High paying repair and maintenance jobs in Odessa, TX

Every repair and maintenance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Odessa, 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 Odessa, TX run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Odessa, TX salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Odessa, TX · Employed

1Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$92,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,930 – $100,40040
2First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$84,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,200 – $128,220820
3Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$67,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,740 – $99,740200
4Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,940 – $95,990550
5Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$61,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,590 – $104,820130
6Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,740 – $96,380420
7Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$60,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,560 – $70,880410
8Industrial Machinery Mechanics$60,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,210 – $84,5101,660
9Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$58,580
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,280 – $79,130160
10Automotive Body and Related Repairers$55,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $104,320100
11Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$54,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,420 – $79,100190
12Maintenance Workers, Machinery$51,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,360 – $74,61090
13Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$48,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,060 – $100,40050
14Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$47,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,640 – $85,860640
15Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$47,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,230 – $75,650770
16Riggers$46,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,330 – $79,21070
17Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers$45,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $77,85070
18Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$39,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,960 – $59,680180
19Tire Repairers and Changers$35,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,940 – $44,240190

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

#	Occupation	MedianOdessa, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,750	$43,930 – $100,400	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,570	$48,200 – $128,220	820
3	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,260	$48,740 – $99,740	200
4	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,740	$46,940 – $95,990	550
5	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial EquipmentPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,840	$48,590 – $104,820	130
6	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,560	$44,740 – $96,380	420
7	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,300	$45,560 – $70,880	410
8	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,190	$45,210 – $84,510	1,660
9	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,580	$33,280 – $79,130	160
10	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,100	$34,200 – $104,320	100
11	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,980	$35,420 – $79,100	190
12	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,110	$36,360 – $74,610	90
13	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,730	$38,060 – $100,400	50
14	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$47,510	$29,640 – $85,860	640
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,290	$31,230 – $75,650	770
16	RiggersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,120	$43,330 – $79,210	70
17	Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,990	$38,370 – $77,850	70
18	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,970	$24,960 – $59,680	180
19	Tire Repairers and ChangersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,520	$30,940 – $44,240	190

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