SOC 51-8021 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators make in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is $60,230. The 10th percentile is $48,350 and the 90th percentile is $71,670. Employment is 110.

Median annual wage

$60,230

10th percentile
$48,350
25th percentile
$48,350
Median
$60,230
75th percentile
$61,190
90th percentile
$71,670
Mean
$59,530

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators, the published 10th percentile is $48,350 and the 90th percentile is $71,670. The difference is $23,320, which is 38.7% 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 $48,350 to the 75th at $61,190, covers $12,840.

The mean annual wage is $59,530, which sits below the median of $60,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX median is 23.4% lower than the national median of $78,620 for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,590, which is 19.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.6% lower than the Texas median of $63,810.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 94.716, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators at $63,590 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ranks 3rd of 3 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).).

  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $62,430 and employment of 60. That median is 3.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,661, against $63,590 here.
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 198 miles away, with a median of $68,100 and employment of 170. That median is 13.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,047, against $63,590 here.

Employment share

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (110 of 1,126,880). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (28,250 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.54 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 Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators make in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is $60,230. The 10th percentile is $48,350 and the 90th percentile is $71,670. Employment is 110.

How does that compare with the national median for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators?

The local median is 23.4% lower than the national median of $78,620.

What is Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators pay in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 94.716, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $60,230 is $63,590. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX compare with nearby metros for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators?

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 80 miles away, at $62,430. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ranks 3rd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.