How much do Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists make in Ponce, PR?

Percentile spread

For Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $27,470 and the 90th percentile is $72,820. The difference is $45,350, which is 98.0% 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 $32,950 to the 75th at $55,470, covers $22,520.

The mean annual wage is $47,780, which sits above the median of $46,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 25.1% lower than the national median of $61,770 for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists.

It is 15.4% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $40,110.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Ponce, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists. Ponce, PR ranks 1st of 5 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).).

• Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $43,920 and employment of 40. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $41,460 and employment of 60. That median is 10.4% lower than the median here.
• Aguadilla, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $30,510 and employment of 50. That median is 34.1% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (60 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.19% of employment (289,960 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.51 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.