Program Payoff

Agricultural Mechanization programs in California

19 schools in California teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in California

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in California earn a median of $78,550 a year across 20,080 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in California
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$86,10012,590
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$76,63011,040
Agricultural Equipment Operators$38,8207,940
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$53,7904,730
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary$109,930400

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Bakersfield College Bakersfield Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Bakersfield College Bakersfield Associate's degree not published 12
Butte College Oroville Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Butte College Oroville Associate's degree not published 2
College of the Sequoias Visalia Undergraduate certificate not published 8
College of the Sequoias Visalia Associate's degree not published 2
Cuesta College San Luis Obispo Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Feather River Community College District Quincy Undergraduate certificate not published
Fresno City College Fresno Undergraduate certificate not published
Madera Community College Madera Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Madera Community College Madera Associate's degree not published 0
Merced College Merced Undergraduate certificate not published 43
Merced College Merced Associate's degree not published 4
Modesto Junior College Modesto Undergraduate certificate not published 16
Modesto Junior College Modesto Associate's degree not published 4
Reedley College Reedley Undergraduate certificate not published 201
Reedley College Reedley Associate's degree not published 28
San Joaquin Delta College Stockton Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Shasta College Redding Undergraduate certificate not published 36

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.