High paying production jobs in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$52,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,150 – $84,280560
2Machinists$48,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,510 – $67,080110
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$39,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,160 – $62,530350
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,570 – $50,080330
5Printing Press Operators$37,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,180 – $46,540130
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,880 – $64,820550
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$36,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,830 – $56,620120
8Food Processing Workers, All Other$35,690
No formal educational credential
$21,670 – $42,760160
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,140
No formal educational credential
$21,620 – $55,360300
10Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$30,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,530 – $43,520240
11Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$29,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,880 – $40,690650
12Food Batchmakers$29,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,950 – $38,220140
13Bakers$28,590
No formal educational credential
$20,610 – $37,780360
14Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$27,460
No formal educational credential
$20,600 – $31,860120
15Helpers--Production Workers$27,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,530 – $40,440290
16Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$22,520
No formal educational credential
$20,390 – $32,730260
17Production Workers, All Other$21,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,720 – $52,730360

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

#	Occupation	MedianMcAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,110	$34,150 – $84,280	560
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,230	$25,510 – $67,080	110
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,710	$28,160 – $62,530	350
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$29,570 – $50,080	330
5	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,610	$29,180 – $46,540	130
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$23,880 – $64,820	550
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,670	$28,830 – $56,620	120
8	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$35,690	$21,670 – $42,760	160
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,140	$21,620 – $55,360	300
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,620	$27,530 – $43,520	240
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,820	$22,880 – $40,690	650
12	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,330	$21,950 – $38,220	140
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$28,590	$20,610 – $37,780	360
14	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$27,460	$20,600 – $31,860	120
15	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,370	$21,530 – $40,440	290
16	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$22,520	$20,390 – $32,730	260
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,960	$18,720 – $52,730	360

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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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