Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
United States. Estimated employment 704,640, with pages for 65 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 49-3023
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$50,620 · 50th
$34,66010th
$38,90025th
$50,62050th
$70,43075th
$81,79090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $77,840 | 3,040 |
| Napa, CA | $76,450 | 160 |
| San Francisco, CA | $76,030 | 7,270 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $75,080 | 1,000 |
| Sacramento, CA | $72,020 | 4,870 |
| Vallejo, CA | $69,710 | 760 |
| Oxnard, CA | $65,160 | 1,450 |
| San Diego, CA | $64,320 | 4,910 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $62,820 | 22,330 |
| Washington, DC | $61,860 | 12,030 |
| Rochester, NY | $58,530 | 2,310 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $58,460 | 12,700 |
| Allentown, PA | $57,810 | 1,830 |
| New York, NY | $57,760 | 28,420 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $56,260 | 1,530 |
| Albany, NY | $55,500 | 2,140 |
| Gainesville, GA | $55,330 | 440 |
| Chicago, IL | $55,320 | 20,140 |
| York, PA | $55,110 | 1,000 |
| Kingston, NY | $53,290 | 440 |
| Savannah, GA | $52,230 | 1,000 |
| North Port, FL | $51,970 | 2,110 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $51,530 | 4,160 |
| Atlanta, GA | $51,450 | 12,310 |
| Naples, FL | $51,320 | 940 |
| Reading, PA | $51,310 | 890 |
| Athens, GA | $51,170 | 440 |
| Houston, TX | $50,940 | 14,910 |
| Austin, TX | $50,610 | 5,210 |
| Lancaster, PA | $50,530 | 1,540 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $50,300 | 370 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $50,090 | 11,340 |
| Midland, TX | $49,990 | 600 |
| Dallas, TX | $49,720 | 17,690 |
| Albany, GA | $49,710 | 420 |
| Miami, FL | $49,550 | 11,970 |
| Harrisburg, PA | $49,540 | 1,410 |
| Syracuse, NY | $49,410 | 1,650 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | $49,380 | 1,200 |
| Lebanon, PA | $49,180 | 300 |
| Warner Robins, GA | $49,120 | 390 |
| College Station, TX | $49,080 | 700 |
| Sherman, TX | $49,030 | 360 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | $49,030 | 300 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $48,900 | 6,430 |
| Columbus, GA | $48,830 | 630 |
| Ithaca, NY | $48,820 | 190 |
| Springfield, IL | $48,810 | 550 |
| Augusta, GA | $48,730 | 1,260 |
| Tucson, AZ | $48,600 | 2,150 |
| Rockford, IL | $48,110 | 730 |
| Champaign, IL | $48,090 | 460 |
| Sebastian, FL | $47,950 | 370 |
| Decatur, IL | $47,880 | 240 |
| Tampa, FL | $47,880 | 7,380 |
| Orlando, FL | $47,850 | 6,480 |
| Peoria, IL | $47,750 | 1,040 |
| Odessa, TX | $47,510 | 640 |
| Prescott Valley, AZ | $47,480 | 490 |
| Beaumont, TX | $47,050 | 890 |
| Lake Havasu City, AZ | $46,670 | 540 |
| Bloomington, IL | $46,260 | 440 |
| Kankakee, IL | $45,190 | 320 |
| Sierra Vista, AZ | $44,540 | 220 |
| Yuma, AZ | $44,510 | 540 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 704,640 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 49-3023, Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics. Mapped to our taxonomy as automotive-service-technicians-and-mechanics.
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