SALARY · BUS AND TRUCK MECHANICS AND DIESEL ENGINE SPECIALISTS · MASSACHUSETTS

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists salary in Massachusetts

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists in Massachusetts: $73,270 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$73,270

$35 per hour at the median · That is $11,500 (18.6 percent) above the national median of $61,770 for this occupation.

$73,640Mean annual salary
$35Mean hourly wage
$4,870People employed in this job in Massachusetts

Salary range

25th: $59,920Median: $73,27075th: $84,410
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$59,920
Median (50th percentile)$73,270
75th percentile$84,410
Mean$73,640

The middle half of workers earned from $59,920 to $84,410 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$56,932 a year
$4,744 a month
Federal tax $7,289 · FICA $5,605 · State tax $3,444

Caveat: the Massachusetts figure excludes the optional Social Security and Medicare deduction, worth up to $100 of tax.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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