High paying production jobs in Killeen-Temple, TX

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Killeen-Temple, 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 Killeen-Temple, TX run 8.9% below the national average (2024), so a Killeen-Temple, TX salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Killeen-Temple, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$62,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,650 – $97,180550
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$56,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,890 – $74,42080
3Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$51,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $59,86070
4Machinists$50,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $62,270130
5Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $51,110350
6Production Workers, All Other$48,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,710 – $48,600220
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,920 – $72,710400
8Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $56,160100
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,020 – $63,210390
10Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$46,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,130 – $51,610270
11Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$46,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,950 – $60,520190
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $77,300150
13Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$44,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,090 – $61,570120
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$43,100
No formal educational credential
$24,190 – $55,170130
15Food Processing Workers, All Other$40,590
No formal educational credential
$35,920 – $48,13070
16Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $57,170130
17Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$38,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,100 – $49,47090
18Printing Press Operators$38,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,130 – $54,87060
19Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$35,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,820 – $49,0501,030
20Helpers--Production Workers$35,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,390 – $47,440210
21Bakers$30,080
No formal educational credential
$22,640 – $38,430130
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,500
No formal educational credential
$22,130 – $57,330210

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

#	Occupation	MedianKilleen-Temple, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,100	$43,650 – $97,180	550
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,040	$33,890 – $74,420	80
3	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,060	$36,410 – $59,860	70
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,420	$36,040 – $62,270	130
5	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,520	$39,120 – $51,110	350
6	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,600	$29,710 – $48,600	220
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,460	$37,920 – $72,710	400
8	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,780	$35,810 – $56,160	100
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,580	$34,020 – $63,210	390
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,490	$31,130 – $51,610	270
11	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,170	$35,950 – $60,520	190
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$33,830 – $77,300	150
13	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,900	$31,090 – $61,570	120
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$43,100	$24,190 – $55,170	130
15	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$40,590	$35,920 – $48,130	70
16	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,180	$35,570 – $57,170	130
17	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,030	$27,100 – $49,470	90
18	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,020	$27,130 – $54,870	60
19	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,630	$28,820 – $49,050	1,030
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,100	$29,390 – $47,440	210
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,080	$22,640 – $38,430	130
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,500	$22,130 – $57,330	210

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Killeen-Temple, 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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