High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Midland, TX

Every repair and maintenance 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 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 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

1First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$81,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,050 – $133,8301,370
2Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$81,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,100 – $104,280130
3Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$77,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,960 – $94,130290
4Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,000
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,640 – $114,770430
5Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$73,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,230 – $95,20050
6Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,260 – $83,260620
7Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,570 – $89,700580
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$60,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,840 – $95,7502,630
9Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$60,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,660 – $100,400110
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$58,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $108,140110
11Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$58,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $70,7201,030
12Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$57,800
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,640 – $81,630260
13Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$30,820 – $82,430600
14Riggers$49,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,620 – $82,910190
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,580 – $76,7101,200
16Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$47,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $77,110280
17Maintenance Workers, Machinery$43,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,210 – $77,020180
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$41,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,140 – $56,160250
19Tire Repairers and Changers$35,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,360 – $48,470170

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	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,880	$50,050 – $133,830	1,370
2	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,620	$47,100 – $104,280	130
3	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,390	$45,960 – $94,130	290
4	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$74,000	$49,640 – $114,770	430
5	Aircraft Mechanics and Service TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$73,910	$39,230 – $95,200	50
6	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,200	$48,260 – $83,260	620
7	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,810	$43,570 – $89,700	580
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,420	$44,840 – $95,750	2,630
9	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,380	$48,660 – $100,400	110
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,750	$34,590 – $108,140	110
11	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,230	$45,670 – $70,720	1,030
12	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,800	$37,640 – $81,630	260
13	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,990	$30,820 – $82,430	600
14	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,830	$44,620 – $82,910	190
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$33,580 – $76,710	1,200
16	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,390	$36,400 – $77,110	280
17	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,750	$40,210 – $77,020	180
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,040	$22,140 – $56,160	250
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,840	$34,360 – $48,470	170

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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