SOC 51-2090 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators make in Amarillo, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Amarillo, TX is $39,530. The 10th percentile is $30,510 and the 90th percentile is $51,330. Employment is 400.

Median annual wage

$39,530

10th percentile
$30,510
25th percentile
$36,490
Median
$39,530
75th percentile
$45,820
90th percentile
$51,330
Mean
$41,650

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A welder working in a workshop
A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, the published 10th percentile is $30,510 and the 90th percentile is $51,330. The difference is $20,820, which is 52.7% 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 $36,490 to the 75th at $45,820, covers $9,330.

The mean annual wage is $41,650, which sits above the median of $39,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Amarillo, TX median is 11.5% lower than the national median of $44,650 for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,052, which is 3.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.2% higher than the Texas median of $38,320.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amarillo, TX is 91.820, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators at $43,052 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 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators. Amarillo, TX ranks 1st 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).).

  • Lubbock, TX is 123 miles away, with a median of $35,090 and employment of 570. That median is 11.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,427, against $43,052 here.

Employment share

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators accounts for 0.32% of wage-and-salary employment in Amarillo, TX (400 of 123,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.90% of employment (1,405,030 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.36 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators make in Amarillo, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Amarillo, TX is $39,530. The 10th percentile is $30,510 and the 90th percentile is $51,330. Employment is 400.

How does that compare with the national median for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators?

The local median is 11.5% lower than the national median of $44,650.

What is Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators pay in Amarillo, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amarillo, TX is 91.820, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,530 is $43,052. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Amarillo, TX compare with nearby metros for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators?

Lubbock, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 123 miles away, at $35,090. Amarillo, TX ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.