SOC 49-3042 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025
How much do Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines make in Charlottesville, VA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in Charlottesville, VA is $64,740. The 10th percentile is $42,940 and the 90th percentile is $81,900. Employment is 60.
Median annual wage
$64,740
- 10th percentile
- $42,940
- 25th percentile
- $52,970
- Median
- $64,740
- 75th percentile
- $77,960
- 90th percentile
- $81,900
- Mean
- $64,560
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines, the published 10th percentile is $42,940 and the 90th percentile is $81,900. The difference is $38,960, which is 60.2% 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 $52,970 to the 75th at $77,960, covers $24,990.
The mean annual wage is $64,560, which sits below the median of $64,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Charlottesville, VA median is 1.2% lower than the national median of $65,510 for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. In 2024 national prices the local median is $65,298, which is 0.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 1.2% higher than the Virginia median of $63,950.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlottesville, VA is 99.146, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines at $65,298 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
34 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. Charlottesville, VA ranks 10th of 35 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).).
- Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA is 33 miles away, with a median of $65,800 and employment of 80. That median is 1.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,206, against $65,298 here.
- Harrisonburg, VA is 42 miles away, with a median of $62,730 and employment of 100. That median is 3.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,107, against $65,298 here.
- Lynchburg, VA is 53 miles away, with a median of $61,030 and employment of 110. That median is 5.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,294, against $65,298 here.
Employment share
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Charlottesville, VA (60 of 114,780). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (176,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.46 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Charlottesville, VA · Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines make in Charlottesville, VA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in Charlottesville, VA is $64,740. The 10th percentile is $42,940 and the 90th percentile is $81,900. Employment is 60.
How does that compare with the national median for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines?
The local median is 1.2% lower than the national median of $65,510.
What is Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines pay in Charlottesville, VA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlottesville, VA is 99.146, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $64,740 is $65,298. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Charlottesville, VA compare with nearby metros for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines?
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 33 miles away, at $65,800. Charlottesville, VA ranks 10th of 35 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.