Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines salary in Wheeling, WV

The median mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines in Wheeling, WV-OH earns $64,460 a year, 2% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,256 a month.

10th percentile: $47,250
25th percentile: $51,210
Median percentile: $64,460
75th percentile: $71,090
90th percentile: $90,340

Based on 210 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$51,073 take-home a year

Gross pay	$64,460
Federal income tax	−$5,555
Social Security + Medicare	−$4,931
West Virginia income tax (approx.)	−$2,901
Monthly take-home	$4,256
Every two weeks	$1,964

Does it go far here?

$72,982Median pay in Wheeling, WV is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.3 vs 100).

19%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($812 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Wheeling, WV

Job	Median pay
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$97,310
General and Operations Managers	$80,440
Registered Nurses	$78,280
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$58,830
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$58,250
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$57,590
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$52,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$44,650

All mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines salaries · Take-home pay in West Virginia