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-West Lafayette, IN metro area
Figures describe the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Lafayette city limits.
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area earned a median of $62,180 per year ($29.90 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,710 at the 10th percentile to $71,100 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 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 $62,180 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,030 and $71,100.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,710 | $46,030 | $62,180 | $71,100 | $71,100 |
| Hourly | $18.61 | $22.13 | $29.90 | $34.18 | $34.18 |
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.
How this area compares
- Lafayette metro areathis metro area$62,180 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $46,030 to $71,100
- Indianastate (IN)$60,460 median for Indiana; middle half earns $46,080 to $71,290
- United Statesnational$56,550 median for United States; middle half earns $46,450 to $65,580
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +3% vs Indiana overall and +10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
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 26th-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 Indiana
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$62,180 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $46,030 to $71,100
- $62,210 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $49,550 to $73,770
- $62,090 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $45,550 to $74,350
- $59,770 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $48,080 to $73,660
- $58,560 median for Fort Wayne metro area; middle half earns $47,570 to $71,650
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 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.