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Maintenance Workers, Machinery salary in Houston, TX

The median maintenance workers, machinery in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $58,310 a year, 4% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,086 a month.

10th percentile
$39,740
25th percentile
$47,080
Median percentile
$58,310
75th percentile
$71,620
90th percentile
$83,960

Based on 1,950 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$49,032 take-home a year
Gross pay$58,310
Federal income tax−$4,817
Social Security + Medicare−$4,461
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$4,086
Every two weeks$1,886

Does it go far here?

$59,121Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
35%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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