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Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians · SOC 49-3041

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians Salary in the Lafayette Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Lafayette, LA metro area

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

Median annual wage$48,470
Median hourly wage$23.30

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in the Lafayette, LA metro area earned a median of $48,470 per year ($23.30 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $34,210 at the 10th percentile to $81,500 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in the Lafayette metro area earn more than $48,470 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,510 and $63,280.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$34,210$46,510$48,470$63,280$81,500
Hourly$16.45$22.36$23.30$30.42$39.18

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

  • Lafayette metro areathis metro area
    $48,470
  • Louisianastate (LA)
    $48,330
  • United Statesnational
    $56,550

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

The median here is about the same vs Louisiana overall and −14% 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 Lafayette metro area has the 131st-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 Louisiana

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.

  • Lafayette metro areathis page
    $48,470
  • Monroe metro area
    $48,410

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$40,930Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,930Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$48,500First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$68,620Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$45,920Industrial Machinery Mechanics$55,290

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