Program Payoff

Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians programs in Pennsylvania

21 schools in Pennsylvania teach this, at certificate or associate level. 3 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $43,798 at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

What this work pays in Pennsylvania

Industrial Machinery Mechanics in Pennsylvania earn a median of $63,840 a year across 22,160 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Pennsylvania
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$63,8706,870
Millwrights$64,4101,700
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$78,1201,330
Maintenance Workers, Machinery$61,0801,260
Rail Car Repairers$62,350970

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport Associate's degree $14,250 $43,798 (36 grads) 15
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology Pleasant Gap Undergraduate certificate $4,400 $30,923 (37 grads) 17
New Castle School of Trades New Castle Undergraduate certificate $10,249 $28,019 (11 grads) 14
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown Allentown Associate's degree $27,639 not published 4
New Castle School of Trades New Castle Associate's degree not published
Philadelphia Technician Training Philadelphia Undergraduate certificate $9,500 not published 85
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia Philadelphia Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Berks Career & Technology Center Leesport Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Delaware County Community College Media Undergraduate certificate not published
Erie Institute of Technology Inc Erie Undergraduate certificate not published
Johnson College Scranton Associate's degree not published 2
Laurel Technical Institute Hermitage Undergraduate certificate not published
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute Schnecksville Undergraduate certificate not published
Luzerne County Community College Nanticoke Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Northampton County Area Community College Bethlehem Associate's degree not published
Reading Area Community College Reading Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Reading Area Community College Reading Associate's degree not published 5
Rosedale Technical College Pittsburgh Associate's degree not published 1
Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood Undergraduate certificate not published 16
Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood Associate's degree not published 0
York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education York Undergraduate certificate not published 14

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.