How much do Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines make in Columbus, GA-AL?

Percentile spread

For Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines, the published 10th percentile is $45,790 and the 90th percentile is $67,270. The difference is $21,480, which is 36.2% 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 $53,020 to the 75th at $62,480, covers $9,460.

The mean annual wage is $58,090, which sits below the median of $59,360. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Columbus, GA-AL median is 9.4% lower than the national median of $65,510 for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,476, which is 1.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% lower than the Georgia median of $60,560.

Columbus, GA-AL covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Georgia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Columbus, GA-AL is 89.296, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,360 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines at $66,476 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

23 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. Columbus, GA-AL ranks 17th of 24 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).).

• Auburn-Opelika, AL is 40 miles away, with a median of $59,570 and employment of 60. That median is 0.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,745, against $66,476 here.
• Warner Robins, GA is 66 miles away, with a median of $59,300 and employment of 60. That median is 0.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,227, against $66,476 here.
• Albany, GA is 69 miles away, with a median of $71,740 and employment of 260. That median is 20.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,831, against $66,476 here.

Employment share

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines accounts for 0.21% of wage-and-salary employment in Columbus, GA-AL (240 of 116,380). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (176,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.82 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.