Pay distribution $40,440 10th $47,800 25th $68,670 75th $77,180 90th
Half of Industrial Machinery Mechanics in the Waco metro area earn more than $57,120 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,800 and $68,670.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $40,440 $47,800 $57,120 $68,670 $77,180 Hourly $19.44 $22.98 $27.46 $33.02 $37.11
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Waco metro areathis metro area
$57,120 median for Waco metro area; middle half earns $47,800 to $68,670
$61,930 median for Texas; middle half earns $49,230 to $77,720
$64,520 median for United States; middle half earns $55,010 to $78,780
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −8% vs Texas overall and −11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $31,260 $53,157 $75,053 $96,950 Mayaguez, PR — $31,260 Ponce, PR — $36,440 Guayama, PR — $36,860 Aguadilla, PR — $37,690 Arecibo, PR — $39,610 Salisbury, MD — $41,810 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $44,090 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $44,420 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,280 Ocala, FL — $48,100 Burlington, NC — $48,490 Hot Springs, AR — $49,100 San Angelo, TX — $49,960 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $50,560 Tyler, TX — $51,390 Dothan, AL — $51,600 Beckley, WV — $51,880 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $52,190 Punta Gorda, FL — $52,480 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $54,320 Dalton, GA — $55,050 Lafayette, LA — $55,290 Alexandria, LA — $55,330 Altoona, PA — $55,640 Johnson City, TN — $55,750 Lewiston, ID-WA — $55,910 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $56,040 Laredo, TX — $56,050 El Paso, TX — $56,470 Sebring, FL — $56,620 Las Cruces, NM — $56,680 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $56,910 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $56,980 Waco, TX — $57,120 Homosassa Springs, FL — $57,160 Morgantown, WV — $57,200 Abilene, TX — $57,220 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $57,540 Hammond, LA — $57,600 Lubbock, TX — $57,640 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $57,750 Longview, TX — $57,930 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $57,960 Missoula, MT — $58,040 College Station-Bryan, TX — $58,050 Valdosta, GA — $58,160 Albuquerque, NM — $58,680 Pocatello, ID — $58,750 Lawton, OK — $58,940 Jefferson City, MO — $58,960 Charleston, WV — $59,010 Twin Falls, ID — $59,030 St. George, UT — $59,070 Jonesboro, AR — $59,120 State College, PA — $59,160 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $59,160 Roanoke, VA — $59,250 Gainesville, FL — $59,290 Gadsden, AL — $59,330 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $59,370 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $59,370 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $59,380 Amarillo, TX — $59,590 Erie, PA — $59,620 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $59,760 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $59,820 Columbia, MO — $59,850 Lynchburg, VA — $59,860 Monroe, LA — $59,860 Lake Charles, LA — $59,870 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $59,880 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $59,940 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $59,960 Chico, CA — $59,990 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $60,040 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,150 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $60,160 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $60,180 Odessa, TX — $60,190 Goldsboro, NC — $60,200 Port St. Lucie, FL — $60,240 Morristown, TN — $60,300 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,320 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,340 Charlottesville, VA — $60,360 Cleveland, TN — $60,420 Midland, TX — $60,420 Lebanon, PA — $60,500 Corpus Christi, TX — $60,600 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $60,640 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $60,720 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $60,750 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $60,760 Sumter, SC — $60,820 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $60,840 Saginaw, MI — $60,850 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $60,950 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $60,970 Salem, OR — $61,060 Paducah, KY-IL — $61,100 Spartanburg, SC — $61,100 Victoria, TX — $61,100 Winston-Salem, NC — $61,120 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $61,320 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $61,320 Wichita Falls, TX — $61,330 Fond du Lac, WI — $61,410 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $61,450 Winchester, VA-WV — $61,490 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $61,560 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $61,570 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $61,620 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $61,680 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $61,730 Tallahassee, FL — $61,730 Jacksonville, NC — $61,770 Springfield, MO — $61,780 Fort Wayne, IN — $61,790 Traverse City, MI — $61,790 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $61,810 Oklahoma City, OK — $61,840 Birmingham, AL — $61,860 Akron, OH — $61,890 Rocky Mount, NC — $61,910 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $61,920 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $61,950 Killeen-Temple, TX — $61,980 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $62,000 Tulsa, OK — $62,010 Baton Rouge, LA — $62,030 Clarksville, TN-KY — $62,030 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $62,080 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $62,120 Muncie, IN — $62,140 Mansfield, OH — $62,150 Farmington, NM — $62,190 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $62,300 Grand Island, NE — $62,350 Billings, MT — $62,370 Sandusky, OH — $62,400 Sherman-Denison, TX — $62,400 Vineland, NJ — $62,400 Kankakee, IL — $62,410 Elizabethtown, KY — $62,450 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $62,460 Visalia, CA — $62,460 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $62,470 Jackson, MS — $62,470 Pittsburgh, PA — $62,560 Grand Junction, CO — $62,570 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $62,570 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $62,590 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,620 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $62,620 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $62,620 Bismarck, ND — $62,630 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,660 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $62,670 Yakima, WA — $62,670 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $62,690 Montgomery, AL — $62,700 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $62,740 Fargo, ND-MN — $62,760 Ann Arbor, MI — $62,790 Hattiesburg, MS — $62,800 Manhattan, KS — $62,910 Tuscaloosa, AL — $62,990 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $63,020 St. Cloud, MN — $63,030 Springfield, OH — $63,060 Bangor, ME — $63,070 Lancaster, PA — $63,080 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $63,140 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $63,180 Niles, MI — $63,230 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $63,250 Binghamton, NY — $63,320 Huntsville, AL — $63,370 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $63,380 Rochester, NY — $63,460 Gettysburg, PA — $63,490 Iowa City, IA — $63,490 Cleveland, OH — $63,500 Jackson, MI — $63,510 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,590 Boise City, ID — $63,620 Ithaca, NY — $63,650 Jacksonville, FL — $63,650 Joplin, MO-KS — $63,720 Chambersburg, PA — $63,770 Columbus, IN — $63,770 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $63,770 Grants Pass, OR — $63,790 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $63,820 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $63,820 Florence, SC — $63,840 Idaho Falls, ID — $63,890 Rapid City, SD — $63,890 Mobile, AL — $63,930 Columbus, GA-AL — $63,960 Wheeling, WV-OH — $63,970 Wausau, WI — $64,040 Glens Falls, NY — $64,110 Gainesville, GA — $64,150 Wilmington, NC — $64,440 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $64,540 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $64,570 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $64,620 Fayetteville, NC — $64,630 Columbia, SC — $64,680 Elmira, NY — $64,750 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $64,770 Utica-Rome, NY — $64,790 Evansville, IN — $64,800 Tucson, AZ — $64,830 Bozeman, MT — $64,860 Johnstown, PA — $64,910 Harrisonburg, VA — $64,990 Pittsfield, MA — $64,990 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $65,040 Casper, WY — $65,130 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $65,150 Greenville, NC — $65,200 Omaha, NE-IA — $65,320 Yuma, AZ — $65,420 Dubuque, IA — $65,480 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $65,530 Madison, WI — $65,620 Reading, PA — $65,620 Bend, OR — $65,680 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $65,770 Canton-Massillon, OH — $65,830 Mankato, MN — $65,830 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $65,890 Appleton, WI — $65,980 Texarkana, TX-AR — $65,980 Lawrence, KS — $66,010 Richmond, VA — $66,080 Williamsport, PA — $66,080 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $66,310 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $66,340 Savannah, GA — $66,370 Asheville, NC — $66,510 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $66,530 York-Hanover, PA — $66,540 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $66,690 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $66,860 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $66,890 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $66,930 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $67,030 Green Bay, WI — $67,090 Fresno, CA — $67,140 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $67,140 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $67,180 Ames, IA — $67,250 Dover, DE — $67,320 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $67,480 Bloomington, IN — $67,550 Lincoln, NE — $67,720 Monroe, MI — $67,720 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $67,890 Kansas City, MO-KS — $68,770 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $68,840 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $68,940 Springfield, MA — $68,970 Yuba City, CA — $69,070 Knoxville, TN — $69,140 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $69,200 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $69,200 Eau Claire, WI — $69,350 Medford, OR — $69,550 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $69,930 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $70,030 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $70,130 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $70,130 Toledo, OH — $70,230 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $70,340 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $70,350 Columbus, OH — $70,410 Kenosha, WI — $70,430 Rome, GA — $70,430 Kingston, NY — $70,450 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $70,640 Topeka, KS — $70,650 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $70,710 Ogden, UT — $70,720 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $70,790 Terre Haute, IN — $70,820 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $70,930 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $71,100 Flagstaff, AZ — $71,120 Battle Creek, MI — $71,130 Salinas, CA — $71,490 Rochester, MN — $71,530 Logan, UT-ID — $71,940 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $71,960 Merced, CA — $71,990 Rockford, IL — $72,000 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $72,090 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $72,190 Redding, CA — $72,600 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $72,680 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $72,790 Cheyenne, WY — $72,950 Worcester, MA — $72,960 Springfield, IL — $73,000 Owensboro, KY — $73,010 Syracuse, NY — $73,030 Boulder, CO — $73,050 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $73,200 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $73,200 Albany, GA — $73,230 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $73,390 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $73,400 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $73,680 Warner Robins, GA — $73,790 Cedar Rapids, IA — $73,800 Flint, MI — $73,900 New Haven, CT — $74,100 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $74,170 Bowling Green, KY — $74,410 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $74,420 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $74,460 Lima, OH — $74,470 Minot, ND — $74,490 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $74,570 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $74,580 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $74,720 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $74,750 Peoria, IL — $74,780 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $74,800 Sheboygan, WI — $74,820 Midland, MI — $75,120 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $75,200 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,260 Decatur, IL — $75,380 Barnstable Town, MA — $75,420 Portland-South Portland, ME — $75,460 Pueblo, CO — $75,600 Greeley, CO — $75,610 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $75,640 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $75,680 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $75,800 Enid, OK — $75,850 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $75,850 El Centro, CA — $75,890 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $76,140 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $76,210 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $76,220 Jackson, TN — $76,260 Carson City, NV — $76,320 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $76,540 Walla Walla, WA — $76,540 St. Louis, MO-IL — $76,780 Corvallis, OR — $76,830 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $76,950 Bellingham, WA — $76,960 Decatur, AL — $76,990 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $76,990 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $77,020 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $77,120 Bloomington, IL — $77,400 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $77,630 Reno, NV — $77,810 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $77,850 Vallejo, CA — $78,200 Modesto, CA — $78,370 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $78,410 Hinesville, GA — $78,620 Colorado Springs, CO — $78,640 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $78,710 Anchorage, AK — $78,720 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $78,800 Bay City, MI — $78,960 Albany, OR — $79,730 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $79,920 Lexington Park, MD — $80,810 Urban Honolulu, HI — $81,120 Helena, MT — $81,290 Napa, CA — $81,320 Great Falls, MT — $82,620 Duluth, MN-WI — $83,380 Wichita, KS — $83,540 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $84,620 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $89,620 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $89,830 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $90,580 Fairbanks-College, AK — $91,330 Kokomo, IN — $91,470 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $93,670 Longview-Kelso, WA — $96,950 Waco metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Waco metro area has the 358th-highest published median for this occupation among the 391 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Texas Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for industrial machinery mechanics, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Waco metro areathis page
$57,120 median for Waco metro area; middle half earns $47,800 to $68,670
$65,980 median for Texarkana metro area; middle half earns $56,430 to $70,840
$63,380 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $51,240 to $78,220
$63,180 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $49,960 to $78,240
$62,660 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $52,800 to $78,580
$62,400 median for Sherman metro area; middle half earns $50,820 to $82,310
$61,980 median for Killeen metro area; middle half earns $48,820 to $77,110
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General $47,110 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics $46,790 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $69,980 Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers $55,860 Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians $80,580 Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists $57,900 Highest-paying metro areas for industrial machinery mechanicss · Highest-paying occupations in Waco Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .