Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists · SOC 49-3031
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in the Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern Michigan 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 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $59,480 per year ($28.60 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $44,390 at the 10th percentile to $72,210 at the 90th. BLS estimates 270 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists in the Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area earn more than $59,480 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,880 and $62,100.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $44,390 | $48,880 | $59,480 | $62,100 | $72,210 |
| Hourly | $21.34 | $23.50 | $28.60 | $29.86 | $34.71 |
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
- Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$59,480 median for Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $48,880 to $62,100
- Michiganstate$61,420 median for Michigan; middle half earns $51,280 to $67,460
- 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 −3% vs Michigan overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Michigan
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.
- Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan areathis page$59,480 median for Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $48,880 to $62,100
- $65,770 median for Ann Arbor metro area; middle half earns $58,740 to $77,810
- $63,360 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $52,690 to $74,230
- $63,240 median for Traverse City metro area; middle half earns $49,520 to $65,680
- $63,030 median for Jackson metro area; middle half earns $54,680 to $68,280
- $61,780 median for Flint metro area; middle half earns $51,450 to $65,660
- $61,740 median for Lansing metro area; middle half earns $52,450 to $66,700
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 Southern Michigan 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.