Transportation Mechanic

Across all employers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, the median wage for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists — about 4,490 people — is $64,550. Passyunk Garage pays a median base salary of $68,532 for this role, 6% above that figure — about the 58th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Passyunk Garage is $68,532, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Transportation Mechanic is held in 4 School District of Philadelphia departments. In Passyunk Garage, the median of $68,532 ranks #1 of 4.

This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In School District of Philadelphia, the median of $68,532 ranks #1 of 2. See Transportation Mechanic across all of School District of Philadelphia →