Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics · SOC 49-3053

Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics Salary in the Boulder Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boulder, CO metro area

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

Median annual wage$57,870
Median hourly wage$27.82

Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in the Boulder, CO metro area earned a median of $57,870 per year ($27.82 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,870 at the 10th percentile to $78,250 at the 90th. BLS estimates 30 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in the Boulder metro area earn more than $57,870 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,740 and $66,370.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$45,870$50,740$57,870$66,370$78,250
Hourly$22.05$24.40$27.82$31.91$37.62

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

  • Boulder metro areathis metro area
    $57,870 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $50,740 to $66,370
  • Coloradostate (CO)
    $52,620 median for Colorado; middle half earns $46,730 to $62,400
  • $47,880 median for United States; middle half earns $40,670 to $58,560

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

The median here is +10% vs Colorado overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$23,350$39,653$55,957$72,260San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,350Tucson, AZ — $37,300Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,620Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $39,220Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $39,550Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $40,240Montgomery, AL — $40,310Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $41,040Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $42,350Oklahoma City, OK — $42,350Lafayette, LA — $42,490Evansville, IN — $42,640Clarksville, TN-KY — $42,970College Station-Bryan, TX — $43,470Wichita, KS — $43,500El Paso, TX — $43,600Toledo, OH — $43,760San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $43,830Asheville, NC — $44,040Chattanooga, TN-GA — $44,050Columbus, GA-AL — $44,180Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $44,250York-Hanover, PA — $44,380Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $44,390Corpus Christi, TX — $44,400Ocala, FL — $44,580Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,730Tallahassee, FL — $44,750Utica-Rome, NY — $44,750Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $44,760Albuquerque, NM — $44,780Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $44,810Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $44,860Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $44,960Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $45,070Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,140Homosassa Springs, FL — $45,180Punta Gorda, FL — $45,270Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $45,300Waco, TX — $45,310Peoria, IL — $45,370South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,370Lancaster, PA — $45,420Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,440Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $45,460Niles, MI — $45,510Saginaw, MI — $45,560Youngstown-Warren, OH — $45,560Wilmington, NC — $45,570Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $45,730Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $45,740Cleveland, OH — $45,760Macon-Bibb County, GA — $45,760Longview, TX — $45,790Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $45,790San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $45,800Gainesville, GA — $45,820Canton-Massillon, OH — $45,870Reading, PA — $45,930Fresno, CA — $45,960Burlington, NC — $46,060Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,070Gainesville, FL — $46,180Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,280Colorado Springs, CO — $46,300Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $46,350Birmingham, AL — $46,450Traverse City, MI — $46,540Florence, SC — $46,610Knoxville, TN — $46,660Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $46,710Bangor, ME — $46,720Columbia, SC — $46,730Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,730Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $46,790Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $46,790Baton Rouge, LA — $46,840Flagstaff, AZ — $46,940Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,940Huntsville, AL — $47,010Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,180Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,190Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,200Jacksonville, FL — $47,210Richmond, VA — $47,230Pittsburgh, PA — $47,250Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,270Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,370Fayetteville, NC — $47,380Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,430Fort Wayne, IN — $47,500Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $47,540Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $47,590Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,740Winston-Salem, NC — $47,740Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,770Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,780Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,810Green Bay, WI — $47,830Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,830Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $47,840North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $47,840Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,880Kennewick-Richland, WA — $47,880Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,880Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $48,010New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $48,030Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,060Glens Falls, NY — $48,180Syracuse, NY — $48,200Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $48,320Ann Arbor, MI — $48,370Appleton, WI — $48,490Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $48,490Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,500Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $48,500Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $48,610Lincoln, NE — $48,630Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $48,700Akron, OH — $48,720Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,750Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $48,790Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $48,890Columbus, OH — $48,920Tulsa, OK — $48,980Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,250Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $49,300Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $49,400Barnstable Town, MA — $49,500Jefferson City, MO — $49,550Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $49,710Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,930Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,960Savannah, GA — $50,460Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $50,560Rochester, NY — $50,640Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $50,840Valdosta, GA — $50,840Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $50,850Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $51,070Kansas City, MO-KS — $51,140Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $51,140Urban Honolulu, HI — $51,160Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $51,310Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $51,680Lexington-Fayette, KY — $51,850Charlottesville, VA — $51,970Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $51,970Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $52,010Springfield, MO — $52,040Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $52,450Naples-Marco Island, FL — $52,830Stockton-Lodi, CA — $52,860Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $53,020Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $53,400Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $53,890Greeley, CO — $54,080Fargo, ND-MN — $54,330Portland-South Portland, ME — $54,410Madison, WI — $54,600Bend, OR — $54,950Columbia, MO — $55,210Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $55,450San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $56,270Bozeman, MT — $56,490San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $56,570Manchester-Nashua, NH — $56,720Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $56,980Omaha, NE-IA — $57,030New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $57,110Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $57,460Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $57,860Boulder, CO — $57,870Boise City, ID — $58,060Reno, NV — $58,280Salinas, CA — $58,310Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,520St. Louis, MO-IL — $58,790Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $59,880Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,950Worcester, MA — $59,960Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $60,010Anchorage, AK — $60,190Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $61,070Idaho Falls, ID — $61,360Rochester, MN — $61,920New Haven, CT — $72,260

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 Boulder metro area has the 15th-highest published median for this occupation among the 187 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 Colorado

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boulder metro areathis page
    $57,870 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $50,740 to $66,370
  • $59,950 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $48,490 to $61,770
  • $54,080 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $49,960 to $65,200
  • $48,490 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $45,290 to $61,940
  • $46,300 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $37,840 to $58,750

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

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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.