SOC 51-8013 · Area 4800004 · May 2025
Power Plant Operators
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $61,770 | $29.70 |
| 25th percentile | $66,430 | $31.94 |
| Median | $101,230 | $48.67 |
| 75th percentile | $106,440 | $51.17 |
| 90th percentile | $117,340 | $56.41 |
| Average | $90,840 | $43.67 |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 120. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $66,430 to $106,440 in 2025, a span of $40,010.
The area median is $1,280 (1.2%) below Texas's $102,510 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 9 other published areas
- This area's median is $15,880 (18.6%) above the $85,350 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $3,560 (3.6%) above the $97,670 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $1,050 (1.0%) above the $100,180 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $330 (0.3%) below the $101,560 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $670 (0.7%) below the $101,900 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $3,390 (3.2%) below the $104,620 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $4,370 (4.1%) below the $105,600 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,490 (5.1%) below the $106,720 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $9,720 (8.8%) below the $110,950 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.
Which counties share this estimate?
The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.
- Blanco County
- Brown County
- Burnet County
- Coke County
- Coleman County
- Concho County
- Fayette County
- Freestone County
- Gillespie County
- Grimes County
- Hamilton County
- Hill County
- Kerr County
- Kimble County
- Lee County
- Leon County
- Limestone County
- Llano County
- McCulloch County
- Madison County
- Mason County
- Menard County
- Milam County
- Mills County
- Runnels County
- San Saba County
- Schleicher County
- Sterling County
- Sutton County
- Walker County
- Washington County
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