Pay distribution $54,340 10th $61,590 25th $80,710 75th $92,670 90th
Half of Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in the Madison metro area earn more than $68,610 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $61,590 and $80,710.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $54,340 $61,590 $68,610 $80,710 $92,670 Hourly $26.13 $29.61 $32.99 $38.80 $44.55
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 Madison metro areathis metro area
$68,610 median for Madison metro area; middle half earns $61,590 to $80,710
$65,450 median for Wisconsin; middle half earns $59,310 to $80,270
$65,510 median for United States; middle half earns $56,970 to $79,270
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +5% vs Wisconsin overall and +5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $37,110 $59,407 $81,703 $104,000 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $37,110 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $47,280 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $49,770 Morgantown, WV — $49,950 Alexandria, LA — $50,750 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $51,470 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $51,710 Killeen-Temple, TX — $52,410 Rocky Mount, NC — $52,640 Ponce, PR — $53,370 El Paso, TX — $53,580 Hattiesburg, MS — $54,040 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $54,080 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $54,320 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $54,330 Owensboro, KY — $56,310 Laredo, TX — $56,350 Lubbock, TX — $56,380 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $56,510 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $56,740 Paducah, KY-IL — $56,980 Dalton, GA — $57,150 Morristown, TN — $57,270 Victoria, TX — $57,390 Florence, SC — $57,490 Sumter, SC — $57,660 Valdosta, GA — $57,770 Altoona, PA — $57,820 Clarksville, TN-KY — $57,890 Jackson, MS — $58,000 Johnson City, TN — $58,020 Oklahoma City, OK — $58,130 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $58,180 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $58,370 San Angelo, TX — $58,510 Waco, TX — $58,660 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $58,670 Abilene, TX — $58,680 Gainesville, FL — $58,710 Cleveland, TN — $58,770 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $58,840 Jefferson City, MO — $58,840 Saginaw, MI — $58,880 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $58,910 Bowling Green, KY — $58,960 Las Cruces, NM — $58,970 Spartanburg, SC — $58,990 Tyler, TX — $59,000 Ocala, FL — $59,070 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $59,090 Columbia, SC — $59,180 Springfield, OH — $59,270 Warner Robins, GA — $59,300 Enid, OK — $59,330 Bangor, ME — $59,360 Columbus, GA-AL — $59,360 Utica-Rome, NY — $59,400 Logan, UT-ID — $59,550 Johnstown, PA — $59,560 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $59,570 Erie, PA — $59,670 Kenosha, WI — $59,680 Sherman-Denison, TX — $59,740 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $59,850 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $59,880 Jackson, MI — $59,880 Charleston, WV — $59,920 Tallahassee, FL — $59,980 Springfield, MO — $60,100 Tulsa, OK — $60,120 Goldsboro, NC — $60,200 St. George, UT — $60,230 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $60,250 Canton-Massillon, OH — $60,330 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $60,340 Savannah, GA — $60,340 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $60,370 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $60,440 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $60,510 Winston-Salem, NC — $60,570 Beckley, WV — $60,630 Lebanon, PA — $60,670 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $60,730 Binghamton, NY — $60,740 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $60,750 Elizabethtown, KY — $60,780 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,850 Columbus, IN — $60,880 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $60,880 Joplin, MO-KS — $60,910 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $60,920 Texarkana, TX-AR — $60,920 Lynchburg, VA — $61,030 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $61,040 Dothan, AL — $61,060 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $61,100 Lawton, OK — $61,100 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $61,120 Visalia, CA — $61,170 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $61,220 Fayetteville, NC — $61,240 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $61,260 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $61,360 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $61,480 Knoxville, TN — $61,500 Bloomington, IN — $61,570 Fond du Lac, WI — $61,580 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $61,670 Hammond, LA — $61,670 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,670 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $61,680 Roanoke, VA — $61,770 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,810 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $61,820 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $61,830 Jackson, TN — $61,830 Williamsport, PA — $61,840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $61,910 Montgomery, AL — $61,950 Casper, WY — $61,960 Baton Rouge, LA — $61,970 Jonesboro, AR — $61,990 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $62,100 Terre Haute, IN — $62,130 Lancaster, PA — $62,160 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $62,220 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $62,240 Wichita, KS — $62,280 Longview, TX — $62,290 Ann Arbor, MI — $62,310 Traverse City, MI — $62,320 Monroe, MI — $62,340 Pittsburgh, PA — $62,350 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $62,400 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $62,400 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $62,410 Flagstaff, AZ — $62,430 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $62,450 State College, PA — $62,450 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $62,450 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $62,470 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $62,470 Rapid City, SD — $62,500 Akron, OH — $62,540 Niles, MI — $62,550 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $62,670 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $62,710 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $62,710 Amarillo, TX — $62,720 Harrisonburg, VA — $62,730 Sandusky, OH — $62,730 Fort Wayne, IN — $62,750 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $62,750 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $62,770 Gainesville, GA — $62,820 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $62,820 Cheyenne, WY — $62,850 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $62,850 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $62,860 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $62,890 Salisbury, MD — $62,930 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $62,950 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,960 Topeka, KS — $63,030 Tuscaloosa, AL — $63,030 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $63,040 Corpus Christi, TX — $63,050 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $63,070 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $63,080 Rochester, NY — $63,120 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $63,190 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $63,200 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $63,250 Gettysburg, PA — $63,270 College Station-Bryan, TX — $63,340 Winchester, VA-WV — $63,370 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $63,440 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $63,510 Jacksonville, FL — $63,530 Flint, MI — $63,570 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $63,640 Iowa City, IA — $63,740 Lake Charles, LA — $63,780 Kansas City, MO-KS — $63,850 Albuquerque, NM — $63,960 Ogden, UT — $63,960 Wausau, WI — $63,980 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $64,000 Dubuque, IA — $64,040 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $64,040 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $64,040 Wichita Falls, TX — $64,040 Asheville, NC — $64,200 Midland, TX — $64,200 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $64,260 Boise City, ID — $64,290 Colorado Springs, CO — $64,310 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $64,390 Wheeling, WV-OH — $64,460 Mobile, AL — $64,480 Richmond, VA — $64,480 Merced, CA — $64,490 Evansville, IN — $64,640 Glens Falls, NY — $64,670 Chambersburg, PA — $64,690 Grand Island, NE — $64,690 Charlottesville, VA — $64,740 Appleton, WI — $64,750 Lafayette, LA — $64,930 Ames, IA — $64,940 Yuma, AZ — $64,980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $65,030 Dover, DE — $65,040 Greeley, CO — $65,080 Reading, PA — $65,110 Cleveland, OH — $65,120 Peoria, IL — $65,150 Syracuse, NY — $65,170 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $65,200 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,200 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $65,380 Elmira, NY — $65,390 Pueblo, CO — $65,590 Greenville, NC — $65,600 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $65,600 St. Louis, MO-IL — $65,640 Odessa, TX — $65,740 Kingston, NY — $65,800 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $65,800 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $65,810 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $65,820 York-Hanover, PA — $65,950 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $65,960 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $66,150 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $66,170 Manhattan, KS — $66,170 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $66,180 Decatur, AL — $66,200 Yakima, WA — $66,280 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $66,420 Cedar Rapids, IA — $66,570 Omaha, NE-IA — $66,600 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $66,600 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $66,600 Huntsville, AL — $66,660 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $66,730 Burlington, NC — $66,860 Eau Claire, WI — $66,890 Twin Falls, ID — $66,920 Portland-South Portland, ME — $67,020 Birmingham, AL — $67,200 Lima, OH — $67,380 Grand Junction, CO — $67,440 Mansfield, OH — $67,750 Columbus, OH — $67,920 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $68,130 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $68,210 Battle Creek, MI — $68,390 Fargo, ND-MN — $68,410 Lincoln, NE — $68,540 Madison, WI — $68,610 Jacksonville, NC — $68,700 Wilmington, NC — $68,700 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $68,790 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $68,790 Midland, MI — $68,920 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $69,080 Green Bay, WI — $69,380 Boulder, CO — $69,600 Lewiston, ID-WA — $69,610 Idaho Falls, ID — $69,930 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $70,040 Medford, OR — $70,040 Helena, MT — $70,340 Toledo, OH — $70,340 Vineland, NJ — $70,700 El Centro, CA — $70,710 Albany, OR — $71,010 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $71,430 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $71,540 Missoula, MT — $71,610 Albany, GA — $71,740 Great Falls, MT — $71,750 Redding, CA — $72,040 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $72,180 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $72,190 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $72,220 Chico, CA — $72,390 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $72,470 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $72,630 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $72,630 Springfield, MA — $73,200 Fresno, CA — $73,370 Tucson, AZ — $73,410 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $73,490 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $73,830 Rockford, IL — $73,960 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $74,000 Port St. Lucie, FL — $74,060 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $74,090 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $74,120 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $74,190 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $74,420 Yuba City, CA — $74,580 Carson City, NV — $74,610 Salem, OR — $74,610 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $75,040 Bend, OR — $75,160 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $75,270 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $75,310 Napa, CA — $75,620 Pocatello, ID — $75,740 Bozeman, MT — $75,830 Modesto, CA — $75,890 Minot, ND — $75,900 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $75,960 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $75,960 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $76,040 Columbia, MO — $76,120 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $76,430 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $76,510 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $76,620 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $76,680 New Haven, CT — $76,750 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $76,770 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $76,800 Billings, MT — $77,000 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $77,130 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $77,560 Duluth, MN-WI — $77,850 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $77,860 Bellingham, WA — $77,960 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $77,990 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $78,060 St. Cloud, MN — $78,360 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $78,520 Bismarck, ND — $78,740 Worcester, MA — $78,880 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $78,960 Reno, NV — $78,970 Salinas, CA — $79,160 Barnstable Town, MA — $79,270 Farmington, NM — $79,730 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $79,830 Rochester, MN — $79,870 Anchorage, AK — $80,360 Vallejo, CA — $80,900 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $81,000 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $81,090 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $81,100 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $81,120 Urban Honolulu, HI — $81,120 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $81,290 Mankato, MN — $81,990 Longview-Kelso, WA — $82,340 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $82,510 Springfield, IL — $83,990 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $85,300 Kokomo, IN — $90,040 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $95,410 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $95,980 Fairbanks-College, AK — $104,000 Madison metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and 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Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Madison metro area has the 102nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 362 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 Wisconsin Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Madison metro areathis page
$68,610 median for Madison metro area; middle half earns $61,590 to $80,710
$75,960 median for Milwaukee metro area; middle half earns $61,630 to $82,590
$69,380 median for Green Bay metro area; middle half earns $60,710 to $80,080
$66,890 median for Eau Claire metro area; middle half earns $58,810 to $77,780
$64,750 median for Appleton metro area; middle half earns $59,950 to $76,810
$63,980 median for Wausau metro area; middle half earns $54,720 to $78,950
$63,510 median for Racine metro area; middle half earns $51,280 to $75,380
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 $57,330 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $84,950 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics $60,650 Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers $63,150 Industrial Machinery Mechanics $65,620 Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists $63,850 Highest-paying metro areas for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except enginess · Highest-paying occupations in Madison 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 .