Engine and Other Machine Assemblers salary

SOC 51-2031 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$53,710

per year, nationally

Middle half

$45,230–$74,920

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

34,000

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-21.1%

2,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$38,500$77,750

10th: $38,500
25th: $45,230
Median: $53,710
75th: $74,920
90th: $77,750

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where engine and other machine assemblers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Ohio	$74,750	92.8	3,430	2.83×
2	Washington	$72,800	107.0	370	0.47×
3	New Hampshire	$70,150	104.2	160	1.05×
4	Oregon	$63,420	103.4	110	0.26×
5	Connecticut	$61,320	103.6	170	0.46×
6	Michigan	$60,950	96.2	5,030	5.22×
7	Minnesota	$58,820	98.6	270	0.41×
8	Arkansas	$54,620	86.9	70	0.26×
9	Wisconsin	$54,240	94.1	860	1.33×
10	Idaho	$54,240	95.5	70	0.36×
11	Arizona	$54,100	100.7	80	0.12×
12	Florida	$52,660	103.4	800	0.37×
13	Pennsylvania	$52,000	97.6	90	0.07×
14	New Jersey	$50,910	108.8	140	0.15×
15	Illinois	$49,630	100.0	650	0.48×
16	Nebraska	$49,590	90.1	110	0.50×
17	Utah	$48,730	98.9	150	0.39×
18	Texas	$47,210	97.1	490	0.16×
19	South Carolina	$46,950	93.7	1,960	3.88×
20	Massachusetts	$46,880	105.8	500	0.63×
21	California	$46,810	110.7	1,170	0.29×
22	Tennessee	$46,810	91.9	430	0.60×
23	Missouri	$46,720	90.8	1,020	1.59×
24	Mississippi	$46,610	87.0	580	2.28×
25	New York	$46,460	107.9	1,330	0.63×
26	Colorado	$46,070	103.1	—	—
27	Iowa	$46,040	87.8	60	0.16×
28	South Dakota	$45,930	88.6	550	5.51×
29	North Carolina	$45,750	94.3	2,750	2.55×
30	Oklahoma	$45,060	87.8	130	0.36×
31	Kansas	$42,590	90.1	—	—
32	Kentucky	$41,580	90.2	1,180	2.70×
33	Maryland	$39,120	105.0	90	0.14×
34	Georgia	$38,540	96.3	410	0.38×
35	Virginia	$36,030	101.1	570	0.64×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where engine and other machine assemblers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for engine and other machine assemblers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$102,530	111.1	210	0.45×
2	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$80,200	95.7	200	0.84×
3	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$80,170	92.9	90	4.19×
4	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$76,480	92.7	50	0.60×
5	Toledo, OH	$75,770	91.5	310	4.90×
6	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$65,410	104.8	130	0.30×
7	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$64,820	100.3	3,330	7.99×
8	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$64,240	105.4	100	0.37×
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$62,400	112.6	90	0.04×
10	Ann Arbor, MI	$61,680	100.9	60	1.24×
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$61,340	102.7	80	0.58×
12	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$59,600	95.0	60	1.26×
13	Richmond, VA	$59,570	97.9	40	0.26×
14	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$58,550	99.6	230	2.35×
15	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$55,340	100.3	30	0.60×
16	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$53,570	95.5	460	3.49×
17	St. Louis, MO-IL	$51,920	95.1	120	0.41×
18	Tulsa, OK	$51,770	89.2	60	0.64×
19	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$51,040	111.9	120	0.35×
20	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$50,560	95.8	60	0.54×
21	Rochester, NY	$50,210	97.0	40	0.35×
22	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,630	103.6	540	0.55×
23	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,990	108.3	310	0.52×
24	Springfield, MO	$48,830	88.6	140	2.81×
25	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$48,730	100.9	130	0.72×
26	Winston-Salem, NC	$48,580	92.0	150	2.52×
27	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$47,620	96.9	250	1.39×
28	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$47,370	98.6	180	0.25×
29	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$47,350	102.6	70	0.10×
30	Jackson, MS	$47,270	89.0	220	3.76×
31	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$47,090	94.7	50	0.21×
32	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$46,950	93.3	1,020	10.69×
33	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$46,620	113.6	660	0.48×
34	Columbia, MO	$46,500	89.4	—	—
35	Worcester, MA	$46,160	102.5	110	1.48×
36	Kansas City, MO-KS	$45,060	92.5	60	0.26×
37	Springfield, MA	$41,110	96.1	60	1.39×
38	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$40,800	97.3	160	0.55×
39	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$40,650	110.4	40	0.15×
40	Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	$40,360	92.5	60	4.12×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where engine and other machine assemblers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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