Occupational employment / Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1,410 $22.77 $47,360
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4,090 $28.30 $58,860
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,530 $19.56 $40,690
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 3,440 $29.52 $61,400
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 3,080 $26.10 $54,300
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,210 $18.86 $39,240
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 2,190 $28.00 $58,250
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 1,910 $28.34 $58,950
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,860 $27.81 $57,840
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,850 $21.55 $44,820
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1,760 $20.38 $42,400
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,760 $22.05 $45,860
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1,730 $22.71 $47,240
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 1,730 $20.23 $42,080
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,610 $24.56 $51,080
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,560 $23.03 $47,900
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 1,550 $19.39 $40,320
Pittsburgh, PA 1,450 $20.18 $41,970
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 1,390 $27.21 $56,590
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,360 $18.19 $37,830
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,240 $19.96 $41,530
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 1,230 $20.98 $43,640
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,220 $30.65 $63,760
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,200 $23.28 $48,430
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,200 $27.26 $56,710
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,190 $21.50 $44,720
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 1,140 $23.15 $48,150
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,120 $25.62 $53,300
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,090 $31.01 $64,500
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,080 $21.20 $44,100
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1,060 $23.29 $48,430
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,060 $28.70 $59,690
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,060 $23.20 $48,260
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,040 $20.89 $43,440
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,040 $21.39 $44,500
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 990 $23.30 $48,450
Anniston-Oxford, AL 910 $20.86 $43,380
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 890 $18.59 $38,680
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 840 $19.76 $41,100
San Antonio, TX 830 $17.54 $36,490
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 800 $19.95 $41,500
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 770 $18.85 $39,210
Richmond, VA 760 $19.79 $41,170
Duluth, MN-WI 760 $23.73 $49,360
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 760 $20.03 $41,660
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 750 $24.34 $50,620
Charleston, WV 750 $19.77 $41,130
Baton Rouge, LA 720 $22.02 $45,800
Salt Lake City, UT 710 $21.43 $44,580
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 690 $10.78 $22,420
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 690 $22.39 $46,570
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 660 $28.79 $59,890
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 660 $17.65 $36,700
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 650 $26.20 $54,490
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 650 $18.03 $37,500
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 640 $21.80 $45,340
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 640 $21.17 $44,030
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 640 $23.77 $49,450
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 640 $23.71 $49,320
Raleigh-Cary, NC 630 $19.01 $39,530
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 620 $19.09 $39,710
Longview, TX 580 $16.66 $34,660
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 580 $25.82 $53,710
Oklahoma City, OK 560 $17.57 $36,550
Albuquerque, NM 560 $19.48 $40,520
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 560 $18.96 $39,440
Bakersfield, CA 550 $22.00 $45,750
Greenville, SC 530 $18.50 $38,470
Jacksonville, FL 530 $18.39 $38,250
Tucson, AZ 520 $22.48 $46,760
Knoxville, TN 520 $17.53 $36,470
Columbus, OH 520 $22.97 $47,770
Evansville, IN-KY 510 $18.34 $38,140
Columbia, SC 510 $22.12 $46,010
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 490 $20.44 $42,520
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 480 $20.15 $41,920
Tulsa, OK 470 $19.75 $41,080
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 470 $21.10 $43,890
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 470 $24.83 $51,660
Austin-Round Rock, TX 460 $18.35 $38,170
Jackson, MS 450 $17.28 $35,950
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 450 $21.61 $44,940
Farmington, NM 430 $22.20 $46,170
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 420 $27.07 $56,300
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 420 $21.28 $44,260
Corpus Christi, TX 410 $16.42 $34,150
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 410 $22.26 $46,300
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 400 $22.88 $47,590
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 400 $25.07 $52,150
Albany, GA 390 $22.26 $46,310
Boise City-Nampa, ID 380 $18.92 $39,360
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 370 $25.99 $54,050
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 360 $18.56 $38,610
Madison, WI 350 $19.81 $41,200
Anchorage, AK 350 $30.13 $62,670
Fresno, CA 350 $21.93 $45,620
Reno-Sparks, NV 330 $23.00 $47,850
Rochester, NY 330 $19.93 $41,460
Huntsville, AL 320 $20.43 $42,500
Lakeland, FL 320 $15.93 $33,140
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 320 $22.79 $47,400
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 320 $19.58 $40,720
Wichita, KS 310 $20.67 $42,990
Chattanooga, TN-GA 310 $18.30 $38,070
Lafayette, LA 310 $19.52 $40,610
Lake Charles, LA 290 $18.47 $38,410
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 290 $20.30 $42,230
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 280 $21.54 $44,800
Prescott, AZ 280 $21.03 $43,740
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 280 $17.14 $35,640
New Haven, CT 270 $22.47 $46,730
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 270 $22.43 $46,650
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 270 $21.16 $44,010
Columbus, GA-AL 270 $18.03 $37,500
Mobile, AL 270 $16.70 $34,740
Lexington-Fayette, KY 260 $19.25 $40,040
Montgomery, AL 260 $20.60 $42,850
Green Bay, WI 250 $19.98 $41,560
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA 250 $17.82 $37,070
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 240 $26.06 $54,210
Colorado Springs, CO 240 $22.10 $45,970
Fargo, ND-MN 240 $19.28 $40,100
Stockton, CA 240 $24.70 $51,380
Syracuse, NY 240 $19.62 $40,800
Amarillo, TX 230 $17.53 $36,460
Sioux Falls, SD 230 $18.89 $39,280
Spokane, WA 230 $20.42 $42,470
Akron, OH 230 $17.92 $37,270
Worcester, MA-CT 230 $21.99 $45,740
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 220 $21.52 $44,760
Greensboro-High Point, NC 220 $18.89 $39,280
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 220 $24.92 $51,840
Billings, MT 220 $17.99 $37,410
Fort Smith, AR-OK 210 $17.37 $36,140
Honolulu, HI 210 $28.29 $58,840
El Paso, TX 200 $16.77 $34,880
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 200 $18.51 $38,500
Spartanburg, SC 200 $21.34 $44,390
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 200 $19.04 $39,610
Reading, PA 200 $20.32 $42,270
Fort Wayne, IN 190 $20.30 $42,230
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 190 $20.78 $43,220
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 190 $19.43 $40,410
Toledo, OH 180 $26.85 $55,840
Lancaster, PA 180 $21.08 $43,840
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 180 $24.25 $50,440
York-Hanover, PA 180 $19.79 $41,170
Bangor, ME 180 $18.68 $38,860
Tuscaloosa, AL 180 $19.11 $39,760
Fairbanks, AK 180 $32.84 $68,320
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 180 $21.67 $45,070
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 180 $24.42 $50,790
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 180 $24.04 $50,010
Savannah, GA 180 $19.22 $39,970
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 170 $27.03 $56,220
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 160 $17.11 $35,580
Modesto, CA 160 $21.68 $45,100
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 160 $18.50 $38,490
Odessa, TX 160 $17.73 $36,880
Appleton, WI 150 $21.14 $43,980
Peoria, IL 150 $22.72 $47,260
Macon, GA 150 $20.84 $43,340
Eugene-Springfield, OR 150 $22.86 $47,550
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 150 $21.73 $45,190
Bend, OR 150 $19.41 $40,370
Wheeling, WV-OH 140 $17.87 $37,160
Dayton, OH 140 $20.53 $42,700
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 140 $22.86 $47,540
Alexandria, LA 140 $15.81 $32,890
Springfield, MO 140 $19.22 $39,970
Salinas, CA 140 $22.03 $45,820
Greeley, CO 130 $17.86 $37,150
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 130 $17.62 $36,640
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 130 $25.42 $52,860
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 130 $27.73 $57,690
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 130 $16.80 $34,950
Lubbock, TX 130 $16.52 $34,370
Salem, OR 120 $21.52 $44,770
Dalton, GA 120 $18.61 $38,710
Lincoln, NE 120 $20.21 $42,030
Manchester, NH 120 $20.30 $42,220
Rapid City, SD 120 $19.54 $40,630
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 120 $29.78 $61,950
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 120 $18.79 $39,080
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 120 $17.95 $37,340
Fayetteville, NC 120 $19.28 $40,100
Florence, SC 120 $20.99 $43,670
Medford, OR 120 $20.80 $43,260
Topeka, KS 110 $20.04 $41,680
Bismarck, ND 110 $22.10 $45,960
St. Cloud, MN 110 $21.11 $43,910
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 110 $19.53 $40,620
Springfield, MA-CT 100 $22.97 $47,780
Elizabethtown, KY 100 $21.67 $45,070
Monroe, LA 100 $25.75 $53,560
Eau Claire, WI 100 $21.14 $43,970
Great Falls, MT 100 $21.44 $44,600
Asheville, NC 100 $17.27 $35,920
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 100 $18.29 $38,030
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 100 $16.04 $33,370
Roanoke, VA 100 $18.35 $38,170
Lafayette, IN 100 $18.93 $39,370
Waco, TX 100 $17.29 $35,960
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 100 $16.00 $33,270
Abilene, TX 100 $12.64 $26,290
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 100 $18.33 $38,130
Bloomington, IN 90 $18.52 $38,520
Racine, WI 90 $22.77 $47,360
Redding, CA 90 $24.52 $50,990
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 90 $21.04 $43,760
Pueblo, CO 90 $21.15 $43,980
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 90 $14.75 $30,670
Durham, NC 90 $17.72 $36,870
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 80 $22.11 $45,990
Cheyenne, WY 80 $21.53 $44,770
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 80 $19.79 $41,150
Canton-Massillon, OH 80 $18.49 $38,460
Lynchburg, VA 80 $15.46 $32,150
Binghamton, NY 80 $18.35 $38,170
Provo-Orem, UT 80 $21.00 $43,670
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 80 $22.39 $46,570
Naples-Marco Island, FL 70 $19.66 $40,900
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 70 $22.27 $46,320
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 70 $24.42 $50,800
Winston-Salem, NC 70 $17.64 $36,700
Johnson City, TN 70 $16.93 $35,210
Merced, CA 70 $24.05 $50,030
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 70 $16.86 $35,070
Chico, CA 70 $22.32 $46,420
Grand Forks, ND-MN 70 $21.88 $45,510
Dover, DE 70 $19.00 $39,520
Ocala, FL 70 $17.74 $36,890
Valdosta, GA 70 $17.46 $36,310
Lebanon, PA 70 $21.01 $43,690
Visalia-Porterville, CA 70 $19.80 $41,180
Columbia, MO 70 $15.54 $32,330
Laredo, TX 70 $12.37 $25,730
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 60 $13.69 $28,480
El Centro, CA 60 $20.57 $42,790
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 60 $24.11 $50,160
College Station-Bryan, TX 60 $16.09 $33,470
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 60 $27.17 $56,500
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 60 $21.96 $45,690
Battle Creek, MI 60 $23.25 $48,370
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 60 $25.34 $52,700
Tyler, TX 60 $16.84 $35,040
Ann Arbor, MI 60 $33.63 $69,960
Rochester, MN 60 $21.45 $44,610
Clarksville, TN-KY 60 $17.01 $35,390
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 60 $21.22 $44,140
Hattiesburg, MS 60 $17.83 $37,090
Napa, CA 60 $29.64 $61,650
Missoula, MT 60 $20.32 $42,250
Winchester, VA-WV 60 $20.12 $41,850
Bellingham, WA 60 $20.25 $42,130
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 60 $18.08 $37,610
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 60 $21.52 $44,760
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 50 $20.13 $41,860
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 50 $19.25 $40,040
Wenatchee, WA 50 $16.67 $34,670
Olympia, WA 50 $20.61 $42,870
Cedar Rapids, IA 50 $21.15 $43,990
Dubuque, IA 50 $19.60 $40,770
Iowa City, IA 50 $16.94 $35,230
Portsmouth, NH-ME 50 $24.87 $51,730
Coeur d'Alene, ID 50 $19.67 $40,910
Pocatello, ID 50 $18.85 $39,200
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 50 $24.42 $50,780
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 50 $19.96 $41,510
Jefferson City, MO 50 $16.48 $34,280
Sherman-Denison, TX 50 $17.10 $35,570
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 50 $20.58 $42,810
Decatur, AL 50 $18.66 $38,810
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 50 $28.11 $58,480
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 50 $17.31 $36,010
Sumter, SC 50 $14.85 $30,890
Yuma, AZ 50 $21.65 $45,030
Ponce, PR 50 $9.22 $19,170
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 50 $24.33 $50,610
Barnstable Town, MA 50 $23.13 $48,120
Johnstown, PA 50 $23.71 $49,320
Jonesboro, AR 40 $15.48 $32,200
Mansfield, OH 40 $20.02 $41,640
Terre Haute, IN 40 $19.14 $39,810
Utica-Rome, NY 40 $17.60 $36,610
La Crosse, WI-MN 40 $19.86 $41,300
Glens Falls, NY 40 $19.27 $40,080
Janesville, WI 40 $20.61 $42,870
Harrisonburg, VA 40 $16.35 $34,000
Wausau, WI 40 $23.30 $48,470
Joplin, MO 40 $18.03 $37,500
Atlantic City, NJ 40 $26.92 $56,000
Longview, WA 40 $22.62 $47,060
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 40 $17.14 $35,640
Pine Bluff, AR 40 $18.61 $38,710
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 40 $15.26 $31,740
Dothan, AL 40 $19.01 $39,550
Rocky Mount, NC 40 $17.12 $35,600
Danville, VA 40 $19.15 $39,840
Altoona, PA 40 $19.99 $41,570
Morgantown, WV 40 $18.14 $37,720
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 30 $21.36 $44,440
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 30 $22.77 $47,360
Greenville, NC 30 $18.34 $38,140
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 30 $18.22 $37,900
Athens-Clarke County, GA 30 $18.33 $38,120
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 30 $21.02 $43,720
Tallahassee, FL 30 $20.91 $43,490
Flagstaff, AZ 30 $20.58 $42,800
Grand Junction, CO Not available $21.42 $44,560
Erie, PA Not available $18.07 $37,580
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $25.18 $52,370
Boulder, CO Not available $24.83 $51,650
Peabody, MA NECTA Division Not available $20.77 $43,210
Yuba City, CA Not available $26.08 $54,250
Salisbury, MD Not available $19.55 $40,660
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Not available $19.61 $40,800
San Angelo, TX Not available $18.76 $39,020
Casper, WY Not available $22.79 $47,400
Holland-Grand Haven, MI Not available $17.62 $36,660
Yauco, PR Not available $9.50 $19,770
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Not available $18.62 $38,730
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division Not available $19.00 $39,530
Wilmington, NC Not available $18.74 $38,970
Cleveland, TN Not available $17.84 $37,100
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Not available $17.14 $35,650
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Not available $25.96 $53,990
Morristown, TN Not available $17.46 $36,310
Rockford, IL Not available $21.57 $44,870
Springfield, IL Not available $22.66 $47,140
Charlottesville, VA Not available $18.81 $39,130
Midland, TX Not available $19.40 $40,350
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