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Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other · SOC 51-4199

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other Salary in the El Paso Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025El Paso, TX metro area

Figures describe the El Paso, TX metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not El Paso city limits.

Median annual wage$40,910
Median hourly wage$19.67

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other in the El Paso, TX metro area earned a median of $40,910 per year ($19.67 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $27,380 at the 10th percentile to $40,910 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other in the El Paso metro area earn more than $40,910 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,840 and $40,910.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$27,380$38,840$40,910$40,910$40,910
Hourly$13.16$18.67$19.67$19.67$19.67

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.

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How this area compares

  • El Paso metro areathis metro area
    $40,910
  • Texasstate (TX)
    $45,560
  • United Statesnational
    $45,950

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −10% vs Texas overall and −11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,840$42,517$63,193$83,870San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $21,840Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $30,800Jackson, TN — $32,990New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $33,790Chattanooga, TN-GA — $35,020Knoxville, TN — $35,530Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $36,490Eugene-Springfield, OR — $37,330New Haven, CT — $38,240Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,270Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,270Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $38,720Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $38,740Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $39,330Gainesville, GA — $39,430Midland, TX — $39,450Jacksonville, FL — $40,440Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $40,650El Paso, TX — $40,910Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $42,130Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $42,170Appleton, WI — $42,450Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $42,700Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $42,950Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $43,370Fresno, CA — $43,570Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $44,440York-Hanover, PA — $44,490Akron, OH — $44,720Cleveland, OH — $45,180Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,270Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $45,630San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,830Colorado Springs, CO — $46,030Reno, NV — $46,440Vallejo, CA — $46,450Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,730Manchester-Nashua, NH — $46,930Columbia, SC — $47,050Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,160Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,300Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,540Lancaster, PA — $47,780Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,860Greeley, CO — $48,210Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,890Pittsburgh, PA — $48,890St. Louis, MO-IL — $48,920Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,120Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $49,210Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,570Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,630Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $49,720Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $50,000Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $50,050Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $50,070San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $50,650Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $51,030Spartanburg, SC — $51,500Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $51,690Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $52,180Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $52,880Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $53,090San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $53,930Albany, OR — $54,020Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $54,890Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $57,140San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $60,430Corpus Christi, TX — $62,520Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $65,760Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $74,050Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $83,870

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 El Paso metro area has the 54th-highest published median for this occupation among the 72 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 metal workers and plastic workers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • El Paso metro areathis page
    $40,910
  • Corpus Christi metro area
    $62,520
  • Dallas metro area
    $48,890
  • San Antonio metro area
    $45,830
  • Midland metro area
    $39,450
  • Houston metro area
    $38,270

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:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$34,530First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$61,270Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$36,930Sewing Machine Operators$22,400Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$45,000Helpers--Production Workers$30,460

Highest-paying metro areas for metal workers and plastic workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in El Paso 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.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.