Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians · SOC 49-3041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicianss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians. 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 151 metro areas

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Vallejo, CA	$78,830	40	0.3
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$75,900	140	0.1
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$74,210	140	0.1
4	Bellingham, WA	$72,440	70	0.8
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$68,690	240	0.0
6	Yuba City, CA	$66,150	80	1.6
7	Bozeman, MT	$65,530	40	0.6
8	Great Falls, MT	$64,490	40	1.2
9	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$64,320	130	0.1
10	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$63,900	360	0.1
11	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$63,760	340	0.1
12	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$63,750	240	0.6
13	Grand Forks, ND-MN	$63,750	80	1.6
14	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$63,750	50	1.0
15	Ames, IA	$63,490	80	1.5
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$63,180	120	0.6
17	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$63,000	250	1.4
18	Billings, MT	$62,890	60	0.7
19	Minot, ND	$62,840	90	2.6
20	Cedar Rapids, IA	$62,690	60	0.5
21	Yakima, WA	$62,550	130	1.4
22	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$62,380	270	0.1
23	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$62,350	Not published	Not published
24	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$62,210	240	0.2
25	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$62,200	290	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 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.