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Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians · SOC 49-3041

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians Salary in the Des Moines Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area

Figures describe the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Des Moines city limits.

Median annual wage$63,750
Median hourly wage$30.65

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area earned a median of $63,750 per year ($30.65 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,350 at the 10th percentile to $78,970 at the 90th. BLS estimates 240 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in the Des Moines metro area earn more than $63,750 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,640 and $77,000.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$47,350$50,640$63,750$77,000$78,970
Hourly$22.76$24.35$30.65$37.02$37.97

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.

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How this area compares

  • Des Moines metro areathis metro area
    $63,750
  • Iowastate (IA)
    $59,860
  • United Statesnational
    $56,550

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +6% vs Iowa overall and +13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$35,470$49,923$64,377$78,830Yuma, AZ — $35,470McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $40,210Jackson, TN — $45,480Manhattan, KS — $45,930Saginaw, MI — $46,800Knoxville, TN — $46,880Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $46,970Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,210Lynchburg, VA — $47,320Visalia, CA — $47,320Salinas, CA — $47,400Albuquerque, NM — $47,460Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,480Dothan, AL — $47,490Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,490Napa, CA — $48,010Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $48,200Bowling Green, KY — $48,380Monroe, LA — $48,410Wichita, KS — $48,430Lafayette, LA — $48,470Harrisonburg, VA — $48,510Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $48,620Chambersburg, PA — $48,740Fresno, CA — $48,760Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,780El Centro, CA — $48,880Abilene, TX — $48,900Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,030Grand Island, NE — $49,110Pittsburgh, PA — $49,120Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,130Cleveland, OH — $49,230Topeka, KS — $49,270Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,490Valdosta, GA — $50,000Toledo, OH — $50,070Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $50,180Kansas City, MO-KS — $50,290Clarksville, TN-KY — $50,380Fond du Lac, WI — $50,460Lawrence, KS — $50,650Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $50,800Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $50,960Richmond, VA — $51,060Stockton-Lodi, CA — $51,750Lubbock, TX — $51,980Jackson, MS — $52,360Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $52,450Lebanon, PA — $52,520Corpus Christi, TX — $52,620Birmingham, AL — $52,880Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $53,070Lancaster, PA — $53,290Owensboro, KY — $53,300Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $53,430Huntsville, AL — $53,860Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $54,120Mankato, MN — $54,230Lexington-Fayette, KY — $55,150San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $55,660Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $55,790Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $55,940Tulsa, OK — $56,170Omaha, NE-IA — $56,220La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $56,490Eugene-Springfield, OR — $56,600St. Cloud, MN — $56,680Bend, OR — $56,720Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $56,850Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $56,870Columbus, OH — $56,900Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $57,000Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $57,030Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $57,290Amarillo, TX — $57,400Logan, UT-ID — $57,590Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $57,610Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $57,720Albany, OR — $57,760Chico, CA — $57,890Rochester, NY — $58,040Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $58,280Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $58,430Fargo, ND-MN — $58,460Fort Wayne, IN — $58,560Lincoln, NE — $58,600Springfield, MO — $58,670Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $58,870Portland-South Portland, ME — $58,880Twin Falls, ID — $58,880Appleton, WI — $58,970Salem, OR — $58,990Green Bay, WI — $59,000Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $59,230Rapid City, SD — $59,280Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $59,290Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $59,300Jonesboro, AR — $59,390Eau Claire, WI — $59,490Idaho Falls, ID — $59,520Syracuse, NY — $59,590Wausau, WI — $59,630Peoria, IL — $59,680Columbia, MO — $59,690San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $59,690Evansville, IN — $59,770Champaign-Urbana, IL — $59,960Tuscaloosa, AL — $59,980Boise City, ID — $60,000Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,810St. Joseph, MO-KS — $60,840Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $60,880New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $60,920Iowa City, IA — $60,950Madison, WI — $61,000Merced, CA — $61,360Kennewick-Richland, WA — $61,460Dubuque, IA — $61,500St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,640Modesto, CA — $61,670Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $62,000Oklahoma City, OK — $62,070Rochester, MN — $62,090South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $62,090Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,180Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,200Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $62,210Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,350Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $62,380Yakima, WA — $62,550Cedar Rapids, IA — $62,690Minot, ND — $62,840Billings, MT — $62,890Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $63,000Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $63,180Ames, IA — $63,490Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,750Grand Forks, ND-MN — $63,750Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $63,750Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $63,760Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $63,900San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $64,320Great Falls, MT — $64,490Bozeman, MT — $65,530Yuba City, CA — $66,150Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $68,690Bellingham, WA — $72,440San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $74,210Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $75,900Vallejo, CA — $78,830

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 Des Moines metro area has the 12th-highest published median for this occupation among the 151 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 Iowa

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Des Moines metro areathis page
    $63,750
  • Ames metro area
    $63,490
  • Cedar Rapids metro area
    $62,690
  • Waterloo metro area
    $62,000
  • Dubuque metro area
    $61,500
  • Iowa City metro area
    $60,950
  • Sioux City metro area
    $58,430

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:

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$50,780Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$60,470First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$79,230Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,630Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$62,640Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,810

Highest-paying metro areas for farm equipment mechanics and service technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Des Moines 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.

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.