Compared with the local labor market
Senior Fleet Mechanic pay vs. the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area
Across all employers in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area, the median wage for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists — about 1,500 people — is $65,200. Salt Lake City pays a median base salary of $58,258 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Salt Lake City sits in the local pay range
$48,530
$59,470
$65,200
$76,530
$84,740
Salt Lake City median · $58,258
The bar is the range of annual wages for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists across every employer in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Salt Lake City’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists — about 289,960 people — is $61,770. Salt Lake City’s median base salary is 6% below that national figure, about the 42nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$44,530
$50,540
$61,770
$75,470
$88,740
Salt Lake City median · $58,258
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 14 of 17 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Salt Lake City is $78,841, 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.
Compare jurisdictions
Senior Fleet Mechanic beyond City of Salt Lake City
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In City of Salt Lake City, the median of $78,841 ranks #2 of 2. See Senior Fleet Mechanic across all of City of Salt Lake City →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Senior Fleet Mechanic roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.