Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics · SOC 49-3053
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics Salary in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $47,360 per year ($22.77 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,580 at the 10th percentile to $62,500 at the 90th. BLS estimates 190 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area earn more than $47,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,400 and $59,450.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $32,580 | $36,400 | $47,360 | $59,450 | $62,500 |
| Hourly | $15.67 | $17.50 | $22.77 | $28.58 | $30.05 |
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
- Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,360 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,400 to $59,450
- North Carolinastate$47,370 median for North Carolina; middle half earns $37,540 to $58,660
- United Statesnational$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 about the same vs North Carolina overall and −1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in North Carolina
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.
- Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan areathis page$47,360 median for Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,400 to $59,450
- $49,930 median for Durham metro area; middle half earns $38,910 to $62,400
- $49,250 median for Raleigh metro area; middle half earns $38,460 to $59,940
- $47,840 median for Charlotte metro area; middle half earns $41,190 to $59,980
- $47,740 median for Winston-Salem metro area; middle half earns $38,420 to $53,540
- $47,380 median for Fayetteville metro area; middle half earns $35,360 to $52,000
- $46,070 median for Hickory metro area; middle half earns $35,810 to $55,860
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 outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanicss · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area
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.