Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines · SOC 49-3042

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Enginess

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines. 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 362 metro areas

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Fairbanks-College, AK	$104,000	260	7.2
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$95,980	510	0.5
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$95,410	2,370	1.0
4	Kokomo, IN	$90,040	40	1.0
5	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$85,300	120	1.3
6	Springfield, IL	$83,990	70	0.7
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$82,510	220	0.6
8	Longview-Kelso, WA	$82,340	160	3.8
9	Mankato, MN	$81,990	70	1.2
10	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$81,290	1,630	0.8
11	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$81,120	110	0.9
12	Urban Honolulu, HI	$81,120	350	0.8
13	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$81,100	410	0.7
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$81,090	1,930	0.9
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$81,000	6,610	1.1
16	Vallejo, CA	$80,900	320	2.2
17	Anchorage, AK	$80,360	540	3.1
18	Rochester, MN	$79,870	50	0.4
19	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$79,830	140	1.2
20	Farmington, NM	$79,730	220	4.7
21	Barnstable Town, MA	$79,270	40	0.4
22	Salinas, CA	$79,160	210	1.1
23	Reno, NV	$78,970	600	2.2
24	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$78,960	180	0.9
25	Worcester, MA	$78,880	320	0.9

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 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.