How much do Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators make in Ponce, PR?

Percentile spread

For Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, the published 10th percentile is $22,840 and the 90th percentile is $29,420. The difference is $6,580, which is 23.0% 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 $22,840 to the 75th at $28,620, covers $5,780.

The mean annual wage is $26,820, which sits below the median of $28,620. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 35.9% lower than the national median of $44,650 for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators.

It is 16.3% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $24,610.

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 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators. Ponce, 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).).

• Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $23,000 and employment of 560. That median is 19.6% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $23,570 and employment of 600. That median is 17.6% lower than the median here.
• Guayama, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $23,340 and employment of 520. That median is 18.4% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators accounts for 2.3% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (1,430 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.90% of employment (1,405,030 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.49 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.