How much do Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines make in Kokomo, IN?

Percentile spread

For Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines, the published 10th percentile is $50,350 and the 90th percentile is $90,040. The difference is $39,690, which is 44.1% 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 $66,390 to the 75th at $90,040, covers $23,650.

The mean annual wage is $80,110, which sits below the median of $90,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kokomo, IN median is 37.4% higher than the national median of $65,510 for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. In 2024 national prices the local median is $100,437, which is 53.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 40.2% higher than the Indiana median of $64,200.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kokomo, IN is 89.648, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $90,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines at $100,437 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

37 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. Kokomo, IN ranks 1st of 38 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).).

• Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 47 miles away, with a median of $73,830 and employment of 150. That median is 18% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,022, against $100,437 here.
• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 48 miles away, with a median of $65,600 and employment of 940. That median is 27.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,550, against $100,437 here.
• Fort Wayne, IN is 59 miles away, with a median of $62,750 and employment of 220. That median is 30.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,785, against $100,437 here.

Employment share

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Kokomo, IN (40 of 35,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (176,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 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.