51 Series · SOC 51-8021

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

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

Median Salary

$75,190

per year

Median Hourly

$36.15/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$79,710

average

Employment

30,780

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$47,310$60,110$75,190$96,420$121,200
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$22.75$28.90$36.15$46.36$58.27
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10th Percentile

$47,310

25th Percentile

$60,110

Median

$75,190

75th Percentile

$96,420

90th Percentile

$121,200

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Illinois $112,230 2. Wyoming $110,380 3. Hawaii $100,200 4. New York $91,790 5. Connecticut $90,420

Lowest Paying States

47. Puerto Rico $38,240 48. Louisiana $46,170 49. Alabama $47,460 50. New Mexico $49,140 51. Mississippi $51,960
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Illinois $112,230 +49% above national
2 Wyoming $110,380 +47% above national
3 Hawaii $100,200 +33% above national
4 New York $91,790 +22% above national
5 Connecticut $90,420 +20% above national
6 Washington $89,170 +19% above national
7 District of Columbia $89,160 +19% above national
8 Alaska $87,010 +16% above national
9 Maryland $82,960 +10% above national
10 California $78,490 +4% above national
11 Michigan $78,370 +4% above national
12 Delaware $78,280 +4% above national
13 Massachusetts $76,850 +2% above national
14 Nevada $76,630 +2% above national
15 New Jersey $74,620 1% below national
16 Colorado $73,900 2% below national
17 Minnesota $73,560 2% below national
18 Arizona $72,820 3% below national
19 New Hampshire $72,360 4% below national
20 Ohio $72,070 4% below national
21 Indiana $69,580 7% below national
22 Utah $69,450 8% below national
23 Pennsylvania $69,290 8% below national
24 Florida $69,250 8% below national
25 Georgia $67,930 10% below national
26 Montana $67,130 11% below national
27 Kentucky $66,630 11% below national
28 South Dakota $66,000 12% below national
29 Oklahoma $65,900 12% below national
30 Iowa $65,380 13% below national
31 Oregon $65,340 13% below national
32 Virginia $64,970 14% below national
33 Texas $64,050 15% below national
34 Nebraska $63,680 15% below national
35 Missouri $63,560 15% below national
36 North Dakota $62,760 17% below national
37 Rhode Island $62,650 17% below national
38 Kansas $62,460 17% below national
39 Idaho $62,430 17% below national
40 Wisconsin $62,010 18% below national
41 Maine $61,300 18% below national
42 South Carolina $59,450 21% below national
43 North Carolina $58,280 22% below national
44 Arkansas $56,180 25% below national
45 Vermont $54,490 28% below national
46 Tennessee $54,250 28% below national
47 Mississippi $51,960 31% below national
48 New Mexico $49,140 35% below national
49 Alabama $47,460 37% below national
50 Louisiana $46,170 39% below national
51 Puerto Rico $38,240 49% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $124,120 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $119,310 3. Vallejo, CA $119,310 4. South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $117,770 5. West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $116,610

Lowest Paying Metros

157. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $44,240 158. Baton Rouge, LA $45,170 159. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $46,390 160. Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $46,920 161. Knoxville, TN $47,080
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $124,120 +65% above national
2 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $119,310 +59% above national
3 Vallejo, CA $119,310 +59% above national
4 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $117,770 +57% above national
5 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $116,610 +55% above national
6 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $114,090 +52% above national
7 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $112,230 +49% above national
8 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $110,390 +47% above national
9 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $107,970 +44% above national
10 New Haven, CT $104,610 +39% above national
11 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $103,880 +38% above national
12 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $103,540 +38% above national
13 Modesto, CA $101,980 +36% above national
14 Urban Honolulu, HI $100,110 +33% above national
15 Kennewick-Richland, WA $92,950 +24% above national
16 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $91,800 +22% above national
17 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $90,420 +20% above national
18 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $89,500 +19% above national
19 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $89,190 +19% above national
20 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $89,120 +19% above national
21 Anchorage, AK $87,010 +16% above national
22 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $85,550 +14% above national
23 Ann Arbor, MI $84,810 +13% above national
24 Fresno, CA $83,260 +11% above national
25 Stockton-Lodi, CA $82,960 +10% above national
26 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $82,580 +10% above national
27 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $82,320 +9% above national
28 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $81,900 +9% above national
29 El Centro, CA $81,480 +8% above national
30 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $80,530 +7% above national
31 Lexington Park, MD $80,110 +7% above national
32 Kansas City, MO-KS $79,800 +6% above national
33 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $79,660 +6% above national
34 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $79,570 +6% above national
35 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $79,220 +5% above national
36 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $79,200 +5% above national
37 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $78,710 +5% above national
38 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $78,080 +4% above national
39 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $77,920 +4% above national
40 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $77,410 +3% above national
41 Rochester, MN $77,380 +3% above national
42 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $77,310 +3% above national
43 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $77,110 +3% above national
44 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $77,000 +2% above national
45 Reno, NV $76,630 +2% above national
46 Cleveland, OH $76,300 +1% above national
47 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $76,060 +1% above national
48 Pittsfield, MA $75,790 +1% above national
49 Columbus, OH $75,480 same as national
50 St. Louis, MO-IL $75,020 same as national
51 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $74,810 1% below national
52 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $74,250 1% below national
53 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $74,150 1% below national
54 Toledo, OH $73,680 2% below national
55 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $73,560 2% below national
56 Salisbury, MD $73,290 3% below national
57 Duluth, MN-WI $72,900 3% below national
58 Colorado Springs, CO $72,710 3% below national
59 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $72,420 4% below national
60 Oklahoma City, OK $72,330 4% below national
61 Mankato, MN $72,150 4% below national
62 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $72,150 4% below national
63 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $72,130 4% below national
64 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $71,970 4% below national
65 Napa, CA $71,800 5% below national
66 St. Cloud, MN $71,610 5% below national
67 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $71,410 5% below national
68 Pittsburgh, PA $71,080 5% below national
69 Vineland, NJ $70,480 6% below national
70 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $70,380 6% below national
71 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $69,970 7% below national
72 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $69,850 7% below national
73 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $69,430 8% below national
74 Jacksonville, FL $69,250 8% below national
75 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $69,050 8% below national
76 Omaha, NE-IA $68,830 8% below national
77 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $67,940 10% below national
78 Binghamton, NY $67,630 10% below national
79 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $67,340 10% below national
80 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $67,250 11% below national
81 Worcester, MA $67,030 11% below national
82 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $67,010 11% below national
83 Ogden, UT $66,980 11% below national
84 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $66,960 11% below national
85 Springfield, MA $66,850 11% below national
86 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $66,650 11% below national
87 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $66,630 11% below national
88 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $66,590 11% below national
89 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $66,540 12% below national
90 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $66,530 12% below national
91 Tulsa, OK $66,300 12% below national
92 Rochester, NY $66,260 12% below national
93 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $66,020 12% below national
94 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $65,910 12% below national
95 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $65,610 13% below national
96 Medford, OR $65,440 13% below national
97 Akron, OH $65,420 13% below national
98 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $65,320 13% below national
99 Kingston, NY $65,130 13% below national
100 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $65,000 14% below national
101 Richmond, VA $64,970 14% below national
102 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $64,810 14% below national
103 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $64,680 14% below national
104 Utica-Rome, NY $64,680 14% below national
105 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $64,540 14% below national
106 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $64,450 14% below national
107 Portland-South Portland, ME $64,440 14% below national
108 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $64,330 14% below national
109 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $64,290 14% below national
110 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $64,170 15% below national
111 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $64,150 15% below national
112 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $64,010 15% below national
113 Fargo, ND-MN $63,960 15% below national
114 Syracuse, NY $63,800 15% below national
115 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $63,790 15% below national
116 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $63,430 16% below national
117 Lincoln, NE $63,330 16% below national
118 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $63,110 16% below national
119 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $63,050 16% below national
120 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $62,960 16% below national
121 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $62,940 16% below national
122 Visalia, CA $62,520 17% below national
123 Wichita, KS $62,460 17% below national
124 Columbia, SC $62,220 17% below national
125 York-Hanover, PA $61,950 18% below national
126 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $61,420 18% below national
127 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $61,040 19% below national
128 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $60,990 19% below national
129 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $60,930 19% below national
130 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $60,800 19% below national
131 Salinas, CA $60,780 19% below national
132 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $60,760 19% below national
133 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $60,230 20% below national
134 Eugene-Springfield, OR $60,190 20% below national
135 Redding, CA $59,800 20% below national
136 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $59,770 21% below national
137 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $59,440 21% below national
138 Glens Falls, NY $59,130 21% below national
139 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $59,130 21% below national
140 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $58,700 22% below national
141 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $58,220 23% below national
142 Jackson, MS $57,990 23% below national
143 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $56,990 24% below national
144 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $56,180 25% below national
145 Birmingham, AL $55,790 26% below national
146 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $54,250 28% below national
147 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $54,030 28% below national
148 Reading, PA $53,440 29% below national
149 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $51,960 31% below national
150 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $51,170 32% below national
151 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $50,940 32% below national
152 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $50,790 32% below national
153 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $50,540 33% below national
154 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $49,500 34% below national
155 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $47,630 37% below national
156 Tuscaloosa, AL $47,460 37% below national
157 Knoxville, TN $47,080 37% below national
158 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $46,920 38% below national
159 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $46,390 38% below national
160 Baton Rouge, LA $45,170 40% below national
161 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $44,240 41% 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.