49 Series · SOC 49-3051

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$54,950

per year

Median Hourly

$26.42/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$56,450

average

Employment

24,250

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$35,950$45,070$54,950$65,120$78,820
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$17.29$21.67$26.42$31.31$37.89
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$35,950

25th Percentile

$45,070

Median

$54,950

75th Percentile

$65,120

90th Percentile

$78,820

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Alaska $77,310 2. Hawaii $77,270 3. Washington $70,000 4. California $65,030 5. Massachusetts $64,310

Lowest Paying States

44. New Mexico $34,280 45. Idaho $40,420 46. Kansas $41,290 47. Arkansas $41,520 48. Mississippi $42,900
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Alaska $77,310 +41% above national
2 Hawaii $77,270 +41% above national
3 Washington $70,000 +27% above national
4 California $65,030 +18% above national
5 Massachusetts $64,310 +17% above national
6 Connecticut $62,620 +14% above national
7 Nevada $61,440 +12% above national
8 Maryland $61,190 +11% above national
9 Virginia $60,580 +10% above national
10 Vermont $60,520 +10% above national
11 North Dakota $60,080 +9% above national
12 Maine $59,490 +8% above national
13 New York $58,340 +6% above national
14 Minnesota $58,290 +6% above national
15 Colorado $58,120 +6% above national
16 Oregon $57,490 +5% above national
17 Nebraska $56,700 +3% above national
18 New Hampshire $56,660 +3% above national
19 Montana $56,150 +2% above national
20 New Jersey $56,020 +2% above national
21 Rhode Island $55,510 +1% above national
22 Texas $54,640 1% below national
23 Indiana $53,590 2% below national
24 Florida $52,990 4% below national
25 Georgia $52,140 5% below national
26 Delaware $50,290 8% below national
27 Tennessee $49,910 9% below national
28 North Carolina $49,630 10% below national
29 Pennsylvania $49,310 10% below national
30 Illinois $48,790 11% below national
31 Michigan $48,600 12% below national
32 Iowa $48,090 12% below national
33 Wisconsin $48,080 13% below national
34 Louisiana $47,820 13% below national
35 Kentucky $47,550 13% below national
36 Ohio $47,430 14% below national
37 South Dakota $46,590 15% below national
38 Arizona $46,420 16% below national
39 South Carolina $45,770 17% below national
40 Utah $45,290 18% below national
41 Oklahoma $45,070 18% below national
42 Missouri $45,020 18% below national
43 Alabama $44,790 18% below national
44 Mississippi $42,900 22% below national
45 Arkansas $41,520 24% below national
46 Kansas $41,290 25% below national
47 Idaho $40,420 26% below national
48 New Mexico $34,280 38% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Alaska nonmetropolitan area $77,310 2. Urban Honolulu, HI $77,270 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $73,620 4. Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $71,540 5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $70,000

Lowest Paying Metros

129. South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $37,810 130. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $38,690 131. Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $38,950 132. Springfield, MO $39,350 133. Sherman-Denison, TX $39,460
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $77,310 +41% above national
2 Urban Honolulu, HI $77,270 +41% above national
3 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $73,620 +34% above national
4 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $71,540 +30% above national
5 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $70,000 +27% above national
6 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $68,640 +25% above national
7 Barnstable Town, MA $67,440 +23% above national
8 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $66,770 +22% above national
9 Stockton-Lodi, CA $65,760 +20% above national
10 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $65,200 +19% above national
11 Tulsa, OK $65,060 +18% above national
12 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $64,720 +18% above national
13 Anchorage, AK $64,540 +17% above national
14 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $64,510 +17% above national
15 Bellingham, WA $64,370 +17% above national
16 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $64,120 +17% above national
17 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $63,850 +16% above national
18 Portland-South Portland, ME $63,530 +16% above national
19 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $63,390 +15% above national
20 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $63,250 +15% above national
21 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $62,450 +14% above national
22 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $62,370 +14% above national
23 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $61,590 +12% above national
24 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $61,420 +12% above national
25 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $60,850 +11% above national
26 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $59,930 +9% above national
27 Naples-Marco Island, FL $59,520 +8% above national
28 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $58,790 +7% above national
29 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $58,160 +6% above national
30 Gainesville, GA $57,860 +5% above national
31 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $57,680 +5% above national
32 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $57,600 +5% above national
33 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $57,580 +5% above national
34 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $57,570 +5% above national
35 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $57,530 +5% above national
36 Syracuse, NY $57,520 +5% above national
37 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $57,470 +5% above national
38 Rochester, NY $57,040 +4% above national
39 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $57,020 +4% above national
40 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $55,960 +2% above national
41 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $55,710 +1% above national
42 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $55,680 +1% above national
43 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $55,630 +1% above national
44 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $55,540 +1% above national
45 Savannah, GA $55,290 +1% above national
46 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $55,280 +1% above national
47 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $55,070 same as national
48 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $55,030 same as national
49 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $54,560 1% below national
50 Jacksonville, FL $54,060 2% below national
51 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $53,990 2% below national
52 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $53,780 2% below national
53 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $53,460 3% below national
54 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $53,430 3% below national
55 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $53,420 3% below national
56 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $53,260 3% below national
57 Punta Gorda, FL $52,720 4% below national
58 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $52,640 4% below national
59 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $52,630 4% below national
60 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $52,430 5% below national
61 Port St. Lucie, FL $52,310 5% below national
62 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $52,280 5% below national
63 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $52,060 5% below national
64 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $51,360 7% below national
65 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $51,290 7% below national
66 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $51,250 7% below national
67 Knoxville, TN $51,220 7% below national
68 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $51,190 7% below national
69 Glens Falls, NY $50,910 7% below national
70 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $50,900 7% below national
71 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $50,890 7% below national
72 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $50,750 8% below national
73 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $50,700 8% below national
74 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $50,640 8% below national
75 St. Cloud, MN $50,610 8% below national
76 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $50,300 8% below national
77 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $50,290 8% below national
78 Pittsburgh, PA $49,960 9% below national
79 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $49,940 9% below national
80 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $49,870 9% below national
81 Green Bay, WI $49,770 9% below national
82 Greensboro-High Point, NC $49,760 9% below national
83 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $49,670 10% below national
84 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $49,450 10% below national
85 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $49,320 10% below national
86 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $49,220 10% below national
87 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $49,170 11% below national
88 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $48,970 11% below national
89 Corpus Christi, TX $48,880 11% below national
90 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $48,750 11% below national
91 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $48,720 11% below national
92 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $48,580 12% below national
93 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,580 12% below national
94 Jacksonville, NC $48,500 12% below national
95 Duluth, MN-WI $48,190 12% below national
96 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $48,180 12% below national
97 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $48,130 12% below national
98 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $47,930 13% below national
99 Madison, WI $47,830 13% below national
100 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $47,820 13% below national
101 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $47,630 13% below national
102 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $47,600 13% below national
103 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $47,540 13% below national
104 Wilmington, NC $47,440 14% below national
105 Sandusky, OH $47,320 14% below national
106 Winston-Salem, NC $47,300 14% below national
107 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $47,290 14% below national
108 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $47,230 14% below national
109 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $47,120 14% below national
110 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $47,030 14% below national
111 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $46,990 14% below national
112 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $46,550 15% below national
113 Cleveland, OH $46,420 16% below national
114 St. Louis, MO-IL $45,950 16% below national
115 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $45,290 18% below national
116 Kansas City, MO-KS $45,160 18% below national
117 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $45,070 18% below national
118 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $44,900 18% below national
119 Mobile, AL $44,880 18% below national
120 Columbia, SC $43,910 20% below national
121 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $43,310 21% below national
122 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $43,060 22% below national
123 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $42,900 22% below national
124 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $41,520 24% below national
125 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $41,010 25% below national
126 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $40,990 25% below national
127 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $40,120 27% below national
128 Boise City, ID $40,060 27% below national
129 Sherman-Denison, TX $39,460 28% below national
130 Springfield, MO $39,350 28% below national
131 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $38,950 29% below national
132 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $38,690 30% below national
133 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $37,810 31% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.