Midland, TX

Across all occupations in the Midland, TX metropolitan area, the median wage is $54,480 a year ($26.19 an hour) and the mean $71,290, May 2025. That median is +7% against the US median of $50,980 and +12% against Texas's $48,620. BLS counts 122,180 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is general and operations managers.

All occupations: Midland, TX vs Texas and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Midland, TX area, Texas and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Midland, TX	Hourly	$14.12	$18.36	$26.19	$38.66	$62.57	$34.28	122,180
Midland, TX	Annual	$29,360	$38,200	$54,480	$80,410	$130,140	$71,290	122,180
Texas	Hourly	$13.10	$17.01	$23.38	$37.42	$60.20	$31.61	14,071,160
Texas	Annual	$27,250	$35,370	$48,620	$77,840	$125,220	$65,750	14,071,160
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

297 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Texas. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Midland, TX

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$417,970	$200.95	160
2	Chief Executives	$389,330	$187.18	100
3	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$219,140	$105.36	370
4	Commercial Pilots	$198,480	*	50
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Texas	$174,040	$83.67	310
6	Financial Managers in Texas	$172,520	$82.94	800
7	Petroleum Engineers	$172,070	$82.73	940
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$169,240	$81.36	260
9	Public Relations Managers	$163,180	$78.45	50
10	Lawyers in Texas	$163,090	$78.41	280
11	Pharmacists	$161,260	$77.53	130
12	Physician Assistants	$158,200	$76.06	60
13	Managers, All Other in Texas	$154,630	$74.34	760
14	Marketing Managers	$149,510	$71.88	290
15	Human Resources Managers	$148,080	$71.19	160
16	Nurse Practitioners	$146,610	$70.49	100
17	Training and Development Managers	$144,240	$69.34	40
18	Industrial Engineers	$141,120	$67.85	320
19	Sales Managers in Texas	$139,380	$67.01	590
20	Sales Engineers	$138,930	$66.79	70

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Midland, TX

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	General and Operations Managers in Texas	4,830	39.53	1.75	$132,420
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Texas	4,540	37.19	2.80	$58,200
3	Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	3,940	32.26	111.55	$47,180
4	Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	3,460	28.29	101.99	$49,470
5	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Texas	3,240	26.50	1.07	$28,650
6	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Texas	2,700	22.08	4.23	$79,940
7	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2,630	21.54	7.62	$60,420
8	Retail Salespersons in Texas	2,210	18.08	0.72	$33,660
9	Construction Laborers in Texas	1,970	16.10	2.28	$39,500
10	Stockers and Order Fillers in Texas	1,900	15.57	0.85	$38,200
11	Office Clerks, General in Texas	1,760	14.37	0.91	$46,440
12	Cashiers in Texas	1,750	14.32	0.72	$30,140
13	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Texas	1,710	14.02	1.74	$80,460
14	Wellhead Pumpers	1,660	13.60	117.60	$72,110
15	Waiters and Waitresses in Texas	1,560	12.78	0.88	$23,700
16	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Texas	1,500	12.29	0.65	$41,910
17	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Texas	1,460	11.94	0.43	$26,850
18	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Texas	1,440	11.82	1.34	$52,210
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Texas	1,400	11.44	1.04	$48,270
20	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Texas	1,370	11.25	2.83	$81,880

Most concentrated occupations in Midland, TX

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Wellhead Pumpers	117.60	1,660	13.60	$72,110
2	Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	111.55	3,940	32.26	$47,180
3	Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	101.99	3,460	28.29	$49,470
4	Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	69.80	580	4.75	$56,120
5	Petroleum Engineers	66.36	940	7.71	$172,070
6	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	49.47	490	4.01	$78,260
7	Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	35.24	270	2.22	$54,800
8	Helpers--Extraction Workers	28.69	150	1.24	$42,810
9	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	27.26	1,030	8.46	$58,230
10	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	20.14	370	3.04	$219,140

Occupation groups in Midland, TX

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$132,240	$156,150	11,290	92.42	1.29
Legal	$119,370	$144,770	570	4.64	0.55
Architecture and Engineering	$104,990	$123,450	3,560	29.16	1.73
Computer and Mathematical	$99,370	$106,940	1,930	15.82	0.47
Business and Financial Operations	$87,860	$97,400	5,800	47.50	0.70
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$86,090	$104,970	1,830	14.97	1.58
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$81,890	$101,580	3,730	30.50	0.48
Protective Service	$68,690	$70,770	1,210	9.91	0.41
Educational Instruction and Library	$64,260	$58,580	5,310	43.42	0.74
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$59,340	$64,170	10,990	89.94	2.30
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$56,990	$78,820	850	7.00	0.53
Community and Social Service	$55,180	$60,390	760	6.26	0.36
Construction and Extraction	$50,290	$58,390	18,120	148.27	3.59
Transportation and Material Moving	$50,140	$54,860	13,490	110.37	1.25
Production	$49,660	$56,690	5,550	45.44	0.82
Office and Administrative Support	$47,840	$52,360	11,600	94.93	0.83
Sales and Related	$43,730	$64,630	9,490	77.71	0.90
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$36,930	$42,100	110	0.91	0.33
Healthcare Support	$35,470	$35,320	2,850	23.35	0.46
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$34,800	$35,210	2,350	19.19	0.66
Personal Care and Service	$30,260	$34,540	1,370	11.19	0.53
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$29,570	$31,770	9,420	77.12	0.88

Every occupation in Texas, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 297 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Midland, TX estimates (area 33260).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Midland, TX area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.