Pay distribution $31,120 10th $31,680 25th $37,460 75th $44,500 90th
Half of Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants in the Salem metro area earn more than $34,100 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $31,680 and $37,460.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $31,120 $31,680 $34,100 $37,460 $44,500 Hourly $14.96 $15.23 $16.39 $18.01 $21.39
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Salem metro areathis metro area
$34,100 median for Salem metro area; middle half earns $31,680 to $37,460
$34,280 median for Oregon; middle half earns $31,390 to $37,860
$35,670 median for United States; middle half earns $31,300 to $39,320
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −1% vs Oregon overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,400 $31,720 $41,040 $50,360 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,400 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $27,350 Dothan, AL — $27,380 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $27,390 Charleston, WV — $27,440 Laredo, TX — $27,500 Hammond, LA — $27,560 Lafayette, LA — $27,620 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $27,770 Valdosta, GA — $28,280 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $28,290 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,390 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,450 Tuscaloosa, AL — $28,470 Harrisonburg, VA — $28,490 Lake Charles, LA — $28,550 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $28,580 Lynchburg, VA — $28,650 Cleveland, TN — $28,690 El Paso, TX — $28,700 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $28,760 Decatur, AL — $28,880 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $28,890 Mobile, AL — $29,000 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $29,080 Roanoke, VA — $29,080 Columbus, GA-AL — $29,170 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $29,190 Sherman-Denison, TX — $29,220 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $29,260 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $29,280 Birmingham, AL — $29,320 Saginaw, MI — $29,390 Lubbock, TX — $29,400 Montgomery, AL — $29,410 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $29,520 Albany, GA — $29,590 Columbia, SC — $29,640 Richmond, VA — $29,720 Winchester, VA-WV — $29,740 Monroe, LA — $29,800 Warner Robins, GA — $29,940 Texarkana, TX-AR — $30,020 State College, PA — $30,080 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $30,090 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $30,120 Flint, MI — $30,160 Jacksonville, NC — $30,240 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $30,240 Huntsville, AL — $30,250 Midland, TX — $30,260 Waco, TX — $30,290 Rocky Mount, NC — $30,320 Greenville, NC — $30,380 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $30,410 Goldsboro, NC — $30,490 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $30,490 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $30,570 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $30,640 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $30,640 Hot Springs, AR — $30,650 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $30,680 Dalton, GA — $30,710 Johnson City, TN — $30,710 Knoxville, TN — $30,720 Farmington, NM — $30,880 Abilene, TX — $30,980 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $31,040 Jackson, TN — $31,140 Bloomington, IL — $31,200 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $31,200 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200 Gainesville, GA — $31,200 Savannah, GA — $31,200 Tulsa, OK — $31,210 Baton Rouge, LA — $31,270 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $31,270 Odessa, TX — $31,270 Winston-Salem, NC — $31,310 York-Hanover, PA — $31,420 Clarksville, TN-KY — $31,570 Monroe, MI — $31,670 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $31,710 Jackson, MS — $31,710 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $31,740 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $31,740 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $31,830 Burlington, NC — $31,870 Grants Pass, OR — $31,900 Asheville, NC — $32,090 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $32,220 Wichita, KS — $32,230 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $32,290 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $32,300 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $32,440 Springfield, MA — $32,620 Tyler, TX — $32,650 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $32,700 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $32,710 Corpus Christi, TX — $32,890 Tallahassee, FL — $32,930 Elizabethtown, KY — $32,960 Medford, OR — $32,970 College Station-Bryan, TX — $33,080 Bend, OR — $33,090 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $33,090 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $33,090 Paducah, KY-IL — $33,190 Dover, DE — $33,280 Twin Falls, ID — $33,280 Jackson, MI — $33,310 Albany, OR — $33,340 Ocala, FL — $33,340 Oklahoma City, OK — $33,360 Homosassa Springs, FL — $33,590 Longview, TX — $33,660 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $33,680 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $33,700 Springfield, IL — $33,750 Canton-Massillon, OH — $33,800 Sandusky, OH — $33,870 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $33,890 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $33,950 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $33,960 Salem, OR — $34,100 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $34,140 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $34,220 Terre Haute, IN — $34,230 Topeka, KS — $34,230 Punta Gorda, FL — $34,260 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $34,270 Vineland, NJ — $34,280 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $34,300 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $34,300 Lancaster, PA — $34,310 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $34,420 Port St. Lucie, FL — $34,460 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $34,480 Reading, PA — $34,530 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $34,570 Akron, OH — $34,580 Grand Junction, CO — $34,580 Rome, GA — $34,650 Columbus, IN — $34,660 Toledo, OH — $34,670 Idaho Falls, ID — $34,720 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $34,730 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $34,740 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $34,750 Lincoln, NE — $34,770 Wausau, WI — $34,790 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,800 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $34,820 Jacksonville, FL — $34,880 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $34,880 Wilmington, NC — $34,930 Corvallis, OR — $34,940 Fond du Lac, WI — $35,020 Muncie, IN — $35,020 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $35,050 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $35,080 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $35,160 Jonesboro, AR — $35,170 Gainesville, FL — $35,180 Tucson, AZ — $35,180 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $35,210 Cleveland, OH — $35,230 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $35,240 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $35,250 Manhattan, KS — $35,260 St. George, UT — $35,300 Ann Arbor, MI — $35,320 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,320 Peoria, IL — $35,340 Yuma, AZ — $35,380 Evansville, IN — $35,400 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $35,430 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $35,440 Omaha, NE-IA — $35,440 Great Falls, MT — $35,450 Columbus, OH — $35,490 Pueblo, CO — $35,490 Pittsburgh, PA — $35,550 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $35,560 Bangor, ME — $35,600 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $35,690 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,720 Barnstable Town, MA — $35,790 Boise City, ID — $35,790 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $35,840 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $35,950 Rapid City, SD — $35,960 Yakima, WA — $35,960 Lawrence, KS — $36,010 Grand Island, NE — $36,020 Kokomo, IN — $36,050 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,160 Fort Wayne, IN — $36,200 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $36,240 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,330 Ogden, UT — $36,340 Bloomington, IN — $36,380 Eau Claire, WI — $36,410 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $36,420 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $36,440 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $36,480 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,510 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $36,510 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $36,530 Lexington Park, MD — $36,560 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $36,570 Ithaca, NY — $36,590 Green Bay, WI — $36,630 Utica-Rome, NY — $36,630 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $36,660 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $36,700 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,720 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $36,740 Greeley, CO — $36,750 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $36,790 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,790 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $36,850 St. Cloud, MN — $36,870 Syracuse, NY — $36,890 Springfield, MO — $36,920 Merced, CA — $36,940 Albuquerque, NM — $36,950 Sheboygan, WI — $36,960 Logan, UT-ID — $37,000 Appleton, WI — $37,060 Colorado Springs, CO — $37,110 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,110 Rochester, MN — $37,120 Helena, MT — $37,210 Portland-South Portland, ME — $37,210 Chico, CA — $37,230 Kenosha, WI — $37,260 Killeen-Temple, TX — $37,300 Bismarck, ND — $37,340 Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,360 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $37,380 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $37,430 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $37,430 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $37,440 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $37,440 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $37,470 Cheyenne, WY — $37,470 Binghamton, NY — $37,530 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,530 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $37,560 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $37,650 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $37,670 Rochester, NY — $37,680 Fargo, ND-MN — $37,720 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $37,730 Billings, MT — $37,750 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $37,880 St. Louis, MO-IL — $37,880 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $37,920 Casper, WY — $37,930 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,950 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,980 Madison, WI — $38,020 Redding, CA — $38,040 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $38,090 Yuba City, CA — $38,170 Visalia, CA — $38,180 Glens Falls, NY — $38,200 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $38,400 Fresno, CA — $38,480 Vallejo, CA — $38,500 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,520 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $38,540 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,600 Duluth, MN-WI — $38,600 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $39,030 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $39,070 Reno, NV — $39,180 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $39,250 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $39,260 Boulder, CO — $39,370 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $39,540 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $39,610 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,670 Lawton, OK — $39,710 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $40,210 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $40,240 Modesto, CA — $40,260 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $40,410 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $40,510 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $40,510 Bozeman, MT — $41,300 Anchorage, AK — $41,590 Missoula, MT — $41,600 Fairbanks-College, AK — $41,830 Salinas, CA — $42,090 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $42,800 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $43,300 New Haven, CT — $43,330 Bellingham, WA — $43,430 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $44,120 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $44,140 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $45,020 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $45,760 Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,360 Salem metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Salem metro area has the 181st-highest published median for this occupation among the 305 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Oregon Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for automotive and watercraft service attendants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Salem metro areathis page
$34,100 median for Salem metro area; middle half earns $31,680 to $37,460
$36,420 median for Portland metro area; middle half earns $33,850 to $39,710
$34,940 median for Corvallis metro area; middle half earns $31,280 to $38,340
$33,340 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $30,630 to $37,160
$33,090 median for Bend metro area; middle half earns $31,660 to $36,700
$32,970 median for Medford metro area; middle half earns $30,590 to $37,220
$31,900 median for Grants Pass metro area; middle half earns $31,350 to $36,610
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Stockers and Order Fillers $41,520 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand $40,360 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers $60,580 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators $47,790 Light Truck Drivers $46,330 Bus Drivers, School $51,570 Highest-paying metro areas for automotive and watercraft service attendantss · Highest-paying occupations in Salem Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .