How much do Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines make in Williamsport, PA?

Percentile spread

For Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines, the published 10th percentile is $46,290 and the 90th percentile is $79,000. The difference is $32,710, which is 52.9% 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 $53,100 to the 75th at $66,380, covers $13,280.

The mean annual wage is $61,320, which sits below the median of $61,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Williamsport, PA median is 5.6% lower than the national median of $65,510 for Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,963, which is 2.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.2% lower than the Pennsylvania median of $63,870.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Williamsport, PA is 92.350, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines at $66,963 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. Williamsport, PA ranks 28th 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).).

• State College, PA is 51 miles away, with a median of $62,450 and employment of 100. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,540, against $66,963 here.
• Elmira, NY is 58 miles away, with a median of $65,390 and employment of 30. That median is 5.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,271, against $66,963 here.
• Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is 60 miles away, with a median of $61,120 and employment of 380. That median is 1.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,330, against $66,963 here.

Employment share

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Williamsport, PA (60 of 49,510). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (176,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.07 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.