How much do Industrial Machinery Mechanics make in Ponce, PR?

Percentile spread

For Industrial Machinery Mechanics, the published 10th percentile is $33,470 and the 90th percentile is $43,930. The difference is $10,460, which is 28.7% 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 $33,470 to the 75th at $37,450, covers $3,980.

The mean annual wage is $36,180, which sits below the median of $36,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 43.5% lower than the national median of $64,520 for Industrial Machinery Mechanics.

It is 2.7% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $37,450.

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

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Industrial Machinery Mechanics. Ponce, PR ranks 5th of 6 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 $39,610 and employment of 130. That median is 8.7% higher than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $31,260 and employment of 160. That median is 14.2% lower than the median here.
• Guayama, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $36,860 and employment of 50. That median is 1.2% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Industrial Machinery Mechanics accounts for 1.1% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (700 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (439,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.90 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.