High paying repair and maintenance jobs in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Every repair and maintenance 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 repair and maintenance 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

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$78,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,320 – $98,090130
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$74,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,090 – $94,030180
3First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$61,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,330 – $101,150940
4Industrial Machinery Mechanics$50,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $76,300290
5Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$49,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $75,180200
6Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$48,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,020 – $74,380110
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,980 – $68,260650
8Automotive Body and Related Repairers$47,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,370 – $74,740210
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$47,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,060 – $73,010530
10Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$45,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,470 – $62,270150
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$40,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,030 – $59,120240
12Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$39,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$27,450 – $75,5001,620
13Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$37,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,470 – $59,2102,110
14Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$37,490
Some college, no degree
$32,560 – $51,360140
15Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$33,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,300 – $44,400210
16Tire Repairers and Changers$30,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,200 – $41,530260

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	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,370	$48,320 – $98,090	130
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,700	$34,090 – $94,030	180
3	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,710	$39,330 – $101,150	940
4	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,560	$34,980 – $76,300	290
5	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,770	$36,160 – $75,180	200
6	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,690	$38,020 – $74,380	110
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$36,980 – $68,260	650
8	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,260	$28,370 – $74,740	210
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,170	$36,060 – $73,010	530
10	Security and Fire Alarm Systems InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,210	$33,470 – $62,270	150
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,330	$27,030 – $59,120	240
12	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,920	$27,450 – $75,500	1,620
13	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,870	$26,470 – $59,210	2,110
14	Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersSome college, no degree	$37,490	$32,560 – $51,360	140
15	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,320	$23,300 – $44,400	210
16	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,550	$26,200 – $41,530	260

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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