High paying production jobs in Midland, TX

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Midland, 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 Midland, TX run 4.2% below the national average (2024), so a Midland, TX salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Midland, TX · Employed

1Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$80,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,950 – $101,300310
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$80,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,360 – $133,320430
3Gas Plant Operators$79,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,610 – $99,53090
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$61,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,440 – $89,480810
5Plant and System Operators, All Other$60,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,130 – $117,46040
6Machinists$58,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,060 – $75,220270
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$54,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,700 – $69,290160
8Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$47,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,320 – $60,840220
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,850 – $80,110720
10Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$47,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $104,46080
11Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $63,710470
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,790 – $63,770180
13Production Workers, All Other$46,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,770 – $63,24070
14Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,280 – $60,04050
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$43,710
No formal educational credential
$27,450 – $69,82050
16Helpers--Production Workers$38,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $48,200350
17Bakers$34,970
No formal educational credential
$24,380 – $45,06070
18Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$33,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,790 – $69,47050
19Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,570
No formal educational credential
$24,750 – $37,130230
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$28,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,530 – $65,530120

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

#	Occupation	MedianMidland, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,540	$46,950 – $101,300	310
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,170	$50,360 – $133,320	430
3	Gas Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,910	$52,610 – $99,530	90
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,410	$43,440 – $89,480	810
5	Plant and System Operators, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,100	$42,130 – $117,460	40
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,800	$40,060 – $75,220	270
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,090	$48,700 – $69,290	160
8	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,930	$39,320 – $60,840	220
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,590	$38,850 – $80,110	720
10	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,580	$36,080 – $104,460	80
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,270	$36,380 – $63,710	470
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,490	$33,790 – $63,770	180
13	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,060	$32,770 – $63,240	70
14	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,600	$35,280 – $60,040	50
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$43,710	$27,450 – $69,820	50
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,170	$31,680 – $48,200	350
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,970	$24,380 – $45,060	70
18	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,790	$33,790 – $69,470	50
19	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,570	$24,750 – $37,130	230
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,530	$28,530 – $65,530	120

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