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Bus and Truck Mechanic and Diesel Engine Specialist Salary by State (2026)

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists earn the most in Hawaii at $80,080 a year and the least in West Virginia at $46,610 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $61,770. The table below covers all 50 states, DC, Guam and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$80,080Hawaii
National median
$61,770BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$46,610West Virginia
Areas reporting
53of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Ranked on the state median among the 50 states and DC. After cost of living, North Dakota comes out ahead instead. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

  1. 1Hawaii$80,080
  2. 2Washington$77,900
  3. 3Alaska$75,580
  4. 4Maryland$74,790
  5. 5California$73,950

Lowest median pay

  1. 1West Virginia$46,610
  2. 2Alabama$50,470
  3. 3Arkansas$52,330
  4. 4Mississippi$54,360
  5. 5Oklahoma$55,340

All states

Bus and Truck Mechanic and Diesel Engine Specialist salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
#
1HIHawaii
$80,080
$62,850$85,040690$72,832
2WAWashington
$77,900
$63,700$92,8807,410$72,795
3AKAlaska
$75,580
$62,450$83,210860$73,838
4MDMaryland
$74,790
$60,920$84,1803,030$71,256
5CACalifornia
$73,950
$60,110$84,74020,940$66,790
6MAMassachusetts
$73,270
$59,920$84,4104,870$69,281
7NJNew Jersey
$72,340
$59,740$79,8508,160$66,486
8NHNew Hampshire
$71,390
$60,440$82,7001,040$68,535
9COColorado
$70,480
$59,300$79,7804,600$68,393
10NYNew York
$70,100
$58,420$86,45013,230$64,955
11NVNevada
$68,410
$58,240$80,9501,990$68,424
12CTConnecticut
$67,300
$60,300$81,1602,860$64,955
13RIRhode Island
$67,270
$60,620$77,590350$65,770
14MNMinnesota
$66,840
$59,480$78,6007,300$67,775
15NDNorth Dakota
$66,110
$58,080$81,1001,790$74,315
16DCDistrict of Columbia
$65,200
$59,450$75,980110$59,326
17UTUtah
$64,350
$57,450$74,9302,690$65,089
18ILIllinois
$64,340
$53,640$80,64011,320$64,367
19OROregon
$63,970
$57,580$76,8403,770$61,890
20DEDelaware
$63,590
$54,260$74,380670$63,712
21WIWisconsin
$62,450
$52,040$74,8006,750$66,369
22PAPennsylvania
$61,740
$51,060$73,00012,630$63,276
23AZArizona
$61,680
$51,080$74,3105,140$61,265
24WYWyoming
$61,580
$54,050$73,9501,100$66,436
25MIMichigan
$61,420
$51,280$67,4609,020$63,835
26GAGeorgia
$61,370
$51,510$75,34010,910$63,733
27VAVirginia
$61,090
$50,840$70,4608,070$60,423
28MEMaine
$60,850
$51,070$72,8501,380$62,700
29INIndiana
$60,610
$49,270$70,8108,840$64,942
30FLFlorida
$60,490
$49,720$73,90014,900$58,493
31OHOhio
$60,470
$50,700$69,29014,240$65,180
32MTMontana
$59,990
$51,650$71,1801,230$63,384
33IAIowa
$59,680
$48,770$71,5704,140$68,002
34KSKansas
$59,460
$48,870$71,4303,300$66,017
35VTVermont
$59,390
$49,930$75,960550$60,628
36MOMissouri
$59,360
$48,070$69,0006,780$65,362
37SCSouth Carolina
$59,330
$48,510$65,6903,360$63,286
38IDIdaho
$59,230
$48,740$69,3701,930$62,025
39TNTennessee
$59,190
$48,680$71,6105,720$64,428
40NENebraska
$59,140
$49,430$65,2002,720$65,636
41TXTexas
$58,810
$47,520$70,40029,870$60,593
42LALouisiana
$58,680
$46,800$69,1003,270$66,525
43SDSouth Dakota
$58,120
$49,570$65,2001,340$65,609
44NCNorth Carolina
$57,490
$48,040$64,77011,070$60,948
45NMNew Mexico
$55,910
$47,560$66,9001,740$60,632
46KYKentucky
$55,480
$46,560$63,7403,890$61,536
47OKOklahoma
$55,340
$46,310$62,5803,970$62,999
48MSMississippi
$54,360
$44,120$65,4003,140$62,517
49ARArkansas
$52,330
$46,090$60,9404,090$60,193
50GUGuam
$51,720
$41,630$53,95030N/A
51ALAlabama
$50,470
$45,940$61,0306,130$56,821
52WVWest Virginia
$46,610
$37,670$62,4301,040$52,080
53PRPuerto Rico
$40,110
$29,650$56,540930N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists, that changes the ranking: Hawaii leads on raw pay at $80,080, while North Dakota leads once prices are taken into account at $74,315.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Bus and Truck Mechanic and Diesel Engine Specialist pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists the most?

Hawaii reports the highest median wage for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists at $80,080 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Washington ($77,900) and Alaska ($75,580).

Which state pays bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists the least?

Among the 50 states and DC, West Virginia reports the lowest median for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists at $46,610 a year, $33,470 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, Guam reports $51,720 and Puerto Rico reports $40,110.

Is the highest-paying state the best for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists after cost of living?

Not on this data. Hawaii pays the most on paper ($80,080) but ranks 3rd of 51 once each median is divided by the state's BEA Regional Price Parity ($72,832). North Dakota leads after that adjustment at $74,315, from a raw median of $66,110. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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