SOC 49-9043 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Maintenance Workers, Machinery make in Waco, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Waco, TX is $58,400. The 10th percentile is $37,170 and the 90th percentile is $76,970. Employment is 170.

Median annual wage

$58,400

10th percentile
$37,170
25th percentile
$46,380
Median
$58,400
75th percentile
$66,420
90th percentile
$76,970
Mean
$57,860

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Maintenance Workers, Machinery, the published 10th percentile is $37,170 and the 90th percentile is $76,970. The difference is $39,800, which is 68.2% 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 $46,380 to the 75th at $66,420, covers $20,040.

The mean annual wage is $57,860, which sits below the median of $58,400. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Waco, TX median is 4% lower than the national median of $60,850 for Maintenance Workers, Machinery. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,101, which is 3.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% lower than the Texas median of $59,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Waco, TX is 92.550, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,400 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Maintenance Workers, Machinery at $63,101 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Maintenance Workers, Machinery. Waco, TX ranks 6th of 11 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).).

  • Killeen-Temple, TX is 40 miles away, with a median of $60,260 and employment of 120. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,124, against $63,101 here.
  • College Station-Bryan, TX is 75 miles away, with a median of $66,910 and employment of 90. That median is 14.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,567, against $63,101 here.
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 89 miles away, with a median of $60,770 and employment of 2,460. That median is 4.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,948, against $63,101 here.

Employment share

Maintenance Workers, Machinery accounts for 0.13% of wage-and-salary employment in Waco, TX (170 of 129,860). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (60,020 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.39 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 Waco, TX · Maintenance Workers, Machinery 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 Maintenance Workers, Machinery make in Waco, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Waco, TX is $58,400. The 10th percentile is $37,170 and the 90th percentile is $76,970. Employment is 170.

How does that compare with the national median for Maintenance Workers, Machinery?

The local median is 4% lower than the national median of $60,850.

What is Maintenance Workers, Machinery pay in Waco, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Waco, TX is 92.550, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $58,400 is $63,101. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Waco, TX compare with nearby metros for Maintenance Workers, Machinery?

Killeen-Temple, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 40 miles away, at $60,260. Waco, TX ranks 6th of 11 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.