Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators · SOC 51-8021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operatorss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for stationary engineers and boiler operators. 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 110 metro areas

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$129,930	980	0.4
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$123,170	210	0.2
3	Vallejo, CA	$123,170	110	0.8
4	Springfield, IL	$117,590	60	0.6
5	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$115,780	1,210	0.3
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$112,250	210	0.1
7	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$104,810	3,810	0.4
8	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$103,690	50	0.2
9	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$103,380	80	0.7
10	Urban Honolulu, HI	$103,060	40	0.1
11	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$99,840	520	0.5
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$97,470	80	0.2
13	El Centro, CA	$96,150	40	0.6
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$94,870	110	0.2
15	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$94,100	110	0.3
16	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$92,420	70	0.2
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$91,480	970	0.3
18	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$90,830	30	0.2
19	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$87,700	220	0.1
20	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$87,170	370	0.2
21	Fresno, CA	$87,140	120	0.3
22	Lima, OH	$85,930	30	0.7
23	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$85,690	70	0.6
24	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$85,180	40	0.2
25	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$83,950	340	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 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.