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Diesel mechanic salary in Brunswick, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Diesel mechanics in the Brunswick–St. Simons, GA area earn a median of $53,530 a year, or $25.73 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $80,890. Statewide, diesel mechanics earn a median of $61,370; Brunswick is 13% below it.

Median yearly pay$53,530
Bottom 10% under$39,720Top 10% over$80,890
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$19.09/hr
Jobs in this area
90
After cost of living
$61,030
Median hourly pay
$25.73/hr
vs U.S. median
−13%
vs Georgia median
−13%
Mean (average) pay
$58,060 a year · $27.91 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 15260, Brunswick-St. Simons, GA). Excludes self-employed diesel mechanics. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What diesel mechanics in Brunswick, GA 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$19.09$39,720
25th percentile$22.90$47,620
Median (50th)$25.73$53,530
75th percentile$31.55$65,630
90th percentile$38.89$80,890

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Brunswick, GA compares

  • Brunswick ranks 10th of 14 Georgia metro areas for diesel mechanic pay.
  • Diesel mechanics hold about the same share of jobs in the Brunswick area as nationally: 2.0 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Georgia metro areas

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Questions

Do diesel mechanics make more in Brunswick or Savannah?
Savannah pays more: the median is $53,530 in Brunswick and $72,770 in Savannah, a 26% 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 15260 (Brunswick-St. Simons, GA). 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 (87.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures