How much do Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door make in College Station-Bryan, TX?

Percentile spread

For Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door, the published 10th percentile is $39,830 and the 90th percentile is $79,490. The difference is $39,660, which is 69.3% 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 $46,660 to the 75th at $63,470, covers $16,810.

The mean annual wage is $57,940, which sits above the median of $57,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The College Station-Bryan, TX median is 23.1% lower than the national median of $74,340 for Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,891, which is 15.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.8% lower than the Texas median of $58,230.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for College Station-Bryan, TX is 90.951, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door at $62,891 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 Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door. College Station-Bryan, TX ranks 7th 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).).

• Waco, TX is 75 miles away, with a median of $48,470 and employment of 60. That median is 15.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,372, against $62,891 here.
• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 77 miles away, with a median of $61,510 and employment of 480. That median is 7.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,723, against $62,891 here.
• Killeen-Temple, TX is 83 miles away, with a median of $57,750 and employment of 70. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,370, against $62,891 here.

Employment share

Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in College Station-Bryan, TX (100 of 134,040). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (48,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.40 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.