High paying production jobs in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single production job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX run 14.0% below the national average (2024), so a Brownsville-Harlingen, TX salary is worth about 1.16× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$59,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $91,130420
2Machinists$48,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,560 – $69,050120
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$45,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,230 – $76,710650
4Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,280 – $58,290140
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$41,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,270 – $59,010180
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$39,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,730 – $57,58080
7Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,200
No formal educational credential
$21,470 – $57,090100
8Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,220 – $45,460100
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$36,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,370 – $46,000140
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$35,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,740 – $58,530370
11Production Workers, All Other$34,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,370 – $44,330140
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$34,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,870 – $55,780620
13Helpers--Production Workers$31,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$19,500 – $37,060330
14Printing Press Operators$30,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,220 – $48,32050
15Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$30,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,810 – $38,26080
16Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$28,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,670 – $41,330310
17Bakers$28,040
No formal educational credential
$20,520 – $37,650150
18Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$26,270
No formal educational credential
$20,300 – $30,550200

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianBrownsville-Harlingen, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,270	$35,990 – $91,130	420
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,970	$35,560 – $69,050	120
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,020	$30,230 – $76,710	650
4	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$30,280 – $58,290	140
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,470	$24,270 – $59,010	180
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,400	$27,730 – $57,580	80
7	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,200	$21,470 – $57,090	100
8	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,610	$28,220 – $45,460	100
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,520	$32,370 – $46,000	140
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,790	$25,740 – $58,530	370
11	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,970	$27,370 – $44,330	140
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,010	$20,870 – $55,780	620
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,010	$19,500 – $37,060	330
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,930	$24,220 – $48,320	50
15	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,110	$23,810 – $38,260	80
16	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,540	$26,670 – $41,330	310
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$28,040	$20,520 – $37,650	150
18	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$26,270	$20,300 – $30,550	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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