Pay distribution $61,450 10th $72,580 25th $105,260 75th $125,800 90th
Half of Mechanical Engineers in the Williamsport metro area earn more than $86,110 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $72,580 and $105,260.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $61,450 $72,580 $86,110 $105,260 $125,800 Hourly $29.54 $34.89 $41.40 $50.61 $60.48
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 Williamsport metro areathis metro area
$86,110 median for Williamsport metro area; middle half earns $72,580 to $105,260
$97,920 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $79,090 to $125,270
$104,110 median for United States; middle half earns $84,130 to $132,590
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −12% vs Pennsylvania overall and −17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $74,400 $105,610 $136,820 $168,030 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $74,400 Gainesville, FL — $75,490 San Angelo, TX — $75,930 Johnstown, PA — $76,210 Jonesboro, AR — $76,690 Hattiesburg, MS — $76,770 Eau Claire, WI — $78,360 Altoona, PA — $78,670 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $78,950 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $79,300 Wausau, WI — $79,340 Merced, CA — $79,600 Springfield, MO — $80,020 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $80,180 Morristown, TN — $80,490 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $80,500 Jackson, MS — $81,300 Kankakee, IL — $81,840 Columbia, MO — $82,200 Lafayette, LA — $82,520 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $82,800 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $82,900 Manhattan, KS — $83,200 Elmira, NY — $83,220 Yakima, WA — $83,220 Joplin, MO-KS — $83,430 Terre Haute, IN — $83,550 Lancaster, PA — $83,710 College Station-Bryan, TX — $83,760 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $83,920 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $84,370 Cedar Rapids, IA — $84,630 St. George, UT — $84,690 Kenosha, WI — $84,780 Appleton, WI — $85,260 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $85,490 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $85,740 Muncie, IN — $86,010 Williamsport, PA — $86,110 Morgantown, WV — $86,270 Fargo, ND-MN — $86,330 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $87,690 Bozeman, MT — $87,840 Mansfield, OH — $88,770 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $88,770 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $88,770 Jefferson City, MO — $89,120 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $89,380 Springfield, OH — $89,520 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $89,720 Missoula, MT — $89,730 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $89,960 Sherman-Denison, TX — $90,070 Kingston, NY — $90,150 Duluth, MN-WI — $90,490 State College, PA — $90,530 St. Cloud, MN — $90,670 Dalton, GA — $90,940 Saginaw, MI — $91,040 Lubbock, TX — $91,110 Boise City, ID — $91,340 Columbus, GA-AL — $91,430 El Paso, TX — $91,430 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $91,430 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $91,820 Punta Gorda, FL — $92,220 Yuma, AZ — $92,230 Visalia, CA — $92,770 Springfield, IL — $92,920 Clarksville, TN-KY — $92,940 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $93,060 Omaha, NE-IA — $93,180 Twin Falls, ID — $93,190 Lebanon, PA — $93,210 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $93,310 Gainesville, GA — $93,420 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $93,550 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $93,650 Dothan, AL — $93,750 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $93,800 Tallahassee, FL — $93,810 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $93,860 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $93,970 Utica-Rome, NY — $93,980 Medford, OR — $94,030 Paducah, KY-IL — $94,060 York-Hanover, PA — $94,160 Rapid City, SD — $94,180 Green Bay, WI — $94,450 Killeen-Temple, TX — $94,520 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $94,560 Montgomery, AL — $94,570 Wichita, KS — $94,610 Lynchburg, VA — $94,630 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $94,940 Lawrence, KS — $94,990 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $95,000 Port St. Lucie, FL — $95,150 Toledo, OH — $95,170 Monroe, MI — $95,190 Evansville, IN — $95,220 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $95,250 Jackson, MI — $95,280 Fort Wayne, IN — $95,310 Las Cruces, NM — $95,370 Fond du Lac, WI — $95,410 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $95,530 Lewiston, ID-WA — $95,580 Winston-Salem, NC — $95,600 Wichita Falls, TX — $95,710 Glens Falls, NY — $95,820 Flint, MI — $95,850 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $95,850 Burlington, NC — $95,870 Wheeling, WV-OH — $95,900 Bay City, MI — $96,000 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $96,180 Iowa City, IA — $96,190 Jackson, TN — $96,290 Ocala, FL — $96,520 Sandusky, OH — $96,580 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $96,610 Waco, TX — $96,680 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $96,690 Albany, OR — $96,710 Oklahoma City, OK — $96,930 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $97,030 Johnson City, TN — $97,040 Rochester, MN — $97,100 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $97,200 Cleveland, OH — $97,220 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $97,400 Idaho Falls, ID — $97,540 Owensboro, KY — $97,810 Bloomington, IN — $97,830 Canton-Massillon, OH — $97,900 Akron, OH — $97,920 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $97,950 Salem, OR — $98,010 Rocky Mount, NC — $98,040 Charleston, WV — $98,050 Pittsburgh, PA — $98,050 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $98,140 Flagstaff, AZ — $98,150 Springfield, MA — $98,380 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $98,400 Sheboygan, WI — $98,450 Reading, PA — $98,540 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $98,550 Binghamton, NY — $98,560 Ames, IA — $98,610 Topeka, KS — $98,620 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $98,670 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $98,680 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $98,680 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $98,730 Fresno, CA — $98,740 Urban Honolulu, HI — $98,740 Birmingham, AL — $98,810 Amarillo, TX — $98,830 Traverse City, MI — $98,900 Longview-Kelso, WA — $98,910 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $98,970 Knoxville, TN — $99,070 Bowling Green, KY — $99,090 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $99,150 Rockford, IL — $99,150 Lima, OH — $99,290 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $99,290 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $99,440 Abilene, TX — $99,460 Jacksonville, FL — $99,500 Vineland, NJ — $99,620 Kansas City, MO-KS — $99,630 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $99,660 Madison, WI — $99,680 Fayetteville, NC — $99,700 Tucson, AZ — $99,750 Jacksonville, NC — $99,780 Ithaca, NY — $99,990 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $100,000 Rochester, NY — $100,160 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $100,230 Longview, TX — $100,230 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $100,280 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $100,290 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $100,310 St. Louis, MO-IL — $100,340 Lincoln, NE — $100,360 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $100,360 Winchester, VA-WV — $100,380 Bloomington, IL — $100,500 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $100,640 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $100,690 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $100,700 Columbus, OH — $100,730 Monroe, LA — $100,740 Dover, DE — $100,900 Battle Creek, MI — $100,950 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $100,980 Casper, WY — $101,010 Sumter, SC — $101,010 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $101,090 Wilmington, NC — $101,100 Bend, OR — $101,130 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $101,180 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $101,180 Warner Robins, GA — $101,190 Yuba City, CA — $101,270 Mankato, MN — $101,350 Chambersburg, PA — $101,400 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $101,470 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $101,500 Reno, NV — $101,520 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $101,570 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $101,650 Carson City, NV — $101,690 Goldsboro, NC — $101,800 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $101,830 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $101,950 Savannah, GA — $101,990 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $102,020 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $102,070 Roanoke, VA — $102,160 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $102,270 Columbia, SC — $102,280 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $102,280 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $102,350 Huntsville, AL — $102,450 Elizabethtown, KY — $102,590 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $102,610 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $102,630 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $102,820 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $102,980 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $102,990 Ogden, UT — $103,100 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $103,380 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $103,450 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $103,700 Florence, SC — $103,800 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $103,820 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $103,850 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $104,110 Richmond, VA — $104,130 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $104,150 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $104,220 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $104,320 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $104,410 Albany, GA — $104,500 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $104,620 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $104,840 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $104,910 New Haven, CT — $104,950 Modesto, CA — $104,990 Spartanburg, SC — $104,990 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $105,020 Syracuse, NY — $105,020 Grand Junction, CO — $105,210 Kokomo, IN — $105,410 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $105,420 Bangor, ME — $105,450 Pueblo, CO — $105,580 Mobile, AL — $105,670 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $105,980 Redding, CA — $105,980 Charlottesville, VA — $106,130 Tyler, TX — $106,240 Niles, MI — $106,320 Texarkana, TX-AR — $106,330 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $106,340 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $106,490 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $106,560 Bellingham, WA — $106,580 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $106,660 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $106,690 Corvallis, OR — $106,700 Vallejo, CA — $106,800 Erie, PA — $106,890 Portland-South Portland, ME — $107,060 Tulsa, OK — $107,440 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $107,600 Billings, MT — $107,930 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $108,310 Greenville, NC — $108,340 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $108,360 Greeley, CO — $108,500 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $108,510 Walla Walla, WA — $108,510 Pittsfield, MA — $108,570 Asheville, NC — $108,630 Chico, CA — $109,210 Midland, MI — $109,230 Worcester, MA — $109,250 Colorado Springs, CO — $109,370 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $109,370 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $109,470 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $109,540 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $109,550 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $109,990 Barnstable Town, MA — $110,200 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $110,200 Tuscaloosa, AL — $110,520 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $110,820 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $111,030 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $111,360 Odessa, TX — $111,700 Napa, CA — $112,670 Decatur, AL — $115,750 Logan, UT-ID — $116,680 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $116,700 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $117,380 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $117,420 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $117,990 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $118,920 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $119,300 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $119,790 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $120,070 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $120,650 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $120,970 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $121,130 Anchorage, AK — $121,610 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $121,750 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $122,280 Cheyenne, WY — $122,500 Fairbanks-College, AK — $122,760 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $123,900 Corpus Christi, TX — $124,340 Boulder, CO — $124,360 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $124,780 Midland, TX — $125,200 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $125,350 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $125,780 Lake Charles, LA — $126,090 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $126,590 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $126,990 Ann Arbor, MI — $127,310 Lexington Park, MD — $127,650 Columbus, IN — $127,700 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $128,180 Peoria, IL — $128,710 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $128,740 Salinas, CA — $132,560 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $132,920 Baton Rouge, LA — $135,530 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $161,370 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $168,030 Williamsport metro area 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 Williamsport metro area has the 308th-highest published median for this occupation among the 346 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 Pennsylvania Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for mechanical engineers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Williamsport metro areathis page
$86,110 median for Williamsport metro area; middle half earns $72,580 to $105,260
$106,890 median for Erie metro area; middle half earns $77,680 to $136,480
$104,410 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $84,960 to $129,800
$102,980 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $85,700 to $133,650
$101,400 median for Chambersburg metro area; middle half earns $78,620 to $125,330
$98,540 median for Reading metro area; middle half earns $77,900 to $121,920
$98,050 median for Pittsburgh metro area; middle half earns $80,030 to $123,720
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .