High paying production jobs in El Paso, TX

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in El Paso, 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 El Paso, TX run 10.1% below the national average (2024), so a El Paso, TX salary is worth about 1.11× 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, El Paso, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$61,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,260 – $99,5301,000
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$50,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $61,160270
3Machinists$46,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,480 – $65,650360
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$45,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,360 – $64,260650
5Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,680 – $57,400110
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$40,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,010 – $58,130160
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,920 – $59,950190
8Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,550 – $50,800180
9Printing Press Operators$37,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,320 – $47,370240
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$36,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,640 – $66,300900
11Food Batchmakers$36,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,270 – $45,790230
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$35,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,860 – $50,300280
13Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$35,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,380 – $43,890440
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$34,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,900 – $46,5301,700
15Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$34,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,910 – $46,070220
16Butchers and Meat Cutters$31,230
No formal educational credential
$21,150 – $45,290360
17Production Workers, All Other$31,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,250 – $44,980530
18Food Processing Workers, All Other$30,680
No formal educational credential
$20,100 – $38,560120
19Helpers--Production Workers$30,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,670 – $46,150590
20Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$28,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,120 – $46,670120
21Bakers$28,810
No formal educational credential
$21,980 – $39,190450
22Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$27,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,690 – $45,180270
23Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers$26,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,370 – $34,320340
24Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$26,380
No formal educational credential
$21,320 – $35,280400
25Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders$23,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$16,960 – $29,090170
26Sewing Machine Operators$22,400
No formal educational credential
$18,290 – $36,950720

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

#	Occupation	MedianEl Paso, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,270	$35,260 – $99,530	1,000
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,030	$35,740 – $61,160	270
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,880	$30,480 – $65,650	360
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,000	$29,360 – $64,260	650
5	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,890	$32,680 – $57,400	110
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,040	$28,010 – $58,130	160
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,320	$27,920 – $59,950	190
8	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$30,550 – $50,800	180
9	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,710	$29,320 – $47,370	240
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,930	$24,640 – $66,300	900
11	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,480	$21,270 – $45,790	230
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,410	$24,860 – $50,300	280
13	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,210	$24,380 – $43,890	440
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,530	$24,900 – $46,530	1,700
15	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,310	$28,910 – $46,070	220
16	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$31,230	$21,150 – $45,290	360
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,040	$27,250 – $44,980	530
18	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$30,680	$20,100 – $38,560	120
19	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,460	$23,670 – $46,150	590
20	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,970	$21,120 – $46,670	120
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$28,810	$21,980 – $39,190	450
22	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,570	$23,690 – $45,180	270
23	Shoe and Leather Workers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,860	$16,370 – $34,320	340
24	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$26,380	$21,320 – $35,280	400
25	Shoe Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,070	$16,960 – $29,090	170
26	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$22,400	$18,290 – $36,950	720

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in El Paso, 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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