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Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators · SOC 51-8021

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$123,170
Median hourly wage$59.22

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $123,170 per year ($59.22 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $63,990 at the 10th percentile to $160,750 at the 90th. BLS estimates 210 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in the San Jose metro area earn more than $123,170 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $86,400 and $148,280.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$63,990$86,400$123,170$148,280$160,750
Hourly$30.76$41.54$59.22$71.29$77.29

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

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $123,170
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $90,650
  • United Statesnational
    $78,620

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

The median here is +36% vs California overall and +57% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$43,490$72,303$101,117$129,930Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $43,490Baton Rouge, LA — $46,590New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $50,060Springfield, MO — $51,090Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $53,640Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $54,380Lubbock, TX — $54,470San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $57,320San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $60,230Glens Falls, NY — $61,050Redding, CA — $61,690Binghamton, NY — $62,420Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,430Reading, PA — $62,560Lincoln, NE — $62,730Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $64,150York-Hanover, PA — $64,320Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $64,470Wichita, KS — $64,490Eugene-Springfield, OR — $64,670Richmond, VA — $64,750Columbia, SC — $64,930Utica-Rome, NY — $64,940Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $65,880Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,960Salinas, CA — $66,440Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $66,550Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $66,620Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $66,660Fargo, ND-MN — $66,760Kingston, NY — $67,250Syracuse, NY — $67,430Akron, OH — $67,540Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $67,540Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $68,100Portland-South Portland, ME — $68,340Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $68,550Tulsa, OK — $68,560Oklahoma City, OK — $68,650Napa, CA — $69,050Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $69,260Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $69,600Springfield, MA — $70,250Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $70,560Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $71,050Rochester, NY — $71,490Omaha, NE-IA — $71,560Rochester, MN — $71,670Colorado Springs, CO — $71,680Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $71,850Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $71,910Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $71,950Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $72,090Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $72,950Ogden, UT — $73,090Pittsburgh, PA — $73,090Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $73,790St. Cloud, MN — $73,930Grand Forks, ND-MN — $74,240Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $74,300Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $74,420Kansas City, MO-KS — $74,540Duluth, MN-WI — $75,260St. Louis, MO-IL — $75,610Vineland, NJ — $75,940Toledo, OH — $76,190Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $76,510Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $76,560San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $77,080Longview-Kelso, WA — $77,350Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $78,070Worcester, MA — $78,210Mankato, MN — $78,610Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $78,800Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $78,820Cleveland, OH — $78,850Reno, NV — $79,110Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $79,160Anchorage, AK — $79,320Columbus, OH — $79,680Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $79,720Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $81,250Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $82,100Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $83,350Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $83,530Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $83,950Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $85,180San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $85,690Lima, OH — $85,930Fresno, CA — $87,140Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $87,170Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $87,700Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $90,830Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $91,480Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $92,420Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $94,100Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $94,870El Centro, CA — $96,150Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $97,470Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $99,840Urban Honolulu, HI — $103,060Kennewick-Richland, WA — $103,380Stockton-Lodi, CA — $103,690New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $104,810Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $112,250Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $115,780Springfield, IL — $117,590San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $123,170Vallejo, CA — $123,170San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $129,930

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 San Jose metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 110 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 California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for stationary engineers and boiler operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $123,170
  • San Francisco metro area
    $129,930
  • Vallejo metro area
    $123,170
  • Stockton metro area
    $103,690
  • Sacramento metro area
    $99,840
  • El Centro metro area
    $96,150
  • Bakersfield metro area
    $94,100

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:

Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$55,230Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$52,360Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$60,610First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$89,970Semiconductor Processing Technicians$50,820Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$59,620

Highest-paying metro areas for stationary engineers and boiler operatorss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose 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.

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.