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Industrial Machinery Mechanics pay in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC and Longview-Kelso, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Machinery Mechanics is $56,910 per year in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. It is $96,950 per year in Longview-Kelso, WA. Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC is 41.3% below Longview-Kelso, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9041 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 60 wage and salary jobs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC and 560 in Longview-Kelso, WA. 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.