Engine and Other Machine Assemblers · SOC 51-2031

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Engine and Other Machine Assemblerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for engine and other machine assemblers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 42 metro areas

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$102,530	210	0.1
2	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$80,200	200	0.2
3	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$80,170	90	0.9
4	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$76,480	50	0.1
5	Toledo, OH	$75,770	310	1.1
6	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$65,410	130	0.1
7	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$64,820	3,330	1.7
8	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$64,240	100	0.1
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$62,400	90	0.0
10	Ann Arbor, MI	$61,680	60	0.3
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$61,340	80	0.1
12	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$59,600	60	0.3
13	Richmond, VA	$59,570	40	0.1
14	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$58,550	230	0.5
15	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$55,340	30	0.1
16	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$53,570	460	0.8
17	St. Louis, MO-IL	$51,920	120	0.1
18	Tulsa, OK	$51,770	60	0.1
19	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$51,040	120	0.1
20	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$50,560	60	0.1
21	Rochester, NY	$50,210	40	0.1
22	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,630	540	0.1
23	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,990	310	0.1
24	Springfield, MO	$48,830	140	0.6
25	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$48,730	130	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Engine and Other Machine Assemblers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.