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Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanic, Except Engines Salary by State (2026)

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines earn the most in Alaska at $82,670 a year and the least in West Virginia at $56,810 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $65,510. The table below covers all 50 states, DC, Guam and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$82,670Alaska
National median
$65,510BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$56,810West Virginia
Areas reporting
53of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

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. 1Alaska$82,670
  2. 2Nevada$79,860
  3. 3Minnesota$79,370
  4. 4Hawaii$79,170
  5. 5Washington$78,620

Lowest median pay

  1. 1West Virginia$56,810
  2. 2Oklahoma$58,130
  3. 3Mississippi$58,180
  4. 4South Carolina$59,180
  5. 5Kentucky$59,220

All states

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanic, Except Engines salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 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
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1AKAlaska
$82,670
$65,500$105,3001,430$80,765
2NVNevada
$79,860
$68,050$92,6902,870$79,877
3MNMinnesota
$79,370
$63,060$90,5002,890$80,480
4HIHawaii
$79,170
$66,610$90,830530$72,005
5WAWashington
$78,620
$64,800$96,7503,900$73,468
6CACalifornia
$78,550
$63,830$94,62020,080$70,945
7CTConnecticut
$78,190
$65,400$92,2701,080$75,466
8NJNew Jersey
$78,180
$63,560$92,9803,520$71,853
9MAMassachusetts
$76,070
$64,880$92,4501,620$71,929
10NDNorth Dakota
$76,030
$60,960$87,7501,720$85,466
11OROregon
$74,740
$61,790$82,9502,650$72,310
12WYWyoming
$73,200
$57,010$83,3901,420$78,972
13MTMontana
$72,560
$62,590$83,2001,330$76,665
14COColorado
$71,830
$60,490$86,2704,060$69,703
15ILIllinois
$71,370
$55,160$80,8703,470$71,400
16DCDistrict of Columbia
$70,780
$57,740$77,480130$64,403
17NHNew Hampshire
$68,570
$59,730$78,640660$65,828
18MDMaryland
$68,250
$60,250$81,1801,800$65,025
19RIRhode Island
$68,130
$60,130$84,480260$66,611
20DEDelaware
$67,010
$55,860$80,390540$67,139
21SDSouth Dakota
$66,730
$60,700$79,580830$75,328
22MIMichigan
$66,680
$58,850$78,1203,860$69,302
23NYNew York
$66,310
$59,120$79,4504,700$61,443
24WIWisconsin
$65,450
$59,310$80,2702,090$69,557
25NENebraska
$65,150
$59,810$77,2601,490$72,306
26AZArizona
$64,980
$59,350$77,5207,040$64,543
27IDIdaho
$64,830
$57,770$79,7801,220$67,889
28IAIowa
$64,290
$57,250$78,4302,820$73,255
29INIndiana
$64,200
$56,550$79,4403,130$68,789
30NCNorth Carolina
$64,080
$55,940$76,4105,100$67,935
31VTVermont
$64,020
$58,680$74,940350$65,355
32VAVirginia
$63,950
$53,500$77,0604,340$63,252
33PAPennsylvania
$63,870
$57,270$75,1506,870$65,459
34ALAlabama
$63,850
$55,270$75,8904,640$71,885
35NMNew Mexico
$63,630
$52,010$77,4701,470$69,004
36UTUtah
$63,580
$57,120$76,2502,230$64,311
37FLFlorida
$63,550
$52,680$75,3909,240$61,452
38MOMissouri
$63,390
$52,390$78,6503,370$69,800
39OHOhio
$63,200
$58,130$76,4506,270$68,123
40LALouisiana
$62,260
$48,990$73,5404,270$70,584
41TXTexas
$61,940
$50,740$76,69020,080$63,818
42TNTennessee
$61,880
$52,000$74,0202,600$67,356
43MEMaine
$61,280
$54,330$74,0601,490$63,143
44KSKansas
$60,890
$51,200$72,9601,690$67,604
45GAGeorgia
$60,560
$50,720$72,6706,270$62,891
46ARArkansas
$60,530
$47,820$65,6801,190$69,625
47KYKentucky
$59,220
$48,810$70,2402,540$65,684
48SCSouth Carolina
$59,180
$48,480$65,0802,830$63,126
49MSMississippi
$58,180
$47,000$64,4701,690$66,910
50OKOklahoma
$58,130
$47,250$72,6202,800$66,175
51WVWest Virginia
$56,810
$46,350$64,9102,110$63,477
52GUGuam
$45,280
$39,790$56,990280N/A
53PRPuerto Rico
$43,510
$28,860$57,390240N/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 mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines, that changes the ranking: Alaska leads on raw pay at $82,670, while North Dakota leads once prices are taken into account at $85,466.

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

Questions

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanic, Except Engines pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines the most?

Alaska reports the highest median wage for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines at $82,670 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Nevada ($79,860) and Minnesota ($79,370).

Which state pays mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines the least?

Among the 50 states and DC, West Virginia reports the lowest median for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines at $56,810 a year, $25,860 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, Guam reports $45,280 and Puerto Rico reports $43,510.

Is the highest-paying state the best for mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines after cost of living?

Not on this data. Alaska pays the most on paper ($82,670) but ranks 2nd of 51 once each median is divided by the state's BEA Regional Price Parity ($80,765). North Dakota leads after that adjustment at $85,466, from a raw median of $76,030. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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