Maintenance Workers, Machinery Salary — San Jose, California

The average Maintenance Workers, Machinery in San Jose, California earns $69,170 a year.

$69,170 / year, mean
↑ 5.3% above national average 65th percentile in California

San Jose sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within California — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for maintenance workers, machinery — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
160
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.0%
Cost of living 110 #9 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $1,610,466 #1 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $157,444 #1 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Jose ranks #9 for cost of living and #1 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.

Louisville $111,740 Beaumont $90,520 Kennewick $82,310 Vallejo $81,290 New York $80,500 Longview $79,560 San Francisco $78,680 Charlottesville $77,050 Philadelphia $76,690 Lexington $75,930 Harrisburg $73,960 Syracuse $73,830 Austin $73,150 Glens Falls $73,020 Seattle $72,620 Santa Rosa $72,460 Albany $70,980 Los Angeles $70,790 San Diego $70,650 Jacksonville $70,550 College Station $70,170 Bowling Green $69,880 Sacramento $69,350 San Jose $69,170 Virginia Beach $68,470 Buffalo $68,170 Oxnard $68,030 Allentown $67,850 Pittsburgh $67,360 Charleston $67,310 Riverside $65,910 Evansville $65,850 Santa Maria $65,790 Huntington $65,740 Stockton $65,710 Spokane $64,960 Winchester $64,920 Portland $64,820 Kiryas Joel $64,330 Rochester $64,100 Modesto $64,000 Dallas $63,980 Indianapolis $63,480 Elizabethtown $63,390 Redding $63,350 Utica $62,920 Detroit $62,600 Houston $62,410 Kalamazoo $62,230 York $61,790 Hagerstown $61,510 Richmond $61,380 Miami $61,320 Fresno $61,220 Wheeling $61,040 Bakersfield $60,950 Muskegon $60,470 Tampa $60,450 San Antonio $60,010 Fort Myers $59,810 Lansing $59,770 Salinas $59,570 Reading $59,290 Amarillo $58,970 Killeen $58,900 Salem $58,900 Baltimore $58,520 Visalia $58,430 Lakeland $58,400 Longview $58,400 Blacksburg $58,290 Waco $57,860 Grand Rapids $57,750 Chicago $57,310 Columbus $57,020 Morgantown $56,970 Ocala $56,740 Scranton $56,560 Ann Arbor $56,390 Wichita Falls $56,330 El Paso $56,310 Elkhart $55,980 Lexington Park $55,900 Salisbury $55,830 McAllen $55,320 Tyler $55,280 Sarasota $54,920 Midland $54,770 Lancaster $54,590 Odessa $54,380 Pensacola $54,280 Port St. Lucie $52,910 Palm Bay $51,940 Flint $50,850 Orlando $50,810 Abilene $50,680 Fort Wayne $49,100 Lubbock $48,170 Brownsville $47,280 Erie $47,050
CityMean salaryvs. San Jose
Abilene, Texas$50,680-26.7%
Albany, New York$70,980+2.6%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$67,850-1.9%
Amarillo, Texas$58,970-14.7%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$56,390-18.5%
Austin, Texas$73,150+5.8%
Bakersfield, California$60,950-11.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$58,520-15.4%
Beaumont, Texas$90,520+30.9%
Blacksburg, Virginia$58,290-15.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$69,880+1.0%
Brownsville, Texas$47,280-31.6%
Buffalo, New York$68,170-1.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$59,810-13.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$67,310-2.7%
Charlottesville, Virginia$77,050+11.4%
Chicago, Illinois$57,310-17.1%
College Station, Texas$70,170+1.4%
Columbus, Indiana$57,020-17.6%
Dallas, Texas$63,980-7.5%
Detroit, Michigan$62,600-9.5%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$63,390-8.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$55,980-19.1%
El Paso, Texas$56,310-18.6%
Erie, Pennsylvania$47,050-32.0%
Evansville, Indiana$65,850-4.8%
Flint, Michigan$50,850-26.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$49,100-29.0%
Fresno, California$61,220-11.5%
Glens Falls, New York$73,020+5.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$57,750-16.5%
Hagerstown, Maryland$61,510-11.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$73,960+6.9%
Houston, Texas$62,410-9.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$65,740-5.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$63,480-8.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$70,550+2.0%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$62,230-10.0%
Kennewick, Washington$82,310+19.0%
Killeen, Texas$58,900-14.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$64,330-7.0%
Lakeland, Florida$58,400-15.6%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$54,590-21.1%
Lansing, Michigan$59,770-13.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$75,930+9.8%
Lexington Park, Maryland$55,900-19.2%
Longview, Texas$58,400-15.6%
Longview, Washington$79,560+15.0%
Los Angeles, California$70,790+2.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$111,740+61.5%
Lubbock, Texas$48,170-30.4%
McAllen, Texas$55,320-20.0%
Miami, Florida$61,320-11.3%
Midland, Texas$54,770-20.8%
Modesto, California$64,000-7.5%
Morgantown, West Virginia$56,970-17.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$60,470-12.6%
New York, New York$80,500+16.4%
Sarasota, Florida$54,920-20.6%
Ocala, Florida$56,740-18.0%
Odessa, Texas$54,380-21.4%
Orlando, Florida$50,810-26.5%
Oxnard, California$68,030-1.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$51,940-24.9%
Pensacola, Florida$54,280-21.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$76,690+10.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$67,360-2.6%
Portland, Oregon$64,820-6.3%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$52,910-23.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$59,290-14.3%
Redding, California$63,350-8.4%
Richmond, Virginia$61,380-11.3%
Riverside, California$65,910-4.7%
Rochester, New York$64,100-7.3%
Sacramento, California$69,350+0.3%
Salem, Oregon$58,900-14.8%
Salinas, California$59,570-13.9%
Salisbury, Maryland$55,830-19.3%
San Antonio, Texas$60,010-13.2%
San Diego, California$70,650+2.1%
San Francisco, California$78,680+13.7%
Santa Maria, California$65,790-4.9%
Santa Rosa, California$72,460+4.8%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$56,560-18.2%
Seattle, Washington$72,620+5.0%
Spokane, Washington$64,960-6.1%
Stockton, California$65,710-5.0%
Syracuse, New York$73,830+6.7%
Tampa, Florida$60,450-12.6%
Tyler, Texas$55,280-20.1%
Utica, New York$62,920-9.0%
Vallejo, California$81,290+17.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$68,470-1.0%
Visalia, California$58,430-15.5%
Waco, Texas$57,860-16.4%
Wheeling, West Virginia$61,040-11.8%
Wichita Falls, Texas$56,330-18.6%
Winchester, Virginia$64,920-6.1%
York, Pennsylvania$61,790-10.7%
Gross salary
69,170/yr
Estimated take-home
55,030/yr
Est. total withheld
20.4%

Single filer, federal + California 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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Community reality check

Community reality check for San Jose

These notes add local color around San Jose, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

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

Occupation 49-9043 SOC code
Official area San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41940 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
SunnyvaleSanta Clara
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.

On this page

Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
1,969,353