SOC 17-2199 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025

How much do Engineers, All Other make in Ponce, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engineers, All Other in Ponce, PR is $63,800. The 10th percentile is $36,510 and the 90th percentile is $94,680. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$63,800

10th percentile
$36,510
25th percentile
$58,730
Median
$63,800
75th percentile
$81,370
90th percentile
$94,680
Mean
$68,750

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A welder working in a workshop
A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Engineers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $36,510 and the 90th percentile is $94,680. The difference is $58,170, which is 91.2% 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 $58,730 to the 75th at $81,370, covers $22,640.

The mean annual wage is $68,750, which sits above the median of $63,800. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 48.1% lower than the national median of $122,930 for Engineers, All Other.

It is 21.6% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $81,370.

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

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Engineers, All Other. Ponce, PR ranks 3rd of 3 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).).

  • Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $73,780 and employment of 50. That median is 15.6% higher than the median here.
  • San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $95,990 and employment of 740. That median is 50.5% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Engineers, All Other accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (40 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (154,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.64 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Engineers, All Other make in Ponce, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Engineers, All Other in Ponce, PR is $63,800. The 10th percentile is $36,510 and the 90th percentile is $94,680. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Engineers, All Other?

The local median is 48.1% lower than the national median of $122,930.

How does Ponce, PR compare with nearby metros for Engineers, All Other?

Mayaguez, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 34 miles away, at $73,780. Ponce, PR ranks 3rd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.