How much do Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door make in Wichita Falls, TX?

Percentile spread

For Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door, the published 10th percentile is $34,300 and the 90th percentile is $72,550. The difference is $38,250, 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 $43,660 to the 75th at $72,550, covers $28,890.

The mean annual wage is $55,490, which sits above the median of $55,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wichita Falls, TX median is 25.8% 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 $61,622, which is 17.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.3% lower than the Texas median of $58,230.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita Falls, TX is 89.513, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $55,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door at $61,622 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door. Wichita Falls, TX ranks 5th of 8 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).).

• Sherman-Denison, TX is 105 miles away, with a median of $48,140 and employment of 40. That median is 12.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,338, against $61,622 here.
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 109 miles away, with a median of $56,080 and employment of 1,730. That median is 1.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,399, against $61,622 here.
• Abilene, TX is 115 miles away, with a median of $48,130 and employment of 110. That median is 12.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,262, against $61,622 here.

Employment share

Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Wichita Falls, TX (50 of 55,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (48,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.90 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.