SOC 53-7061 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment make in Texarkana, TX-AR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in Texarkana, TX-AR is $26,550. The 10th percentile is $22,930 and the 90th percentile is $37,330. Employment is 210.

Median annual wage

$26,550

10th percentile
$22,930
25th percentile
$25,540
Median
$26,550
75th percentile
$31,110
90th percentile
$37,330
Mean
$29,160

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment, the published 10th percentile is $22,930 and the 90th percentile is $37,330. The difference is $14,400, which is 54.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $25,540 to the 75th at $31,110, covers $5,570.

The mean annual wage is $29,160, which sits above the median of $26,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Texarkana, TX-AR median is 25.9% lower than the national median of $35,830 for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment. In 2024 national prices the local median is $31,603, which is 11.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.8% lower than the Texas median of $29,450.

Texarkana, TX-AR covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Texas, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Texarkana, TX-AR is 84.012, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $26,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment at $31,603 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment. Texarkana, TX-AR ranks 11th of 12 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 77 miles away, with a median of $27,240 and employment of 450. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,136, against $31,603 here.
  • Longview, TX is 77 miles away, with a median of $30,610 and employment of 280. That median is 15.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,207, against $31,603 here.
  • Hot Springs, AR is 97 miles away, with a median of $29,660 and employment of 130. That median is 11.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,597, against $31,603 here.

Employment share

Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment accounts for 0.36% of wage-and-salary employment in Texarkana, TX-AR (210 of 57,580). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (380,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.49 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Texarkana, TX-AR · Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment make in Texarkana, TX-AR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in Texarkana, TX-AR is $26,550. The 10th percentile is $22,930 and the 90th percentile is $37,330. Employment is 210.

How does that compare with the national median for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment?

The local median is 25.9% lower than the national median of $35,830.

What is Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment pay in Texarkana, TX-AR after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Texarkana, TX-AR is 84.012, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $26,550 is $31,603. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Texarkana, TX-AR compare with nearby metros for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment?

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 77 miles away, at $27,240. Texarkana, TX-AR ranks 11th of 12 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.