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Power Plant Operator Salary in El Paso, Texas

The annual salary statistics of power plant operators in El Paso, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of power plant operators in El Paso is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Power Plant Operators in El Paso, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,440
25th Percentile Wage
$62,540
50th Percentile Wage
$83,020
75th Percentile Wage
$87,020
90th Percentile Wage
$92,130

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for power plant operators in El Paso, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $92,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $83,020. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,440.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of power plant operators from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$83,020
5.40% 3.48%
2021
$78,540
-12.81% -
2020
$88,600
2.67% -
2019
$86,230
7.97% -
2018
$79,360
-0.97% -
2017
$80,130
0.00% -
2012
$80,130
- -

Table 2. Compare Power Plant Operator Salary in El Paso with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $83,020 in El Paso is in the middle of salary range for power plant operators in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of power plant operators in El Paso is 20.4 percent (20.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Antonio-New Braunfels and 37.7 percent (37.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying College Station-Bryan.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$104,360
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$103,710
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$94,150
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$94,100
Amarillo
$93,220
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$91,620
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$85,450
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$83,290
El Paso
$83,020
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$81,100
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$80,920
Lubbock
$79,950
Fort Worth-Arlington
$74,340
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$72,790
Corpus Christi
$71,960
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$69,750
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$60,330
College Station-Bryan
$51,760

See also: Top paying jobs in El Paso, Texas.