Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics · SOC 49-3053

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanicss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics. 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 187 metro areas

Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New Haven, CT	$72,260	70	0.3
2	Rochester, MN	$61,920	50	0.4
3	Idaho Falls, ID	$61,360	30	0.4
4	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$61,070	40	0.6
5	Anchorage, AK	$60,190	30	0.2
6	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$60,010	160	0.4
7	Worcester, MA	$59,960	80	0.2
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$59,950	290	0.2
9	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$59,880	590	0.2
10	St. Louis, MO-IL	$58,790	240	0.2
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$58,520	270	0.1
12	Salinas, CA	$58,310	50	0.3
13	Reno, NV	$58,280	50	0.2
14	Boise City, ID	$58,060	50	0.1
15	Boulder, CO	$57,870	30	0.2
16	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$57,860	30	0.3
17	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$57,460	130	0.2
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$57,110	870	0.1
19	Omaha, NE-IA	$57,030	100	0.2
20	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$56,980	360	0.2
21	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$56,720	Not published	Not published
22	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$56,570	80	0.1
23	Bozeman, MT	$56,490	30	0.4
24	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$56,270	240	0.1
25	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$55,450	580	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 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.