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What stationary engineers make
Median
$78,620
Starting out
$50,590
Top tenth
$125,390
The national median is $78,620 a year, and the bottom tenth start near $50,590. The federal wage survey counts stationary engineers and boiler operators as one group. The top figure usually means a chief engineer running a large plant on a high grade license in a city that licenses the work.