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Average Cleaners Of Vehicles And Equipment Salary in Arecibo, PR

Cleaners Of Vehicles And Equipment in Arecibo, PR earn a median annual salary of $20,380, which is -42.2% compared to the national median. There are 60 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Arecibo, PR (metro area).

$20,380
Arecibo, PR median annual wage
$10/hour median
-42.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $35,270
60
Local employment
1.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.67
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$19,760
25th
$19,760
Median
$20,380
75th
$20,430
90th
$20,650

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Arecibo, PR, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

Cost-of-living adjustment data is not available for this area. BEA Regional Price Parities do not cover all metro areas.

Until there is a clean match, use the nominal wage here as a labor-market number only, not as a purchasing-power comparison.

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Grand Island, NE$48,960Compare450
St. Joseph, MO-KS$48,270Compare350
Decatur, IL$47,450Compare120
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$46,810Compare340
Longview-Kelso, WA$45,700Compare190
Boulder, CO$43,730Compare300

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Arecibo, PR

Arecibo, PR has salary data for 156 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Industrial Production Managers.

Historical series

Trend for Cleaners Of Vehicles And Equipment in Arecibo, PR

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Cleaners Of Vehicles And Equipment are projected to change by +3.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 56,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.