Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$75,190

National average

Salary Range

$47,310 – $121,200

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$124,120$51,660$137,210
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$119,310$50,140$141,560
Vallejo, CA$119,310$75,210$139,240
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$117,770$65,510$140,290
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$116,610$68,580$178,480
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$114,090$79,830$124,820
Illinois$112,230$67,570$128,390
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$112,230$75,120$121,200
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$110,390$57,260$110,400
Wyoming$110,380$59,120$112,530
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$107,970$76,620$112,530
New Haven, CT$104,610$65,670$104,610
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$103,880$64,350$144,740
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$103,540$73,770$127,480
Modesto, CA$101,980$65,140$132,370
Hawaii$100,200$64,660$109,210
Urban Honolulu, HI$100,110$64,660$100,280
Kennewick-Richland, WA$92,950$82,270$100,900
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$91,800$39,620$123,980
New York$91,790$59,130$143,110
Connecticut$90,420$64,930$104,610
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$90,420$64,930$110,290
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$89,500$65,310$129,590
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$89,190$62,850$127,080
Washington$89,170$65,110$121,520
District of Columbia$89,160$62,810$127,330
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$89,120$64,680$106,620
Alaska$87,010$36,870$114,130
Anchorage, AK$87,010$36,850$101,660
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$85,550$38,530$113,860
Ann Arbor, MI$84,810$81,620$88,010
Fresno, CA$83,260$45,880$108,580
Stockton-Lodi, CA$82,960$38,160$118,010
Maryland$82,960$65,030$118,000
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$82,580$54,380$90,810
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$82,320$62,370$118,010
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$81,900$43,280$101,830
El Centro, CA$81,480$38,830$103,490
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$80,530$40,650$110,350
Lexington Park, MD$80,110$74,230$97,290
Kansas City, MO-KS$79,800$49,850$85,910
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$79,660$59,640$94,630
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$79,570$65,390$107,450
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$79,220$56,160$96,420
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$79,200$63,770$136,050
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$78,710$62,590$101,730
California$78,490$43,530$128,440
Michigan$78,370$51,930$84,810
Delaware$78,280$67,660$85,820
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$78,080$54,190$91,440
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$77,920$57,210$93,690
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$77,410$57,940$103,150
Rochester, MN$77,380$57,840$105,450
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$77,310$42,580$83,610
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$77,110$60,490$78,740
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$77,000$45,600$96,520
Massachusetts$76,850$54,810$93,240
Reno, NV$76,630$74,100$126,520
Nevada$76,630$74,100$126,520
Cleveland, OH$76,300$49,460$84,730
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$76,060$57,550$88,690
Pittsfield, MA$75,790$52,310$97,800
Columbus, OH$75,480$58,370$80,970
St. Louis, MO-IL$75,020$54,040$93,690
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$74,810$61,340$77,580
New Jersey$74,620$57,720$99,570
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$74,250$61,870$94,420
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$74,150$61,650$95,420
Colorado$73,900$49,610$94,500
Toledo, OH$73,680$49,440$82,780
Minnesota$73,560$60,540$92,570
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$73,560$59,050$88,310
Salisbury, MD$73,290$52,920$110,010
Duluth, MN-WI$72,900$52,990$90,310
Arizona$72,820$60,470$136,020
Colorado Springs, CO$72,710$45,160$88,140
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$72,420$41,170$104,690
New Hampshire$72,360$51,810$86,560
Oklahoma City, OK$72,330$65,790$158,650
Mankato, MN$72,150$53,850$82,330
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$72,150$46,710$84,790
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$72,130$46,740$98,010
Ohio$72,070$52,050$83,230
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$71,970$56,520$99,460
Napa, CA$71,800$41,440$131,980
St. Cloud, MN$71,610$57,090$80,060
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$71,410$67,930$104,930
Pittsburgh, PA$71,080$54,410$85,170
Vineland, NJ$70,480$59,670$76,710
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$70,380$53,210$87,360
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$69,970$41,170$99,690
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$69,850$45,030$114,800
Indiana$69,580$46,550$91,120
Utah$69,450$53,540$111,000
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$69,430$52,590$81,580
Pennsylvania$69,290$48,820$88,930
Florida$69,250$55,760$80,470
Jacksonville, FL$69,250$62,060$76,200
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$69,050$48,820$78,120
Omaha, NE-IA$68,830$53,660$83,230
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$67,940$36,460$73,450
Georgia$67,930$57,510$87,710
Binghamton, NY$67,630$57,060$89,740
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$67,340$54,520$79,500
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$67,250$50,400$85,380
Montana$67,130$48,780$104,710
Worcester, MA$67,030$49,280$91,110
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$67,010$50,750$94,740
Ogden, UT$66,980$52,420$73,570
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$66,960$41,410$80,150
Springfield, MA$66,850$54,620$85,160
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$66,650$61,500$86,340
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$66,630$47,960$77,080
Kentucky$66,630$30,570$86,040
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$66,590$50,300$87,530
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$66,540$36,010$80,060
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$66,530$49,360$77,850
Tulsa, OK$66,300$41,260$80,110
Rochester, NY$66,260$51,960$93,350
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$66,020$32,790$79,780
South Dakota$66,000$38,950$73,420
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$65,910$56,490$74,620
Oklahoma$65,900$43,870$92,250
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$65,610$56,450$78,670
Medford, OR$65,440$59,620$79,540
Akron, OH$65,420$50,600$78,800
Iowa$65,380$53,660$74,860
Oregon$65,340$46,150$91,060
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$65,320$61,790$70,740
Kingston, NY$65,130$43,120$76,290
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$65,000$49,070$89,230
Richmond, VA$64,970$46,400$102,090
Virginia$64,970$43,290$93,520
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$64,810$51,080$80,120
Utica-Rome, NY$64,680$42,860$80,150
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$64,680$53,080$109,860
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$64,540$47,380$76,750
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$64,450$43,300$82,880
Portland-South Portland, ME$64,440$49,770$79,350
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$64,330$44,990$84,100
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$64,290$55,160$78,250
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$64,170$45,110$78,730
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$64,150$35,530$92,880
Texas$64,050$45,120$87,360
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$64,010$44,930$79,500
Fargo, ND-MN$63,960$44,480$80,950
Syracuse, NY$63,800$45,950$91,790
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$63,790$39,350$74,430
Nebraska$63,680$45,470$80,830
Missouri$63,560$47,180$85,960
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$63,430$38,890$103,000
Lincoln, NE$63,330$45,470$84,550
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$63,110$39,810$100,890
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$63,050$37,690$73,850
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$62,960$47,140$75,360
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$62,940$42,570$69,130
North Dakota$62,760$45,700$84,790
Rhode Island$62,650$51,560$84,080
Visalia, CA$62,520$37,760$97,730
Wichita, KS$62,460$50,850$81,800
Kansas$62,460$42,710$85,910
Idaho$62,430$52,250$69,310
Columbia, SC$62,220$45,000$79,770
Wisconsin$62,010$53,110$77,710
York-Hanover, PA$61,950$40,340$78,250
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$61,420$49,410$77,880
Maine$61,300$48,090$76,460
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$61,040$39,110$106,340
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$60,990$40,500$107,160
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$60,930$46,080$79,550
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$60,800$26,230$76,880
Salinas, CA$60,780$43,580$106,480
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$60,760$47,630$76,460
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$60,230$45,190$75,260
Eugene-Springfield, OR$60,190$44,620$99,620
Redding, CA$59,800$40,200$90,650
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$59,770$51,370$78,760
South Carolina$59,450$39,130$77,670
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$59,440$44,140$86,460
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$59,130$42,680$125,390
Glens Falls, NY$59,130$38,710$71,510
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$58,700$41,240$82,210
North Carolina$58,280$35,770$79,390
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$58,220$23,080$85,600
Jackson, MS$57,990$50,850$76,260
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$56,990$49,520$82,850
Arkansas$56,180$41,250$66,800
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$56,180$41,250$64,710
Birmingham, AL$55,790$37,470$68,220
Vermont$54,490$39,650$69,360
Tennessee$54,250$23,820$84,790
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$54,250$34,990$92,230
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$54,030$38,800$100,530
Reading, PA$53,440$41,080$66,280
Mississippi$51,960$39,520$76,260
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$51,960$48,630$67,950
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$51,170$48,730$84,970
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$50,940$45,900$78,400
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$50,790$37,610$65,020
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$50,540$23,670$56,620
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$49,500$39,570$69,170
New Mexico$49,140$42,120$74,480
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$47,630$43,870$84,830
Tuscaloosa, AL$47,460$26,230$67,950
Alabama$47,460$35,970$76,150
Knoxville, TN$47,080$24,120$73,460
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$46,920$35,680$76,720
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$46,390$46,380$72,300
Louisiana$46,170$39,930$72,300
Baton Rouge, LA$45,170$44,990$78,140
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$44,240$34,110$58,950
Puerto Rico$38,240$23,670$56,620

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators make?▾

The median annual salary for a Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators is $75,190, with a typical range of $47,310 – $121,200 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators?▾

Entry-level Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators positions typically start around $47,310 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operatorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.