SOC 53-7011 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Conveyor Operators and Tenders make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Conveyor Operators and Tenders in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $41,140. The 10th percentile is $38,180 and the 90th percentile is $49,400. Employment is 470.

Median annual wage

$41,140

10th percentile
$38,180
25th percentile
$38,180
Median
$41,140
75th percentile
$43,780
90th percentile
$49,400
Mean
$42,440

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Conveyor Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $38,180 and the 90th percentile is $49,400. The difference is $11,220, which is 27.3% 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 $38,180 to the 75th at $43,780, covers $5,600.

The mean annual wage is $42,440, which sits above the median of $41,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 3% lower than the national median of $42,420 for Conveyor Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,712, which is 1.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.2% higher than the Texas median of $40,650.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Conveyor Operators and Tenders at $41,712 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Conveyor Operators and Tenders in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Conveyor Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (470 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (22,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.97 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Conveyor Operators and Tenders 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 Conveyor Operators and Tenders make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Conveyor Operators and Tenders in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $41,140. The 10th percentile is $38,180 and the 90th percentile is $49,400. Employment is 470.

How does that compare with the national median for Conveyor Operators and Tenders?

The local median is 3% lower than the national median of $42,420.

What is Conveyor Operators and Tenders pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $41,140 is $41,712. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.