Mechanical Engineers Salary in El Paso, TX

Mechanical Engineers pay range in El Paso

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $55,470 a year or less, while the top 10% make $155,310 or more. The middle half of mechanical engineers in El Paso earn between $63,870 and $119,440.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Mechanical Engineers salary after taxes in El Paso

On the average salary of $98,210, a single filer in El Paso takes home about $77,921 a year, or $6,493 a month and $2,997 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

Is El Paso a good place for mechanical engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the El Paso area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.9), so the average $98,210 buys what about $109,229 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.3 times the median wage of all jobs in El Paso ($39,510). A typical home costs $232,910, or 2.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Mechanical Engineers salary in other Texas cities

El Paso ranks 18th of 23 Texas metro areas for this job; Midland pays the most ($136,650).

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Highest-paying cities for mechanical engineers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($165,920).

Mechanical Engineers salary by city

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• Aerospace Engineers$115,420 a year
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• Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers$98,920 a year
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