Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists · SOC 49-3031
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $50,030 per year ($24.05 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $41,300 at the 10th percentile to $74,440 at the 90th. BLS estimates 130 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $50,030 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,210 and $59,280.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $41,300 | $47,210 | $50,030 | $59,280 | $74,440 |
| Hourly | $19.86 | $22.70 | $24.05 | $28.50 | $35.79 |
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
- Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,030 median for Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,210 to $59,280
- South Carolinastate$59,330 median for South Carolina; middle half earns $48,510 to $65,690
- United Statesnational$61,770 median for United States; middle half earns $50,540 to $75,470
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −16% vs South Carolina overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in South Carolina
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan areathis page$50,030 median for Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,210 to $59,280
- $61,000 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $50,820 to $66,350
- $60,750 median for Spartanburg metro area; middle half earns $50,170 to $69,590
- $60,320 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $49,400 to $68,990
- $60,130 median for Hilton Head Island metro area; middle half earns $54,480 to $69,140
- $59,320 median for Myrtle Beach metro area; middle half earns $47,680 to $63,430
- $58,480 median for Greenville metro area; middle half earns $48,370 to $63,390
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialistss · Highest-paying occupations in Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area
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.
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.