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.
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 | $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 | $163,180 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $163,090 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $161,260 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $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 | $144,240 |
| 18 | Industrial Engineers | $141,120 |
| 19 | Sales Managers | $139,380 |
| 20 | Sales Engineers | $138,930 |
| 21 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | $137,030 |
| 22 | Industrial Production Managers | $135,200 |
| 23 | General and Operations Managers | $132,420 |
| 24 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $132,060 |
| 25 | Chemists | $131,860 |
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 | $28,330 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $28,390 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | $28,530 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,650 |
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.
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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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