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Plant and System Operators, All Other · SOC 51-8099

Plant and System Operators, All Other Salary in the Longview Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Longview, TX metro area

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

Median annual wage$49,180
Median hourly wage$23.64

Plant and System Operators, All Other in the Longview, TX metro area earned a median of $49,180 per year ($23.64 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,420 at the 10th percentile to $106,600 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Plant and System Operators, All Other in the Longview metro area earn more than $49,180 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,480 and $53,820.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,420$44,480$49,180$53,820$106,600
Hourly$18.95$21.39$23.64$25.88$51.25

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

  • Longview metro areathis metro area
    $49,180
  • Texasstate (TX)
    $50,820
  • United Statesnational
    $62,470

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

The median here is −3% vs Texas overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$38,020$56,820$75,620$94,420El Paso, TX — $38,020Amarillo, TX — $38,840San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $38,850Tyler, TX — $40,710Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $43,130Jacksonville, FL — $43,810Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $44,020Sherman-Denison, TX — $44,110Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $45,930Greeley, CO — $46,860Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,330Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $48,550New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $49,000Longview, TX — $49,180Albuquerque, NM — $49,230Killeen-Temple, TX — $50,190Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $50,720Pittsburgh, PA — $50,840San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $51,210Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $51,980Waco, TX — $52,450Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $53,200Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $53,370Knoxville, TN — $54,910Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $55,790Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $55,830Boulder, CO — $57,500Midland, TX — $60,100Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $60,240Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $60,650Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,110Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,200Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $61,790Colorado Springs, CO — $61,840Rapid City, SD — $62,190Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $62,470Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $64,030Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $66,170Fresno, CA — $67,180Cleveland, OH — $67,340Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,390Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $67,760Columbus, OH — $68,690Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $68,850Tulsa, OK — $68,950St. Louis, MO-IL — $69,910Columbia, SC — $70,620Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $70,820Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $71,800Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $72,780Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $73,540Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $77,130Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $77,290San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $77,330Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $78,350New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $78,500Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $80,430Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $80,660Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $81,660Billings, MT — $83,530Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $83,760Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $83,870Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $84,390Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $85,300San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $85,590Duluth, MN-WI — $88,290San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $91,310Reno, NV — $92,870Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $94,420

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 Longview metro area has the 56th-highest published median for this occupation among the 69 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 plant and system operators, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Longview metro areathis page
    $49,180
  • Midland metro area
    $60,100
  • Austin metro area
    $55,790
  • Houston metro area
    $53,200
  • Waco metro area
    $52,450
  • San Antonio metro area
    $51,210
  • Dallas metro area
    $50,720

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:

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,300Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,310First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$71,810Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,540Machinists$48,350Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,540

Highest-paying metro areas for plant and system operators, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Longview 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.