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Diesel mechanic salary in Cheyenne, WY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Diesel mechanics in the Cheyenne, WY area earn a median of $63,510 a year, or $30.53 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $82,700. Across all of Wyoming, the median is $61,580, so Cheyenne pays 3% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$63,510
Bottom 10% under$48,080Top 10% over$82,700
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$23.12/hr
Jobs in this area
180
After cost of living
$65,820
Median hourly pay
$30.53/hr
vs U.S. median
+3%
vs Wyoming median
+3%
Mean (average) pay
$64,750 a year · $31.13 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 16940, Cheyenne, WY). 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 Cheyenne, WY 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$23.12$48,080
25th percentile$27.15$56,460
Median (50th)$30.53$63,510
75th percentile$35.55$73,950
90th percentile$39.76$82,700

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

How Cheyenne, WY compares

  • Diesel mechanics are more concentrated in the Cheyenne area than nationally: 3.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.0 times the U.S. share.

Other Wyoming metro areas

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Questions

Do diesel mechanics make more in Cheyenne or Casper?
Casper pays more: the median is $63,510 in Cheyenne and $65,780 in Casper, a 3% 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 16940 (Cheyenne, WY). 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 (96.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures