Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary — Columbus, Indiana

The average Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists in Columbus, Indiana earns $56,150 a year.

$56,150 / year, mean
↓ 14.3% below national average 12th percentile in Indiana

Columbus is among the lowest-paying cities in Indiana for this specific role. That's noticeably below the national average for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Indiana

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
80
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.6%
Cost of living 93 #126 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1484 #39 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $277,164 #119 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,365 #50 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Columbus ranks #126 for cost of living and #119 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $85,960 Seattle $84,730 San Francisco $81,180 Bremerton $80,200 Napa $79,120 Olympia $78,130 Santa Cruz $76,790 Bellingham $76,440 Paducah $76,290 Mount Vernon $76,170 New York $75,150 Vallejo $75,080 Modesto $74,740 Los Angeles $74,620 San Diego $74,200 Longview $73,370 Wenatchee $72,870 Baltimore $72,740 Sacramento $72,520 Santa Rosa $72,480 Oxnard $72,340 San Luis Obispo $72,260 Portland $71,970 Chicago $71,390 Spokane $70,230 Lexington Park $70,030 Trenton $69,330 Kennewick $69,230 Merced $68,770 Riverside $68,590 Stockton $68,590 Walla Walla $68,260 Bend $67,530 Santa Maria $67,520 Peoria $67,270 Fresno $67,200 Ann Arbor $67,050 Redding $66,980 Yakima $66,750 El Centro $66,580 Naples $66,580 Philadelphia $66,580 Miami $66,480 Champaign $66,390 Decatur $66,230 Albany $66,200 Syracuse $66,140 Atlantic City $66,110 Kiryas Joel $65,900 Reading $65,850 Harrisburg $65,820 Salinas $65,720 Springfield $65,690 Odessa $65,650 Visalia $65,330 Grants Pass $65,240 Buffalo $65,170 Detroit $65,060 Vineland $65,040 Allentown $65,000 Eugene $64,860 Dover $64,850 Hagerstown $64,780 Midland $64,480 Corvallis $64,320 Salem $64,100 Houston $64,070 Bakersfield $64,010 Lancaster $63,990 Rockford $63,790 Scranton $63,690 Austin $63,670 Tampa $63,360 York $63,350 Jackson $63,180 Yuba City $63,160 Jacksonville $62,980 Indianapolis $62,910 Watertown $62,700 Wildwood $62,680 Albany $62,660 Port St. Lucie $62,570 Kingston $62,360 Dallas $62,310 Rochester $62,280 Bloomington $62,240 Louisville $62,180 Lebanon $61,820 Punta Gorda $61,800 Grand Rapids $61,790 Richmond $61,740 Sarasota $61,630 Glens Falls $61,570 Fort Wayne $61,560 Orlando $61,510 Fort Myers $61,430 Lansing $61,340 Traverse City $61,320 Charlottesville $61,310 Hanford $61,200 Elmira $61,190 Gainesville $61,170 Medford $61,110 South Bend $61,060 Midland $60,960 Pittsburgh $60,920 Homosassa Springs $60,810 Flint $60,790 Elkhart $60,610 Chico $60,450 San Antonio $60,410 Michigan City $60,350 Lynchburg $60,200 Ithaca $60,090 Binghamton $60,040 Waco $60,010 Staunton $59,900 Lafayette $59,890 Gettysburg $59,850 Salisbury $59,800 Lakeland $59,790 Kalamazoo $59,770 State College $59,770 Bay City $59,600 Utica $59,510 Winchester $59,430 Chambersburg $59,380 Lexington $59,350 Harrisonburg $59,320 Virginia Beach $59,260 Kokomo $59,020 Deltona $58,970 Niles $58,800 Sherman $58,740 Wheeling $58,740 College Station $58,680 Muncie $58,650 Evansville $58,600 Victoria $58,590 Sebastian $58,560 Pensacola $58,340 Ocala $57,830 Saginaw $57,650 Kankakee $57,610 Williamsport $57,530 Battle Creek $57,520 Abilene $57,510 Palm Bay $57,490 Beaumont $57,270 Altoona $57,200 Charleston $57,070 Monroe $57,030 Roanoke $56,560 Bloomington $56,380 Corpus Christi $56,330 Amarillo $56,250 Crestview $56,230 Erie $56,190 Columbus $56,150 Terre Haute $56,150 Longview $56,140 Huntington $56,060 Killeen $56,050 Wichita Falls $55,590 Johnstown $55,560 Tallahassee $55,490 Muskegon $54,740 Weirton $54,510 Owensboro $54,420 Panama City $54,280 Bowling Green $53,650 Tyler $53,290 Beckley $53,110 San Angelo $52,900 Brownsville $52,440 Texarkana $52,290 Elizabethtown $52,040 Lubbock $51,790 Sebring $50,880 Laredo $50,770 El Paso $50,700 McAllen $50,150 Parkersburg $47,510 Morgantown $46,590
CityMean salaryvs. Columbus
Abilene, Texas$57,510+2.4%
Albany, Oregon$62,660+11.6%
Albany, New York$66,200+17.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$65,000+15.8%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$57,200+1.9%
Amarillo, Texas$56,250+0.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$67,050+19.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$66,110+17.7%
Austin, Texas$63,670+13.4%
Bakersfield, California$64,010+14.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$72,740+29.5%
Battle Creek, Michigan$57,520+2.4%
Bay City, Michigan$59,600+6.1%
Beaumont, Texas$57,270+2.0%
Beckley, West Virginia$53,110-5.4%
Bellingham, Washington$76,440+36.1%
Bend, Oregon$67,530+20.3%
Binghamton, New York$60,040+6.9%
Bloomington, Illinois$62,240+10.8%
Bloomington, Indiana$56,380+0.4%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$53,650-4.5%
Bremerton, Washington$80,200+42.8%
Brownsville, Texas$52,440-6.6%
Buffalo, New York$65,170+16.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$61,430+9.4%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$59,380+5.8%
Champaign, Illinois$66,390+18.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$57,070+1.6%
Charlottesville, Virginia$61,310+9.2%
Chicago, Illinois$71,390+27.1%
Chico, California$60,450+7.7%
College Station, Texas$58,680+4.5%
Corpus Christi, Texas$56,330+0.3%
Corvallis, Oregon$64,320+14.6%
Crestview, Florida$56,230+0.1%
Dallas, Texas$62,310+11.0%
Decatur, Illinois$66,230+18.0%
Deltona, Florida$58,970+5.0%
Detroit, Michigan$65,060+15.9%
Dover, Delaware$64,850+15.5%
El Centro, California$66,580+18.6%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$52,040-7.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$60,610+7.9%
Elmira, New York$61,190+9.0%
El Paso, Texas$50,700-9.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$56,190+0.1%
Eugene, Oregon$64,860+15.5%
Evansville, Indiana$58,600+4.4%
Flint, Michigan$60,790+8.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$61,560+9.6%
Fresno, California$67,200+19.7%
Gainesville, Florida$61,170+8.9%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$59,850+6.6%
Glens Falls, New York$61,570+9.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$61,790+10.0%
Grants Pass, Oregon$65,240+16.2%
Hagerstown, Maryland$64,780+15.4%
Hanford, California$61,200+9.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$65,820+17.2%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$59,320+5.6%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$60,810+8.3%
Houston, Texas$64,070+14.1%
Huntington, West Virginia$56,060-0.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$62,910+12.0%
Ithaca, New York$60,090+7.0%
Jackson, Michigan$63,180+12.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$62,980+12.2%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$55,560-1.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$59,770+6.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$57,610+2.6%
Kennewick, Washington$69,230+23.3%
Killeen, Texas$56,050-0.2%
Kingston, New York$62,360+11.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$65,900+17.4%
Kokomo, Indiana$59,020+5.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$59,890+6.7%
Lakeland, Florida$59,790+6.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$63,990+14.0%
Lansing, Michigan$61,340+9.2%
Laredo, Texas$50,770-9.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$61,820+10.1%
Lexington, Kentucky$59,350+5.7%
Lexington Park, Maryland$70,030+24.7%
Longview, Texas$56,140-0.0%
Longview, Washington$73,370+30.7%
Los Angeles, California$74,620+32.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$62,180+10.7%
Lubbock, Texas$51,790-7.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$60,200+7.2%
McAllen, Texas$50,150-10.7%
Medford, Oregon$61,110+8.8%
Merced, California$68,770+22.5%
Miami, Florida$66,480+18.4%
Michigan City, Indiana$60,350+7.5%
Midland, Michigan$60,960+8.6%
Midland, Texas$64,480+14.8%
Modesto, California$74,740+33.1%
Monroe, Michigan$57,030+1.6%
Morgantown, West Virginia$46,590-17.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$76,170+35.7%
Muncie, Indiana$58,650+4.5%
Muskegon, Michigan$54,740-2.5%
Napa, California$79,120+40.9%
Naples, Florida$66,580+18.6%
New York, New York$75,150+33.8%
Niles, Michigan$58,800+4.7%
Sarasota, Florida$61,630+9.8%
Ocala, Florida$57,830+3.0%
Odessa, Texas$65,650+16.9%
Olympia, Washington$78,130+39.1%
Orlando, Florida$61,510+9.5%
Owensboro, Kentucky$54,420-3.1%
Oxnard, California$72,340+28.8%
Paducah, Kentucky$76,290+35.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$57,490+2.4%
Panama City, Florida$54,280-3.3%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$47,510-15.4%
Pensacola, Florida$58,340+3.9%
Peoria, Illinois$67,270+19.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$66,580+18.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$60,920+8.5%
Portland, Oregon$71,970+28.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$62,570+11.4%
Punta Gorda, Florida$61,800+10.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$65,850+17.3%
Redding, California$66,980+19.3%
Richmond, Virginia$61,740+10.0%
Riverside, California$68,590+22.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$56,560+0.7%
Rochester, New York$62,280+10.9%
Rockford, Illinois$63,790+13.6%
Sacramento, California$72,520+29.2%
Saginaw, Michigan$57,650+2.7%
Salem, Oregon$64,100+14.2%
Salinas, California$65,720+17.0%
Salisbury, Maryland$59,800+6.5%
San Angelo, Texas$52,900-5.8%
San Antonio, Texas$60,410+7.6%
San Diego, California$74,200+32.1%
San Francisco, California$81,180+44.6%
San Jose, California$85,960+53.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$72,260+28.7%
Santa Cruz, California$76,790+36.8%
Santa Maria, California$67,520+20.2%
Santa Rosa, California$72,480+29.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$63,690+13.4%
Seattle, Washington$84,730+50.9%
Sebastian, Florida$58,560+4.3%
Sebring, Florida$50,880-9.4%
Sherman, Texas$58,740+4.6%
South Bend, Indiana$61,060+8.7%
Spokane, Washington$70,230+25.1%
Springfield, Illinois$65,690+17.0%
State College, Pennsylvania$59,770+6.4%
Staunton, Virginia$59,900+6.7%
Stockton, California$68,590+22.2%
Syracuse, New York$66,140+17.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$55,490-1.2%
Tampa, Florida$63,360+12.8%
Terre Haute, Indiana$56,150+0.0%
Texarkana, Texas$52,290-6.9%
Traverse City, Michigan$61,320+9.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$69,330+23.5%
Tyler, Texas$53,290-5.1%
Utica, New York$59,510+6.0%
Vallejo, California$75,080+33.7%
Victoria, Texas$58,590+4.3%
Vineland, New Jersey$65,040+15.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$59,260+5.5%
Visalia, California$65,330+16.3%
Waco, Texas$60,010+6.9%
Walla Walla, Washington$68,260+21.6%
Watertown, New York$62,700+11.7%
Weirton, West Virginia$54,510-2.9%
Wenatchee, Washington$72,870+29.8%
Wheeling, West Virginia$58,740+4.6%
Wichita Falls, Texas$55,590-1.0%
Wildwood, Florida$62,680+11.6%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$57,530+2.5%
Winchester, Virginia$59,430+5.8%
Yakima, Washington$66,750+18.9%
York, Pennsylvania$63,350+12.8%
Yuba City, California$63,160+12.5%
Gross salary
56,150/yr
Estimated take-home
44,677/yr
Est. total withheld
20.4%

Single filer, federal + Indiana state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 49-3031 SOC code
Official area Columbus, IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 18020 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: in_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
82,881