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Motorcycle Mechanics · SOC 49-3052

Motorcycle Mechanics Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$59,560
Median hourly wage$28.63

Motorcycle Mechanics in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $59,560 per year ($28.63 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,590 at the 10th percentile to $92,280 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Motorcycle Mechanics in the Washington metro area earn more than $59,560 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,040 and $68,150.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$45,590$48,040$59,560$68,150$92,280
Hourly$21.92$23.10$28.63$32.77$44.36

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

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $59,560
  • United Statesnational
    $48,580

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

The median here is +23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$31,920$44,127$56,333$68,540Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $31,920Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $37,360Boise City, ID — $38,230Yuba City, CA — $38,480El Paso, TX — $42,100Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $42,770Ogden, UT — $43,210Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $43,340Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $43,460Anchorage, AK — $43,680Columbus, OH — $44,280Cleveland, OH — $44,580Oklahoma City, OK — $44,630Tulsa, OK — $45,800Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,120Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,180Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,350Rapid City, SD — $46,390Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,960Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,040Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $47,260Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $47,510Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,240Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,670Fairbanks-College, AK — $49,110Pittsburgh, PA — $49,200Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,220Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $49,240Madison, WI — $49,450Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,510Omaha, NE-IA — $49,640Winston-Salem, NC — $49,770Lubbock, TX — $49,990Raleigh-Cary, NC — $50,170Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $50,670Asheville, NC — $51,000Appleton, WI — $52,000Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $52,000San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $55,420Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $55,550Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $56,360Colorado Springs, CO — $56,490Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $56,510San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $57,040Bismarck, ND — $57,160Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $57,340Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $57,790Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,330Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $58,890Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,560New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $60,320Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $60,360Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $60,740San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,010San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $61,820Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $61,880Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,610Reno, NV — $62,910Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $64,070Fresno, CA — $68,540

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 Washington metro area has the 11th-highest published median for this occupation among the 60 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”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$57,240Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$61,860First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$86,370Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$71,920Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$72,580Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$95,560

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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.