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Auto Mechanics Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

How many auto mechanics are there? About 773,000 in all. Workers can most likely expect a high rate of unemployment. Note that 4% of employees were without work in 2006.

Flexibility

Self-employment is the choice of 17% of auto mechanics. It is estimated that 6% of workers work less than full time.

Education

Expect to get a postsecondary vocational award for this occupation. The share of auto mechanics with a bachelor's degree or higher is 4%. About 34% of workers got additional education after high school, but did not have to get a college degree. There was no need to go beyond high school for 62% of employees.

Local Outlook

Hinesville (Georgia), Lewiston (Idaho), and Idaho Falls (Idaho) boast the most auto mechanics for their size population. Olympia (Washington), New York (New York), and Elkhart (Indiana) have the fewest. The highest salaries for workers are in and around Fairbanks (Alaska), Ann Arbor (Michigan), and Napa (California). The lowest-paying areas are McAllen (Texas), Johnstown (Pennsylvania), and Weirton (West Virginia).

Detailed local employment conditions for Auto Mechanics in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Auto Mechanics

Employment info for Auto Mechanics, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston1.25260$27,000
AlabamaAuburn1.29240$35,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.182,950$33,000
AlabamaDecatur1.05240$36,000
AlabamaDothan1.08310$32,000
AlabamaFlorence0.95210$28,000
AlabamaGadsden1.2160$28,000
AlabamaHuntsville0.67620$36,000
AlabamaMobile1.09910$32,000
AlabamaMontgomery0.96750$33,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.03370$32,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.07790$49,000
AlaskaFairbanks2.17280$51,000
ArizonaFlagstaff1.24280$39,000
ArizonaPhoenix1.029,540$39,000
ArizonaPrescott1.48410$42,000
ArizonaTucson1.142,070$40,000
ArizonaYuma1.67440$37,000
ArkansasFayetteville0.85790$29,000
ArkansasFort Smith1.14600$29,000
ArkansasHot Springs1.27190$27,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.13230$29,000
ArkansasLittle Rock0.891,420$35,000
ArkansasPine Bluff0.98140$25,000
CaliforniaBakersfield1.121,380$40,000
CaliforniaChico1.32420$35,000
CaliforniaEl Centro1.55330$35,000
CaliforniaFresno0.951,500$36,000
CaliforniaHanford0.89120$33,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.8216,770$38,000
CaliforniaMadera0.96140$33,000
CaliforniaMerced2.07530$30,000
CaliforniaModesto1.11850$36,000
CaliforniaNapa0.84230$50,000
CaliforniaOakland0.954,760$48,000
CaliforniaOxnard1.011,480$44,000
CaliforniaRedding1.8530$32,000
CaliforniaRiverside1.258,020$37,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.934,110$44,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.94660$44,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.895,810$42,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.823,910$49,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.743,270$46,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo0.92430$41,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.86,050$40,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1.13880$38,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1.29500$45,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1.141,030$46,000
CaliforniaStockton1.051,040$39,000
CaliforniaVallejo1.28720$36,000
CaliforniaVisalia0.96600$33,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.46250$45,000
ColoradoBoulder0.89650$42,000
ColoradoColorado Springs1.491,810$37,000
ColoradoDenver0.925,620$38,000
ColoradoFort Collins1.33750$42,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.76440$37,000
ColoradoGreeley1.47490$36,000
ColoradoPueblo1.39310$33,000
ConnecticutBridgeport0.952,020$44,000
ConnecticutDanbury1.37420$51,000
ConnecticutHartford12,760$40,000
ConnecticutNew Haven1.081,430$41,000
ConnecticutNorwich0.97540$39,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.33410$44,000
DelawareDover1.64400$35,000
DelawareWilmington1.051,660$36,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.869,780$43,000
FloridaCape Coral1.291,310$36,000
FloridaDeltona1.481,100$30,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale1.194,360$34,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach1.75620$34,000
FloridaGainesville1.05530$33,000
FloridaJacksonville1.333,950$33,000
FloridaLakeland1.371,290$34,000
FloridaMiami14,910$33,000
FloridaNaples1.13670$41,000
FloridaOcala1.86810$34,000
FloridaOrlando0.985,130$36,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.311,220$33,000
FloridaPanama City1.41430$36,000
FloridaPensacola1.641,190$32,000
FloridaPort St Lucie1.731,050$33,000
FloridaPunta Gorda2.19370$32,000
FloridaSarasota1.261,700$39,000
FloridaSebastian1.67340$38,000
FloridaTallahassee1.22930$33,000
FloridaTampa1.177,210$34,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach0.922,510$38,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.09280$29,000
GeorgiaAthens1.4460$38,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.9511,220$37,000
GeorgiaAugusta1.311,250$33,000
GeorgiaBrunswick1.8300$34,000
GeorgiaColumbus1.41710$30,000
GeorgiaDalton0.75260$30,000
GeorgiaGainesville0.99280$34,000
GeorgiaHinesville2.79120$39,000
GeorgiaMacon1.21540$36,000
GeorgiaRome1.44220$34,000
GeorgiaSavannah1.28900$36,000
GeorgiaValdosta1.42300$29,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins1.58330$30,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.911,860$37,000
IdahoBoise11,270$33,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.73370$33,000
IdahoIdaho Falls2.29460$30,000
IdahoLewiston2.58220$35,000
IdahoPocatello1.66210$35,000
IllinoisBloomington1.77510$40,000
IllinoisChampaign1.44560$39,000
IllinoisChicago0.9117,140$42,000
IllinoisDanville1.51150$28,000
IllinoisDecatur2.1410$34,000
IllinoisKankakee2.06330$40,000
IllinoisPeoria1.2920$37,000
IllinoisRockford1.2830$35,000
IllinoisSpringfield1.71790$36,000
IndianaAnderson1.2190$31,000
IndianaBloomington0.89270$34,000
IndianaColumbus0.76130$34,000
IndianaElkhart0.59350$34,000
IndianaEvansville1.07870$33,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.171,190$37,000
IndianaGary0.921,230$32,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.024,400$40,000
IndianaKokomo1.01190$35,000
IndianaLafayette1.07350$28,000
IndianaMichigan City1.33240$31,000
IndianaMuncie1.23250$29,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.14730$34,000
IndianaTerre Haute0.88260$30,000
IowaAmes1.08170$43,000
IowaCedar Rapids1.07660$33,000
IowaDavenport1.14960$34,000
IowaDes Moines0.941,450$39,000
IowaDubuque1.54350$29,000
IowaIowa City1.23370$31,000
IowaSioux City0.78240$33,000
IowaWaterloo1.27460$32,000
KansasLawrence0.77140$35,000
KansasTopeka0.92450$36,000
KansasWichita0.841,210$33,000
KentuckyBowling Green1.18280$32,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.7310$27,000
KentuckyLexington0.941,080$32,000
KentuckyLouisville0.92,660$33,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.39280$29,000
LouisianaAlexandria1.07270$28,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge1.192,040$32,000
LouisianaHouma0.77320$35,000
LouisianaLafayette1.23770$37,000
LouisianaLake Charles1.11430$32,000
LouisianaMonroe1.09370$32,000
LouisianaNew Orleans0.892,150$34,000
LouisianaShreveport0.92720$32,000
MaineBangor1.8500$32,000
MaineLewiston1.64340$28,000
MainePortland1.141,050$35,000
MarylandBaltimore1.117,020$37,000
MarylandBethesda1.092,980$49,000
MarylandCumberland1.38200$28,000
MarylandHagerstown1.19540$36,000
MarylandSalisbury1.36300$34,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1.36610$41,000
MassachusettsBoston0.726,050$43,000
MassachusettsBrockton0.92360$40,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.98720$43,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.6550$38,000
MassachusettsLawrence1.49380$34,000
MassachusettsLeominster1.73370$37,000
MassachusettsLowell0.89480$38,000
MassachusettsLynn2.15970$41,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford1.15310$37,000
MassachusettsPittsfield1.49220$34,000
MassachusettsSpringfield11,440$39,000
MassachusettsTaunton1.31260$35,000
MassachusettsWorcester1.271,520$37,000
MichiganAnn Arbor1.04830$50,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.46310$38,000
MichiganBay City1.68230$32,000
MichiganDetroit1.124,060$44,000
MichiganFlint0.98650$47,000
MichiganGrand Rapids0.961,760$41,000
MichiganHolland1.27610$34,000
MichiganJackson1.61380$44,000
MichiganKalamazoo0.89580$36,000
MichiganLansing0.99930$41,000
MichiganMonroe0.92150$34,000
MichiganMuskegon1.49400$28,000
MichiganNiles1.07280$32,000
MichiganSaginaw1.52550$32,000
MichiganWarren0.955,470$49,000
MinnesotaDuluth1.22710$32,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.736,460$40,000
MinnesotaRochester1.06390$35,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.15510$32,000
MississippiGulfport1.1520$37,000
MississippiHattiesburg1.16290$22,000
MississippiJackson1.161,390$31,000
MississippiPascagoula1.54280$34,000
MissouriColumbia1.5540$36,000
MissouriJefferson City1.18360$30,000
MissouriJoplin2.23770$24,000
MissouriKansas City1.015,010$37,000
MissouriSpringfield1.241,120$33,000
MissouriSt Joseph1.77360$30,000
MissouriSt Louis16,660$38,000
MontanaBillings1.76630$38,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.29180$30,000
MontanaMissoula1.09250$31,000
NebraskaLincoln0.9660$32,000
NebraskaOmaha1.062,330$37,000
NevadaCarson City1.8210$37,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.823,750$38,000
NevadaReno0.91930$41,000
New HampshireManchester1.47660$39,000
New HampshireNashua1.651,040$39,000
New HampshirePortsmouth1.73430$37,000
New HampshireRochester1.41330$40,000
New JerseyAtlantic City1.23790$33,000
New JerseyCamden1.193,070$40,000
New JerseyEdison0.984,900$38,000
New JerseyNewark0.914,490$39,000
New JerseyOcean City1.23210$42,000
New JerseyTrenton0.82840$41,000
New JerseyVineland1.16290$37,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque1.011,880$35,000
New MexicoFarmington2.19480$33,000
New MexicoLas Cruces1.41360$33,000
New MexicoSanta Fe1.34310$40,000
New YorkAlbany1.042,180$40,000
New YorkBinghamton1.25620$29,000
New YorkBuffalo1.263,260$31,000
New YorkElmira1.61250$31,000
New YorkGlens Falls1.35290$33,000
New YorkIthaca1.28210$35,000
New YorkKingston2.02520$37,000
New YorkNassau1.146,940$43,000
New YorkNew York0.5914,700$39,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.711,950$37,000
New YorkRochester1.142,770$33,000
New YorkSyracuse1.191,720$33,000
New YorkUtica1.36790$28,000
North CarolinaAsheville1.08890$35,000
North CarolinaBurlington1.56390$38,000
North CarolinaCharlotte0.913,880$40,000
North CarolinaDurham0.71890$44,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.35730$35,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.45240$28,000
North CarolinaGreensboro0.741,330$37,000
North CarolinaGreenville0.95290$31,000
North CarolinaHickory0.69540$35,000
North CarolinaJacksonville1.6260$34,000
North CarolinaRaleigh0.942,280$37,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount0.89230$31,000
North CarolinaWilmington1.13740$38,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem1.071,090$33,000
North DakotaBismarck1.18280$33,000
North DakotaFargo0.79410$37,000
North DakotaGrand Forks1.09230$38,000
OhioAkron0.921,480$36,000
OhioCanton1.06840$31,000
OhioCincinnati0.84,020$36,000
OhioCleveland15,220$38,000
OhioColumbus0.893,980$37,000
OhioDayton11,900$34,000
OhioLima1.3300$37,000
OhioMansfield1.48330$34,000
OhioSandusky1.39200$27,000
OhioSpringfield1.31270$37,000
OhioToledo1.081,670$35,000
OhioYoungstown1.261,420$32,000
OklahomaLawton1.55230$27,000
OklahomaOklahoma City0.942,570$33,000
OklahomaTulsa0.671,370$33,000
OregonBend1.13340$46,000
OregonCorvallis0.9110$36,000
OregonEugene0.9620$34,000
OregonMedford0.97360$37,000
OregonPortland0.864,360$37,000
OregonSalem0.63430$39,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1.332,130$36,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona1.36360$26,000
PennsylvaniaErie1.5890$34,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1.21,720$35,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1.33330$27,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.571,730$35,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.85350$31,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1.1210,210$39,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1.397,740$33,000
PennsylvaniaReading1.391,060$36,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.431,770$33,000
PennsylvaniaState College1.71440$32,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1.78380$30,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.241,030$35,000
Rhode IslandProvidence1.13,120$37,000
South CarolinaAnderson1.29330$36,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.211,670$33,000
South CarolinaColumbia1.021,690$35,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.29500$26,000
South CarolinaGreenville1.211,760$32,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach0.77420$37,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg0.92520$33,000
South CarolinaSumter1.56220$28,000
South DakotaRapid City1.85490$34,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.05650$33,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.291,360$30,000
TennesseeClarksville1.63550$28,000
TennesseeCleveland1.16180$28,000
TennesseeJackson1.17270$33,000
TennesseeJohnson City1.19400$33,000
TennesseeKingsport1.3670$26,000
TennesseeKnoxville0.811,290$34,000
TennesseeMemphis0.842,570$36,000
TennesseeMorristown1.12220$27,000
TennesseeNashville0.873,230$34,000
TexasAbilene1.62420$32,000
TexasAmarillo1.14510$32,000
TexasAustin0.782,810$41,000
TexasBeaumont1.17850$32,000
TexasBrownsville0.85470$28,000
TexasCollege Station1.1380$36,000
TexasCorpus Christi1.261,010$31,000
TexasDallas0.798,010$37,000
TexasEl Paso1.211,470$29,000
TexasFort Worth1.144,600$35,000
TexasHouston0.9111,190$37,000
TexasKilleen2.041,060$37,000
TexasLaredo0.91320$27,000
TexasLongview0.93380$29,000
TexasLubbock1.11580$34,000
TexasMcallen1.141,120$23,000
TexasMidland1.01270$39,000
TexasOdessa1.74400$35,000
TexasSan Angelo1.37220$34,000
TexasSan Antonio0.913,600$36,000
TexasSherman1.94320$36,000
TexasTexarkana1.56330$27,000
TexasTyler1.26510$33,000
TexasVictoria1.27250$33,000
TexasWaco1.13490$30,000
TexasWichita Falls1.43340$31,000
UtahLogan1.88330$32,000
UtahOgden0.94840$38,000
UtahProvo1.02800$34,000
UtahSalt Lake City1.033,040$39,000
UtahSt George1.3270$41,000
VermontBurlington1.35670$36,000
VirginiaBlacksburg1.71410$30,000
VirginiaCharlottesville1.16490$37,000
VirginiaDanville1.37200$28,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.12260$29,000
VirginiaLynchburg1.57720$30,000
VirginiaRichmond1.163,420$39,000
VirginiaRoanoke0.87640$38,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach1.194,390$36,000
VirginiaWinchester1.78400$31,000
WashingtonBellingham1.12390$36,000
WashingtonBremerton1.31460$44,000
WashingtonKennewick1.09420$38,000
WashingtonLongview1.45200$35,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.5270$40,000
WashingtonOlympia0.61260$44,000
WashingtonSeattle0.664,590$44,000
WashingtonSpokane1.01990$35,000
WashingtonTacoma0.881,130$43,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.01170$34,000
WashingtonYakima0.98350$35,000
West VirginiaCharleston0.91610$30,000
West VirginiaHuntington1.03530$27,000
West VirginiaMorgantown0.98210$28,000
West VirginiaParkersburg1.23370$24,000
West VirginiaWeirton1.64280$23,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.03290$27,000
WisconsinAppleton1.05550$35,000
WisconsinEau Claire0.97320$31,000
WisconsinFond0.96170$34,000
WisconsinGreen Bay0.92710$35,000
WisconsinJanesville1.31380$40,000
WisconsinLa Crosse1.16360$33,000
WisconsinMadison0.731,140$36,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.883,680$39,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.01370$34,000
WisconsinRacine1.26430$33,000
WisconsinSheboygan0.94230$34,000
WisconsinWausau1.08320$34,000
WyomingCasper1.73260$31,000
WyomingCheyenne1.22200$29,000

 

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