How much do Maintenance Workers, Machinery make in Longview-Kelso, WA?

Percentile spread

For Maintenance Workers, Machinery, the published 10th percentile is $49,400 and the 90th percentile is $128,140. The difference is $78,740, which is 98.6% 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 $59,640 to the 75th at $82,430, covers $22,790.

The mean annual wage is $79,560, which sits below the median of $79,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Longview-Kelso, WA median is 31.3% higher than the national median of $60,850 for Maintenance Workers, Machinery. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,901, which is 34.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 26.9% higher than the Washington median of $62,970.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Longview-Kelso, WA is 97.545, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $79,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Maintenance Workers, Machinery at $81,901 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Maintenance Workers, Machinery. Longview-Kelso, WA ranks 2nd 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).).

• Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 42 miles away, with a median of $59,270 and employment of 230. That median is 25.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,222, against $81,901 here.
• Salem, OR is 90 miles away, with a median of $54,730 and employment of 30. That median is 31.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,803, against $81,901 here.
• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 98 miles away, with a median of $64,940 and employment of 380. That median is 18.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,434, against $81,901 here.

Employment share

Maintenance Workers, Machinery accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Longview-Kelso, WA (30 of 41,070). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (60,020 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.89 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.