Do diesel mechanics make more in Coeur d'Alene or Lewiston?

Lewiston pays more: the median is $62,090 in Coeur d'Alene and $62,670 in Lewiston, a 1% difference.

Diesel mechanic salary in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Diesel mechanics in the Coeur d'Alene, ID area earn a median of $62,090 a year, or $29.85 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $83,260. Across all of Idaho, the median is $59,230, so Coeur d'Alene pays 5% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$62,090

Bottom 10% under$48,270Top 10% over$83,260

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $23.21/hr
Jobs in this area: 110
After cost of living: $63,170
Median hourly pay: $29.85/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs Idaho median: +5%
Mean (average) pay: $64,650 a year · $31.08 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17660, Coeur d'Alene, ID). 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 Coeur d'Alene, ID 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	$23.21	$48,270
25th percentile	$26.67	$55,470
Median (50th)	$29.85	$62,090
75th percentile	$35.40	$73,630
90th percentile	$40.03	$83,260

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

How Coeur d'Alene, ID compares

Coeur d'Alene ranks 3rd of 7 Idaho metro areas for diesel mechanic pay.
Diesel mechanics are less concentrated in the Coeur d'Alene area than nationally: 1.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.80 times the U.S. share.

Other Idaho metro areas

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Questions

Do diesel mechanics make more in Coeur d'Alene or Lewiston?: Lewiston pays more: the median is $62,090 in Coeur d'Alene and $62,670 in Lewiston, 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 17660 (Coeur d'Alene, ID). 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 (98.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures