How much do First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers make in Corpus Christi, TX?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $45,420 and the 90th percentile is $124,070. The difference is $78,650, which is 104.7% 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 $59,480 to the 75th at $97,140, covers $37,660.

The mean annual wage is $80,000, which sits above the median of $75,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Corpus Christi, TX median is 5.9% lower than the national median of $79,860 for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,061, which is 1.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.1% lower than the Texas median of $76,760.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Corpus Christi, TX is 92.671, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers at $81,061 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers. Corpus Christi, TX ranks 4th of 9 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).).

• Victoria, TX is 59 miles away, with a median of $73,260 and employment of 280. That median is 2.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,546, against $81,061 here.
• McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 114 miles away, with a median of $61,710 and employment of 940. That median is 17.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,844, against $81,061 here.
• Laredo, TX is 119 miles away, with a median of $62,640 and employment of 500. That median is 16.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,036, against $81,061 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers accounts for 0.69% of wage-and-salary employment in Corpus Christi, TX (1,330 of 192,580). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (617,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.74 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.