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Bus And Truck Service Technicians Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

About 275,000 bus and truck service technicians are employed nationally. Workers can expect a low level of unemployment, if history can be used as a guide. In 2006, 3% of employees could not find jobs.

Flexibility

Some bus and truck service technicians, about 6%, work for themselves. Part-time workers are 3% of all surveyed.

Education

Employees often obtain a postsecondary vocational award before starting. The percentage of bus and truck service technicians with college degrees is 3%. Workers with some college (less than a bachelor's degree) represent about 31% of the total. Some employees, about 66%, had a high-school education.

Local Outlook

Popular locations for bus and truck service technicians include Casper (Wyoming), Springfield (Ohio), and Bakersfield (California). Fewer are found in Fort Collins (Colorado), Bethesda (Maryland), and San Francisco (California). Workers looking for high salaries should look at Napa (California), Rome (Georgia), and Oakland (California), and should avoid Morgantown (West Virginia), McAllen (Texas), and Ann Arbor (Michigan).

Detailed local employment conditions for Bus And Truck Service Technicians in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Bus And Truck Service Technicians

Employment info for Bus And Truck Service Technicians, 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
AlabamaAnniston0.5340$34,000
AlabamaAuburn0.5940$36,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.181,080$40,000
AlabamaDecatur2.04170$33,000
AlabamaDothan1.44150$36,000
AlabamaFlorence1.37110$31,000
AlabamaGadsden1.4470$32,000
AlabamaHuntsville0.5170$36,000
AlabamaMobile1.58480$35,000
AlabamaMontgomery1.47420$35,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.22160$37,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.42380$47,000
AlaskaFairbanks1.0650$53,000
ArizonaFlagstaff0.7360$33,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.933,160$38,000
ArizonaTucson0.86570$39,000
ArkansasFort Smith2.29440$32,000
ArkansasHot Springs0.5530$27,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.2190$30,000
ArkansasLittle Rock2.131,240$38,000
ArkansasPine Bluff0.9650$32,000
CaliforniaBakersfield3.361,520$37,000
CaliforniaChico0.6980$39,000
CaliforniaEl Centro1.42110$31,000
CaliforniaFresno1.841,060$35,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.947,030$46,000
CaliforniaMadera1.1360$40,000
CaliforniaMerced1.07100$38,000
CaliforniaModesto0.93260$44,000
CaliforniaNapa0.660$60,000
CaliforniaOakland0.49900$54,000
CaliforniaOxnard0.43230$41,000
CaliforniaRedding1.12120$40,000
CaliforniaRiverside1.473,450$40,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.981,570$46,000
CaliforniaSalinas1.05270$46,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.631,500$45,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.28490$49,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.49800$51,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.852,350$49,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1.06150$44,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa0.61200$49,000
CaliforniaStockton1.82660$40,000
CaliforniaVallejo1.16240$47,000
CaliforniaVisalia1.18270$39,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.6100$41,000
ColoradoBoulder0.56150$43,000
ColoradoColorado Springs0.7310$42,000
ColoradoDenver1.142,540$43,000
ColoradoFort Collins0.3470$41,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.86170$44,000
ColoradoGreeley1.81220$38,000
ColoradoPueblo1.190$43,000
ConnecticutBridgeport0.79610$45,000
ConnecticutDanbury0.5460$42,000
ConnecticutHartford0.88890$47,000
ConnecticutNew Haven1.12540$47,000
ConnecticutNorwich0.69140$46,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.25140$48,000
DelawareDover0.6860$37,000
DelawareWilmington1.08620$44,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.672,780$46,000
FloridaCape Coral1.21450$40,000
FloridaDeltona1.03280$33,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale0.851,140$44,000
FloridaGainesville0.4990$37,000
FloridaJacksonville1.221,320$42,000
FloridaLakeland1.49510$40,000
FloridaMiami0.981,750$43,000
FloridaNaples0.51110$41,000
FloridaOcala1.51240$39,000
FloridaOrlando0.981,870$40,000
FloridaPalm Bay0.53180$39,000
FloridaPanama City1.08120$34,000
FloridaPensacola0.6160$36,000
FloridaPunta Gorda0.6540$37,000
FloridaSarasota1.22600$39,000
FloridaSebastian0.6750$37,000
FloridaTallahassee0.72200$36,000
FloridaTampa0.831,870$37,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach0.69690$42,000
GeorgiaAlbany2.13200$34,000
GeorgiaAthens0.4250$35,000
GeorgiaAtlanta1.185,080$43,000
GeorgiaAugusta0.71250$31,000
GeorgiaBrunswick0.6640$35,000
GeorgiaColumbus0.65120$34,000
GeorgiaDalton1.82230$34,000
GeorgiaGainesville0.8790$33,000
GeorgiaMacon1.22200$44,000
GeorgiaRome1.2670$49,000
GeorgiaSavannah1.09280$41,000
GeorgiaValdosta2.47190$33,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.86640$49,000
IdahoBoise0.82380$44,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene0.5140$38,000
IdahoLewiston2.2570$44,000
IdahoPocatello1.7380$37,000
IllinoisBloomington1.14120$41,000
IllinoisChampaign0.77110$37,000
IllinoisChicago0.785,410$47,000
IllinoisPeoria1.03290$33,000
IllinoisSpringfield0.77130$42,000
IndianaAnderson1.73100$33,000
IndianaBloomington1.08120$32,000
IndianaColumbus1.4390$39,000
IndianaElkhart0.78170$39,000
IndianaEvansville1.58470$34,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.54570$38,000
IndianaGary1.73840$42,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.622,560$39,000
IndianaKokomo1.45100$48,000
IndianaLafayette0.560$37,000
IndianaMichigan City1.2180$38,000
IndianaMuncie0.8160$36,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.41330$40,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.57170$36,000
IowaAmes0.6940$44,000
IowaCedar Rapids1.29290$37,000
IowaDavenport1.69520$33,000
IowaDes Moines1.52850$39,000
IowaDubuque2.53210$34,000
IowaIowa City0.4550$34,000
IowaSioux City1.86210$32,000
IowaWaterloo1.74230$33,000
KansasLawrence0.4530$38,000
KansasTopeka0.79140$37,000
KansasWichita0.95500$36,000
KentuckyBowling Green0.8170$34,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.51100$28,000
KentuckyLexington1.71720$38,000
KentuckyLouisville1.241,340$38,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.36100$29,000
LouisianaAlexandria0.7670$30,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge0.78490$39,000
LouisianaHouma1.18180$33,000
LouisianaLafayette0.61140$35,000
LouisianaLake Charles0.7100$37,000
LouisianaMonroe1.21150$34,000
LouisianaNew Orleans0.62550$38,000
LouisianaShreveport0.91260$35,000
MaineBangor2.95300$36,000
MaineLewiston0.7960$34,000
MainePortland0.77260$39,000
MarylandBaltimore0.61,380$43,000
MarylandBethesda0.31310$41,000
MarylandHagerstown1.27210$39,000
MarylandSalisbury1.61130$38,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town0.91150$44,000
MassachusettsBoston0.531,610$43,000
MassachusettsBrockton1.05150$42,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.41110$43,000
MassachusettsHaverhill0.79100$47,000
MassachusettsLowell1.27250$46,000
MassachusettsLynn0.4980$44,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford0.9190$37,000
MassachusettsPittsfield0.7440$38,000
MassachusettsSpringfield1.41740$41,000
MassachusettsTaunton0.9770$43,000
MassachusettsWorcester0.67290$46,000
MichiganAnn Arbor1.13330$26,000
MichiganBattle Creek0.5140$40,000
MichiganBay City1.260$41,000
MichiganDetroit1.191,570$47,000
MichiganFlint1.03250$46,000
MichiganGrand Rapids1.19800$39,000
MichiganHolland1.14200$37,000
MichiganJackson0.8170$43,000
MichiganKalamazoo0.67160$39,000
MichiganLansing0.7240$41,000
MichiganMonroe0.6740$39,000
MichiganNiles0.4240$38,000
MichiganSaginaw1.06140$45,000
MichiganWarren0.651,360$45,000
MinnesotaDuluth1.65350$43,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.882,860$43,000
MinnesotaRochester0.97130$38,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.3210$39,000
MississippiGulfport0.75130$35,000
MississippiHattiesburg1.54140$34,000
MississippiJackson1.26550$34,000
MississippiPascagoula1.0670$35,000
MissouriColumbia0.99130$30,000
MissouriJoplin3.1390$34,000
MissouriKansas City1.32,370$36,000
MissouriSpringfield1.6530$37,000
MissouriSt Joseph1.35100$31,000
MissouriSt Louis1.333,220$40,000
MontanaBillings1.68220$40,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.96100$30,000
MontanaMissoula2.28190$39,000
NebraskaLincoln1.31350$33,000
NebraskaOmaha1.51,210$35,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.5840$46,000
NevadaReno1.77660$47,000
New HampshireManchester0.67110$44,000
New HampshireNashua0.61140$44,000
New HampshirePortsmouth0.4440$46,000
New JerseyAtlantic City0.6140$48,000
New JerseyCamden1.111,050$43,000
New JerseyEdison1.081,970$44,000
New JerseyNewark1.42,510$49,000
New JerseyOcean City0.9660$42,000
New JerseyTrenton0.51190$42,000
New JerseyVineland1.75160$42,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque0.91620$39,000
New MexicoFarmington3240$33,000
New MexicoLas Cruces0.4340$30,000
New YorkAlbany0.99760$40,000
New YorkBinghamton1.05190$36,000
New YorkBuffalo1940$40,000
New YorkElmira1.94110$32,000
New YorkGlens Falls1.27100$42,000
New YorkIthaca0.6740$34,000
New YorkKingston0.7470$40,000
New YorkNassau0.691,530$49,000
New YorkNew York0.776,980$49,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.73720$41,000
New YorkRochester0.87770$38,000
New YorkSyracuse0.74390$38,000
New YorkUtica1.18250$37,000
North CarolinaAsheville0.89270$33,000
North CarolinaBurlington0.9890$34,000
North CarolinaCharlotte1.582,460$41,000
North CarolinaDurham0.42190$40,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.36270$35,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.4890$34,000
North CarolinaGreensboro1.33870$38,000
North CarolinaGreenville0.6370$40,000
North CarolinaHickory1.13320$35,000
North CarolinaJacksonville0.6740$32,000
North CarolinaRaleigh0.98870$40,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount0.8580$33,000
North CarolinaWilmington0.75180$39,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem0.81300$41,000
North DakotaBismarck1.39120$37,000
North DakotaFargo2.26430$36,000
North DakotaGrand Forks1.56120$36,000
OhioAkron1.32780$41,000
OhioCanton1.72500$32,000
OhioCincinnati1.392,550$40,000
OhioCleveland0.941,800$41,000
OhioColumbus1.181,930$40,000
OhioDayton1.05730$40,000
OhioLima1.42120$35,000
OhioMansfield0.4940$46,000
OhioSandusky1.5280$37,000
OhioSpringfield4.39330$37,000
OhioToledo1.24700$38,000
OhioYoungstown1.36560$35,000
OklahomaLawton1.4780
OklahomaOklahoma City1.021,020$35,000
OklahomaTulsa1.32990$35,000
OregonBend0.8290$39,000
OregonEugene1.74440$41,000
OregonMedford1.91260$36,000
OregonPortland1.222,250$43,000
OregonSalem0.72180$39,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1.03600$40,000
PennsylvaniaErie0.97210$33,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg2.071,080$41,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1.43130$35,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.52610$38,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.74120$33,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia0.622,060$43,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh0.951,930$37,000
PennsylvaniaReading1.12310$38,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.26570$37,000
PennsylvaniaState College0.7470$32,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1.41110$32,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.81550$35,000
Rhode IslandProvidence0.83860$40,000
South CarolinaAnderson1.5140$31,000
South CarolinaCharleston1.27640$35,000
South CarolinaColumbia0.97590$38,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.83260$33,000
South CarolinaGreenville1.2640$36,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach0.51100$32,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg0.92190$30,000
South CarolinaSumter0.9750$31,000
South DakotaRapid City1.34130$33,000
South DakotaSioux Falls2.12480$33,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.75670$35,000
TennesseeClarksville0.7390$31,000
TennesseeCleveland1.0660$30,000
TennesseeJackson1.54130$35,000
TennesseeJohnson City0.4150$32,000
TennesseeKingsport1.38260$31,000
TennesseeKnoxville0.97560$36,000
TennesseeMemphis1.561,740$39,000
TennesseeMorristown2.92210$31,000
TennesseeNashville1.331,800$38,000
TexasAbilene1.37130$31,000
TexasAmarillo2.14350$36,000
TexasAustin0.64850$38,000
TexasBeaumont0.94250$32,000
TexasCollege Station0.4760$37,000
TexasCorpus Christi1.64480$30,000
TexasDallas1.013,740$39,000
TexasEl Paso0.99440$28,000
TexasFort Worth0.971,430$35,000
TexasHouston1.14,940$36,000
TexasKilleen0.79150$36,000
TexasLaredo2.34300$30,000
TexasLongview2.08310$32,000
TexasLubbock0.94180$33,000
TexasMcallen1.28460$26,000
TexasMidland1.34130$33,000
TexasOdessa2.61220$35,000
TexasSan Angelo1.1970$32,000
TexasSan Antonio0.941,360$33,000
TexasTyler1.01150$36,000
TexasVictoria1.67120$29,000
TexasWaco1.77280$35,000
TexasWichita Falls1.84160$33,000
UtahLogan0.9360$37,000
UtahOgden1.38450$35,000
UtahProvo1.29370$33,000
UtahSalt Lake City1.351,460$41,000
UtahSt George2.51190$36,000
VermontBurlington1.1200$38,000
VirginiaBlacksburg0.9280$35,000
VirginiaCharlottesville0.3960$35,000
VirginiaDanville0.9450$36,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.65140$36,000
VirginiaLynchburg0.84140$35,000
VirginiaRichmond1.481,590$40,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.01270$36,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.81,080$38,000
VirginiaWinchester1.0990$35,000
WashingtonBellingham0.5570$45,000
WashingtonBremerton0.86110$47,000
WashingtonKennewick1.56220$43,000
WashingtonLongview2.19110$40,000
WashingtonOlympia1.23190$44,000
WashingtonSeattle0.782,000$47,000
WashingtonSpokane1.62580$39,000
WashingtonTacoma1.11520$50,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.79110$44,000
WashingtonYakima1.38180$39,000
West VirginiaCharleston1.67410$31,000
West VirginiaHuntington1.06200$35,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.1490$25,000
West VirginiaParkersburg1.82200$31,000
West VirginiaWeirton1.2880$37,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.45150$33,000
WisconsinAppleton1.57300$38,000
WisconsinFond1.86120$36,000
WisconsinGreen Bay2.46690$38,000
WisconsinJanesville1.13120$39,000
WisconsinLa Crosse0.88100$39,000
WisconsinMadison1.22700$38,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.851,300$43,000
WisconsinOshkosh0.75100$39,000
WisconsinRacine0.88110$43,000
WisconsinSheboygan1.23110$37,000
WisconsinWausau1.66180$38,000
WyomingCasper8.21450$37,000
WyomingCheyenne1.1770$39,000

 

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