SOC 53-7081 · Area 36220 · May 2025
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
Odessa, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $36,940 | $17.76 |
| 25th percentile | $46,180 | $22.20 |
| Median | $46,180 | $22.20 |
| 75th percentile | $54,750 | $26.32 |
| 90th percentile | $58,090 | $27.93 |
| Average | $47,250 | $22.72 |
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: 60. 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 $46,180 to $54,750 in 2025, a span of $8,570.
The area median is $150 (0.3%) below Texas's $46,330 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 25 other published areas
- This area's median is $17,040 (58.5%) above the $29,140 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $13,670 (42.0%) above the $32,510 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $10,470 (29.3%) above the $35,710 median in Eagle Pass, TX.
- This area's median is $9,330 (25.3%) above the $36,850 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $9,290 (25.2%) above the $36,890 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $9,190 (24.8%) above the $36,990 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $8,990 (24.2%) above the $37,190 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $8,610 (22.9%) above the $37,570 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $7,210 (18.5%) above the $38,970 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $7,170 (18.4%) above the $39,010 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $6,780 (17.2%) above the $39,400 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $6,510 (16.4%) above the $39,670 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $6,320 (15.9%) above the $39,860 median in Victoria, TX.
- This area's median is $5,350 (13.1%) above the $40,830 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $2,340 (5.3%) above the $43,840 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $1,800 (4.1%) above the $44,380 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $360 (0.8%) above the $45,820 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $140 (0.3%) below the $46,320 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $1,780 (3.7%) below the $47,960 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $1,850 (3.9%) below the $48,030 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $2,470 (5.1%) below the $48,650 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $2,760 (5.6%) below the $48,940 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $3,380 (6.8%) below the $49,560 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $3,860 (7.7%) below the $50,040 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $10,480 (18.5%) below the $56,660 median in Midland, 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.
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