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Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics pay in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and New Haven, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics is $46,730 per year in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL. It is $72,260 per year in New Haven, CT. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL is 35.3% below New Haven, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3053 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL and 70 in New Haven, CT. 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.