How much do Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Percentile spread

For Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $30,280 and the 90th percentile is $55,430. The difference is $25,150, which is 65.7% 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 $36,860 to the 75th at $45,760, covers $8,900.

The mean annual wage is $41,890, which sits above the median of $38,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 16.7% lower than the national median of $45,950 for Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,802, which is 15.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16% lower than the Texas median of $45,560.

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 $38,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other at $38,802 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 3rd of 3 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).).

• Corpus Christi, TX is 181 miles away, with a median of $62,520 and employment of 50. That median is 63.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,464, against $38,802 here.
• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 198 miles away, with a median of $45,830 and employment of 80. That median is 19.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,387, against $38,802 here.

Employment share

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (330 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (15,900 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.98 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.