How much do Helpers--Extraction Workers make in Longview, TX?

Percentile spread

For Helpers--Extraction Workers, the published 10th percentile is $35,360 and the 90th percentile is $41,430. The difference is $6,070, which is 16.3% 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 $35,360 to the 75th at $39,020, covers $3,660.

The mean annual wage is $37,490, which sits above the median of $37,290. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Longview, TX median is 21.9% lower than the national median of $47,730 for Helpers--Extraction Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,672, which is 12.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.3% lower than the Texas median of $40,650.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Longview, TX is 89.485, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Helpers--Extraction Workers at $41,672 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Helpers--Extraction Workers. Longview, TX ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 136 miles away, with a median of $43,940 and employment of 110. That median is 17.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,623, against $41,672 here.

Employment share

Helpers--Extraction Workers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Longview, TX (40 of 118,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (6,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 7.86 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.