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Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians pay in Grand Island, NE and Vallejo, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians is $49,110 per year in Grand Island, NE. It is $78,830 per year in Vallejo, CA. Grand Island, NE is 37.7% below Vallejo, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 120 wage and salary jobs in Grand Island, NE and 40 in Vallejo, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.