SOC 49-3042 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines make in Napa, CA?

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 Napa, CA is $75,620. The 10th percentile is $48,760 and the 90th percentile is $101,950. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$75,620

10th percentile
$48,760
25th percentile
$61,610
Median
$75,620
75th percentile
$86,220
90th percentile
$101,950
Mean
$76,180

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines, the published 10th percentile is $48,760 and the 90th percentile is $101,950. The difference is $53,190, which is 70.3% 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 $61,610 to the 75th at $86,220, covers $24,610.

The mean annual wage is $76,180, which sits above the median of $75,620. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Napa, CA median is 15.4% higher than the national median of $65,510 for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,186, which is 2.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.7% lower than the California median of $78,550.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Napa, CA is 112.554, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,620 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines at $67,186 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. Napa, CA ranks 9th of 17 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).).

  • Vallejo, CA is 27 miles away, with a median of $80,900 and employment of 320. That median is 7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,577, against $67,186 here.
  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is 32 miles away, with a median of $78,960 and employment of 180. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,258, against $67,186 here.
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 51 miles away, with a median of $95,410 and employment of 2,370. That median is 26.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,525, against $67,186 here.

Employment share

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Napa, CA (60 of 77,860). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (176,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.68 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines make in Napa, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in Napa, CA is $75,620. The 10th percentile is $48,760 and the 90th percentile is $101,950. Employment is 60.

How does that compare with the national median for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines?

The local median is 15.4% higher than the national median of $65,510.

What is Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines pay in Napa, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Napa, CA is 112.554, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $75,620 is $67,186. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Napa, CA compare with nearby metros for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines?

Vallejo, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 27 miles away, at $80,900. Napa, CA ranks 9th of 17 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.