How much do Industrial Machinery Mechanics make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

Percentile spread

For Industrial Machinery Mechanics, the published 10th percentile is $25,220 and the 90th percentile is $60,030. The difference is $34,810, which is 78.4% 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 $35,360 to the 75th at $48,730, covers $13,370.

The mean annual wage is $42,940, which sits below the median of $44,420. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 31.2% lower than the national median of $64,520 for Industrial Machinery Mechanics.

It is 18.6% higher 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 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, 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. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st 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).).

• Guayama, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $36,860 and employment of 50. That median is 17% lower than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $36,440 and employment of 700. That median is 18% lower than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $39,610 and employment of 130. That median is 10.8% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Industrial Machinery Mechanics accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (1,660 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (439,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.85 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.