Midland, TX Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Midland, TX - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Midland, TX moved from $52,320 in May 2024 to $54,480 in May 2025 (+4.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Midland, TX sits +1.0 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Midland, TX
General and Operations Managers publishes $132,420 here versus $105,770 nationally (+25.2%; 4,830metro-area jobs). Next is Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas at $49,470 locally versus $58,160 nationally (-14.9%).
- General and Operations Managers$132,420 in Midland, TX sits 25.2% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (4,830 published local jobs).
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$49,470 in Midland, TX sits 14.9% below the national Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas median of $58,160 (3,460 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,650 in Midland, TX sits 8.2% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,240 published local jobs).
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics$60,420 in Midland, TX sits 6.4% below the national Industrial Machinery Mechanics median of $64,520 (2,630 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Midland, TX; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 33260 · Midland, TX $71K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MEGA #39/528
- RPP-MID 95.8
- OCC-MID 297 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $418K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Atlanta-Sandy Sp…
- BOOK-MOST 291 rows · May 2025
Read with Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($226 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Midland, TX
Employment scale inside Midland, TX's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Petroleum Engineers lead published employment inside Midland, TX's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 4,830 jobs · $132,420
- 2. Petroleum Engineers 940 jobs · $172,070
- 3. Financial Managers 800 jobs · $172,520
- 4. Managers, All Other 760 jobs · $154,630
- 5. Sales Managers 590 jobs · $139,380
- 6. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 370 jobs · $219,140
- 7. Industrial Engineers 320 jobs · $141,120
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 310 jobs · $174,040
- 9. Marketing Managers 290 jobs · $149,510
- 10. Lawyers 280 jobs · $163,090
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 260 jobs · $169,240
- 12. Industrial Production Managers 220 jobs · $135,200
- 13. Physicians, All Other 160 jobs · $417,970
- 14. Human Resources Managers 160 jobs · $148,080
- 15. Pharmacists 130 jobs · $161,260
- 16. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $389,330
- 17. Nurse Practitioners 100 jobs · $146,610
- 18. Sales Engineers 70 jobs · $138,930
Occupations Tracked
297
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$70,922
employment-weighted, 291 complete rows
Top Salary
$417,970
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
95.8
4% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Midland, TX
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $417,970 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $389,330 |
| 3 | Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | $219,140 |
| 4 | Commercial Pilots Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $198,480 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $174,040 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $172,520 |
| 7 | Petroleum Engineers | $172,070 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $169,240 |
| 9 | Public Relations Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $163,180 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $163,090 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $161,260 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $158,200 |
| 13 | Managers, All Other | $154,630 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $149,510 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $148,080 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $146,610 |
| 17 | Training and Development Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $144,240 |
| 18 | Industrial Engineers | $141,120 |
| 19 | Sales Managers | $139,380 |
| 20 | Sales Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $138,930 |
| 21 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $137,030 |
| 22 | Industrial Production Managers | $135,200 |
| 23 | General and Operations Managers | $132,420 |
| 24 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $132,060 |
| 25 | Chemists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $131,860 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Midland, TX
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $21,980 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $23,410 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $23,700 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $26,850 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,430 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,600 |
| Food Batchmakers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,330 |
| Cooks, Short Order Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,390 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | $28,530 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,650 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in TX
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside TX. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($70,922 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Midland, TX wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Midland, TX at $417,970/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $70,922 adjusts to about $74,044 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 95.8. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for TX before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.