Diesel mechanic salary in Punta Gorda, FL
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Diesel mechanics in the Punta Gorda, FL area earn a median of $61,100 a year, or $29.38 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $76,600. Across all of Florida, the median is $60,490, so Punta Gorda pays 1% more than the state as a whole.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $22.57/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 70
- After cost of living
- $60,780
- Median hourly pay
- $29.38/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −1%
- vs Florida median
- +1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $61,800 a year · $29.71 an hour
Pay by percentile
What diesel mechanics in Punta Gorda, FL earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $22.57 | $46,950 |
| 25th percentile | $22.92 | $47,680 |
| Median (50th) | $29.38 | $61,100 |
| 75th percentile | $35.03 | $72,870 |
| 90th percentile | $36.83 | $76,600 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Punta Gorda, FL compares
- Punta Gorda ranks 7th of 22 Florida metro areas for diesel mechanic pay.
- Diesel mechanics are less concentrated in the Punta Gorda area than nationally: 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.67 times the U.S. share.
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Questions
- Do diesel mechanics make more in Punta Gorda or Jacksonville?
- Jacksonville pays more: the median is $61,100 in Punta Gorda and $61,470 in Jacksonville, a 1% difference.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 49-3031 (Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists), area code 39460 (Punta Gorda, FL). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed diesel mechanics and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (100.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures