $1,020 | $98,300 |
| 75th | $59.07 | $1,280 | $122,900 |
| 90th | $76.39 | $1,660 | $158,900 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 28,770 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Texas in numbers

What sets Texas apart for an IP & Trademark Support, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+4%** median wage against the United States median of $45.31

- **8th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **28,770** people employed in the role in this place

- **$51.24** median wage in the Houston metro area, the highest here

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

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an IP & Trademark Support 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $65 | $1,410 |
| Senior | $80 | $1,730 |

- Regular role **$70**

- One-off task **$80**

- Task bundle **$70**

## IP & Trademark Support pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior IP & Trademark Support, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Texas ranks **8 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $75.99 | $125 |
| California | $62.99 | $105 |
| Washington | $57.18 | $95 |
| Massachusetts | $54.51 | $90 |
| New York | $51.16 | $85 |
| Vermont | $48.22 | $80 |
| Texas | $47.24 | $80 |
| Minnesota | $47.14 | $80 |
| Nebraska | $47.01 | $80 |
| Nevada | $46.99 | $80 |

## Metro areas in Texas

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

- [Houston $51.24/hr median wage · range $39-64](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/)

- [Dallas $48.19/hr median wage · range $39-62](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/)

- [Midland $47.83/hr median wage · range $36-58](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/)

- [Longview $47.15/hr median wage · range $36-48](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/)

- [San Antonio $45.49/hr median wage · range $34-51](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/)

- [Austin $41.94/hr median wage · range $34-59](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/)

- [Amarillo $41.66/hr median wage · range $35-48](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/)

- [Waco $40.18/hr median wage · range $35-47](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/)

- [Corpus Christi $39.85/hr median wage · range $32-48](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/)

- [College Station $39.78/hr median wage · range $34-48](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/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.

[IP & Trademark Support rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/ip-and-trademark-support/) · [IP & Trademark Support jobs in Texas](https://deftridge.com/jobs/ip-and-trademark-support/texas/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
