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Average Stationary Engineers And Boiler Operators Salary in Stockton-Lodi, CA

Stationary Engineers And Boiler Operators in Stockton-Lodi, CA earn a median annual salary of $103,690, which is +31.9% compared to the national median. There are 50 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Stockton-Lodi, CA (metro area).

$103,690
Stockton-Lodi, CA median annual wage
$50/hour median
+31.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $78,620
50
Local employment
0.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.03
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$65,960
25th
$94,410
Median
$103,690
75th
$120,700
90th
$121,390

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 Stockton-Lodi, CA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
105.1%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$98,669
Goods: 105.2%
Services: 158.2%
Rents: 115.6%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $129,930 Compare 980
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $123,170 Compare 210
Vallejo, CA $123,170 Compare 110
Springfield, IL $117,590 Compare 60
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $115,780 Compare 1,210
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $112,250 Compare 210

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 Stockton-Lodi, CA

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Psychiatrists $331,800 2.59
Family Medicine Physicians $277,180 1.33
Chief Executives $214,340 0.81
Lawyers $174,880 0.35
Natural Sciences Managers $174,860 0.15
Architectural And Engineering Managers $169,090 0.46
Dentists, General $168,150 0.88
Computer And Information Systems Managers $165,260 0.31

Stockton-Lodi, CA has salary data for 449 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Psychiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Stationary Engineers And Boiler Operators in Stockton-Lodi, CA

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Stationary Engineers And Boiler Operators are projected to change by +2.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 3,800 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.