How much do Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists make in Dover, DE?

Percentile spread

For Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $47,460 and the 90th percentile is $82,650. The difference is $35,190, which is 56.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $53,560 to the 75th at $78,120, covers $24,560.

The mean annual wage is $64,850, which sits above the median of $61,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dover, DE median is 0.1% higher than the national median of $61,770 for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,401, which is 2.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.8% lower than the Delaware median of $63,590.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dover, DE is 97.507, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists at $63,401 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

30 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists. Dover, DE ranks 19th of 31 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Vineland, NJ is 26 miles away, with a median of $64,990 and employment of 150. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,720, against $63,401 here.
• Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 43 miles away, with a median of $67,270 and employment of 280. That median is 8.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,048, against $63,401 here.
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 56 miles away, with a median of $64,550 and employment of 4,490. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,942, against $63,401 here.

Employment share

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists accounts for 0.18% of wage-and-salary employment in Dover, DE (120 of 68,080). Nationally the occupation is 0.19% of employment (289,960 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.95 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.