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Auto Mechanics

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of employed auto mechanics is about 773,000. This occupation has a high unemployment rating.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately 6% of employees work part time. 17% of auto mechanics have ended up working for themlseves.

Training and Education

People with a postsecondary vocational award have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of employees with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 4%. Approximately 34% of auto mechanics started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Workers with a high school diploma but no further education represent 62% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Kankakee (Illinois), Palm Coast (Florida), and Punta Gorda (Florida), and less popular in Olympia (Washington), Lincoln (Nebraska), and New York (New York).

Without adjusting for the cost of living, auto mechanics get paid the most in Danbury (Connecticut), Fairbanks (Alaska), and Janesville (Wisconsin), and the least in Joplin (Missouri), Weirton (West Virginia), and Altoona (Pennsylvania).

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Auto Mechanics: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Auto Mechanics, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Auto Mechanics are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Auto Mechanics are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston240$29,3701.2
AlabamaAuburn190$34,3701
AlabamaBirmingham2,440$37,0901
AlabamaDecatur270$35,5401.2
AlabamaDothan320$30,8001.2
AlabamaFlorence240$28,8401.1
AlabamaGadsden220$36,5701.6
AlabamaHuntsville700$36,9800.7
AlabamaMobile890$32,6801
AlabamaMontgomery790$34,8601
AlabamaTuscaloosa370$32,8900.9
AlaskaAnchorage830$49,8301.1
AlaskaFairbanks300$53,050 2.2
ArizonaFlagstaff290$38,8801.2
ArizonaKingman480$34,140 2.2
ArizonaPhoenix9,500$37,7901
ArizonaPrescott390$41,4301.4
ArizonaTucson2,130$40,0901.2
ArizonaYuma430$36,6101.6
ArkansasFayetteville830$31,6500.9
ArkansasFort Smith620$30,1501.1
ArkansasHot Springs170$25,6201.1
ArkansasJonesboro200$31,7901
ArkansasLittle Rock1,640$36,2401
ArkansasPine Bluff120$26,5800.9
CaliforniaBakersfield1,640$37,7201.3
CaliforniaChico410$36,6001.3
CaliforniaEl Centro280$37,2001.3
CaliforniaFresno1,690$36,6901.1
CaliforniaHanford120$31,5801
CaliforniaMadera170$34,6801.1
CaliforniaMerced440$33,3101.8
CaliforniaModesto890$41,2501.2
CaliforniaNapa230$47,8400.8
CaliforniaOakland4,960$50,4101
CaliforniaOxnard1,500$42,7401
CaliforniaRedding410$38,5701.4
CaliforniaRiverside6,720$39,1601.1
CaliforniaSacramento3,920$43,9800.9
CaliforniaSalinas640$44,5000.9
CaliforniaSan Diego5,650$42,5600.9
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,540$47,8000.7
CaliforniaSan Jose3,380$48,2900.7
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo450$41,9501
CaliforniaSanta Ana5,640$40,6900.8
CaliforniaSanta Barbara750$37,9001
CaliforniaSanta Cruz430$45,5201.1
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1,000$46,2201.2
CaliforniaStockton950$41,2100.9
CaliforniaVallejo640$39,9901.1
CaliforniaVisalia550$34,8200.9
CaliforniaYuba City270$38,0301.7
ColoradoBoulder790$40,0101.1
ColoradoColorado Springs1,830$40,1701.5
ColoradoDenver6,140$38,3301
ColoradoFort Collins850$39,2001.5
ColoradoGrand Junction520$39,390 2.1
ColoradoGreeley540$40,5601.6
ColoradoPueblo370$31,0101.6
ConnecticutBridgeport2,020$45,4401
ConnecticutDanbury390$56,1301.2
ConnecticutHartford2,600$41,5800.9
ConnecticutNew Haven1,370$40,6301
ConnecticutNorwich600$37,1201
ConnecticutWaterbury450$45,8301.5
DelawareDover430$35,6401.8
DelawareWilmington1,750$37,8501.1
District of ColumbiaWashington9,400$44,4200.8
FloridaCape Coral1,130$42,1401.1
FloridaDeltona1,130$34,3401.6
FloridaFort Lauderdale4,570$36,5501.3
FloridaFort Walton Beach590$37,7501.8
FloridaGainesville510$34,1901
FloridaJacksonville3,930$34,7301.3
FloridaLakeland1,390$34,5701.5
FloridaMiami4,800$36,1501
FloridaNaples610$43,2201.1
FloridaOcala850$33,4702
FloridaOrlando5,120$36,8001
FloridaPalm Bay1,140$34,4601.2
FloridaPalm Coast130$29,700 2.6
FloridaPanama City420$36,6401.4
FloridaPensacola1,140$32,2701.6
FloridaPort St Lucie990$35,3301.7
FloridaPunta Gorda390$29,150 2.4
FloridaSarasota1,490$39,4401.2
FloridaSebastian320$38,9601.6
FloridaTallahassee790$35,5601
FloridaTampa6,960$34,9301.2
FloridaWest Palm Beach2,970$39,0401.1
GeorgiaAlbany270$31,4201
GeorgiaAthens450$40,7501.4
GeorgiaAtlanta11,260$38,1701
GeorgiaAugusta1,180$33,9601.2
GeorgiaBrunswick360$32,990 2
GeorgiaColumbus750$30,5801.5
GeorgiaDalton400$29,2101.2
GeorgiaGainesville330$32,4801.1
GeorgiaMacon530$36,1901.2
GeorgiaRome200$33,0101.3
GeorgiaSavannah940$35,7901.3
GeorgiaValdosta280$34,5501.2
GeorgiaWarner Robins290$32,7701.4
HawaiiHonolulu1,680$39,6700.8
IdahoBoise1,140$32,1400.9
IdahoCoeur Dalene380$32,7301.6
IdahoIdaho Falls450$28,120 2.2
IdahoLewiston200$38,500 2.2
IdahoPocatello240$34,7402
IllinoisBloomington420$41,2401.4
IllinoisChampaign550$40,1201.3
IllinoisChicago18,140$43,7301
IllinoisDanville190$29,2301.9
IllinoisDecatur350$35,9201.8
IllinoisKankakee410$35,950 2.6
IllinoisPeoria960$37,5301.2
IllinoisRockford900$38,3801.3
IllinoisSpringfield730$38,4001.6
IndianaAnderson190$32,8201.1
IndianaBloomington280$34,8700.9
IndianaColumbus170$33,2301
IndianaElkhart420$34,6400.7
IndianaEvansville860$36,5401.1
IndianaFort Wayne1,090$36,8501.1
IndianaGary1,340$36,1201
IndianaIndianapolis4,130$39,3100.9
IndianaKokomo220$35,0501.5
IndianaLafayette380$29,4901.1
IndianaMichigan City200$31,5301.1
IndianaMuncie220$28,9901.1
IndianaSouth Bend600$38,3101
IndianaTerre Haute280$31,3200.9
IowaAmes210$41,5601.3
IowaCedar Rapids730$33,8701.2
IowaDavenport1,040$34,5701.2
IowaDes Moines1,430$41,3300.9
IowaDubuque250$32,0401.1
IowaIowa City290$32,4500.9
IowaSioux City260$35,6200.8
IowaWaterloo450$30,8501.2
KansasLawrence210$31,0801.1
KansasTopeka500$34,7101
KansasWichita1,160$34,9900.8
KentuckyBowling Green240$32,9301
KentuckyElizabethtown290$28,8901.6
KentuckyLexington1,120$33,0001
KentuckyLouisville2,700$33,5200.9
KentuckyOwensboro270$30,7301.3
LouisianaAlexandria260$28,1101
LouisianaBaton Rouge1,750$34,1501
LouisianaHouma290$38,4600.7
LouisianaLafayette670$38,2901
LouisianaLake Charles340$33,1000.9
LouisianaMonroe380$34,8801.1
LouisianaNew Orleans2,250$34,6200.9
LouisianaShreveport590$36,0400.7
MaineBangor480$32,7901.7
MaineLewiston340$29,6101.6
MainePortland1,020$37,7901.1
MarylandBaltimore7,570$40,2001.2
MarylandBethesda2,820$49,8201
MarylandCumberland250$29,4101.7
MarylandHagerstown440$35,2101
MarylandSalisbury340$37,0001.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town640$45,4001.4
MassachusettsBoston6,080$44,0000.7
MassachusettsBrockton320$40,1100.8
MassachusettsFramingham650$44,7000.9
MassachusettsHaverhill570$39,8801.7
MassachusettsLawrence410$36,4701.7
MassachusettsLeominster350$36,4701.6
MassachusettsLowell650$42,9301.2
MassachusettsNew Bedford310$34,8901.1
MassachusettsPittsfield220$34,2001.6
MassachusettsSpringfield1,630$38,5101.1
MassachusettsTaunton260$35,4001.3
MassachusettsWorcester1,450$37,6501.2
MichiganAnn Arbor730$50,0100.9
MichiganBattle Creek280$38,2901.4
MichiganBay City210$33,1001.5
MichiganDetroit3,920$44,9401.1
MichiganFlint670$46,8401.1
MichiganGrand Rapids2,500$44,3101.4
MichiganHolland500$37,5701.1
MichiganJackson320$43,2301.4
MichiganKalamazoo660$38,1901
MichiganLansing720$40,6000.8
MichiganMonroe200$35,7901.2
MichiganMuskegon320$27,6601.2
MichiganNiles290$39,9501.1
MichiganSaginaw480$35,2501.4
MichiganWarren5,250$45,1400.9
MinnesotaDuluth750$34,1401.3
MinnesotaMinneapolis6,090$41,3900.7
MinnesotaRochester390$34,6400.9
MinnesotaSt Cloud470$37,1401
MississippiGulfport560$37,5901.1
MississippiJackson1,380$31,8801.1
MississippiPascagoula260$44,9101.3
MissouriColumbia480$33,5301.3
MissouriJefferson City370$30,3301.2
MissouriJoplin760$25,970 2.1
MissouriKansas City5,020$38,4001
MissouriSpringfield1,320$32,0701.4
MissouriSt Joseph350$33,7101.6
MissouriSt Louis7,300$37,8501.1
MontanaBillings670$38,7801.9
MontanaGreat Falls210$36,0401.5
MontanaMissoula280$35,1001.3
NebraskaLincoln470$33,5500.6
NebraskaOmaha2,020$38,0300.9
NevadaCarson City160$38,8301.5
NevadaLas Vegas3,840$37,9800.8
NevadaReno940$43,2201
New HampshireManchester580$43,0601.2
New HampshireNashua760$43,1301.2
New HampshirePortsmouth340$42,0901.4
New HampshireRochester340$42,2001.4
New JerseyAtlantic City650$35,5800.9
New JerseyCamden3,310$39,4201.3
New JerseyEdison4,430$38,9400.9
New JerseyNewark4,040$39,8100.8
New JerseyOcean City210$41,1401.2
New JerseyTrenton860$42,2800.8
New JerseyVineland300$34,2201.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque2,010$34,8101.1
New MexicoFarmington520$33,890 2.3
New MexicoLas Cruces420$29,8901.6
New MexicoSanta Fe310$39,8201.1
New YorkAlbany2,380$40,8901.1
New YorkBinghamton640$29,0401.3
New YorkBuffalo3,640$32,6801.4
New YorkElmira250$31,5401.7
New YorkGlens Falls380$35,7201.7
New YorkIthaca190$37,5601.1
New YorkKingston500$38,0401.9
New YorkNassau6,590$42,7101.1
New YorkNew York15,500$39,1000.6
New YorkPoughkeepsie1,980$37,7401.7
New YorkRochester2,810$33,8101.2
New YorkSyracuse2,040$34,3801.4
New YorkUtica850$27,0901.4
North CarolinaAsheville780$37,8000.9
North CarolinaBurlington340$37,6701.3
North CarolinaCharlotte4,490$43,9201
North CarolinaDurham1,100$38,3000.8
North CarolinaFayetteville820$35,9401.5
North CarolinaGoldsboro160$31,5201
North CarolinaGreensboro1,640$37,9700.9
North CarolinaGreenville310$31,0301
North CarolinaHickory520$32,8700.7
North CarolinaJacksonville230$40,7201.4
North CarolinaRaleigh2,080$40,1000.8
North CarolinaRocky Mount270$29,4201.1
North CarolinaWilmington790$41,0301.2
North CarolinaWinston Salem1,070$36,8101
North DakotaBismarck270$33,4101.1
North DakotaFargo480$33,3700.9
North DakotaGrand Forks230$39,2301.1
OhioAkron1,520$36,3100.9
OhioCanton900$31,7201.1
OhioCincinnati4,460$37,5400.9
OhioCleveland5,260$38,9501
OhioColumbus3,500$37,4300.8
OhioDayton1,950$35,4201
OhioLima290$35,4701.3
OhioMansfield320$31,8801.4
OhioSandusky200$26,7401.4
OhioSpringfield340$39,2601.7
OhioToledo1,770$35,8201.2
OhioYoungstown1,510$30,5501.4
OklahomaLawton220$28,6301.4
OklahomaOklahoma City3,230$31,7901.2
OklahomaTulsa1,490$32,7500.7
OregonBend310$44,3801
OregonCorvallis90$41,7000.7
OregonEugene620$34,4300.9
OregonMedford420$39,3801.1
OregonPortland4,000$40,2400.8
OregonSalem500$36,3300.7
PennsylvaniaAllentown2,220$39,4401.4
PennsylvaniaAltoona420$26,3401.6
PennsylvaniaErie710$36,9301.2
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,670$36,8001.1
PennsylvaniaJohnstown330$30,4401.4
PennsylvaniaLancaster1,680$36,9001.5
PennsylvaniaLebanon350$33,0801.8
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia9,900$40,2001.1
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh7,380$33,9601.3
PennsylvaniaReading1,060$35,4701.4
PennsylvaniaScranton1,770$32,1401.4
PennsylvaniaState College420$33,2901.7
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport380 1.8
PennsylvaniaYork1,120$32,6601.3
Rhode IslandProvidence2,920$38,0701.1
South CarolinaAnderson320$37,1401.2
South CarolinaCharleston1,610$35,8701.2
South CarolinaColumbia1,980$33,7701.2
South CarolinaFlorence550$29,2401.5
South CarolinaGreenville1,760$32,4901.2
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach430$37,2300.8
South CarolinaSpartanburg550$33,0701
South CarolinaSumter210$28,4801.5
South DakotaRapid City460$32,7201.7
South DakotaSioux Falls670$35,6001
TennesseeChattanooga1,220$30,8301.1
TennesseeClarksville520$30,0701.6
TennesseeCleveland170$29,3501.2
TennesseeJackson300$36,2401.2
TennesseeJohnson City390$32,0601.2
TennesseeKingsport570$27,3001.1
TennesseeKnoxville1,890$32,7601.2
TennesseeMemphis2,850$37,4300.9
TennesseeMorristown230$31,8301.2
TennesseeNashville3,280$36,4700.9
TexasAbilene390$30,4801.4
TexasAmarillo580$31,8201.3
TexasAustin3,410$39,0500.9
TexasBeaumont880$37,0901.2
TexasBrownsville490$31,0100.9
TexasCollege Station370$38,1701.1
TexasCorpus Christi930$31,1701.1
TexasDallas7,860$39,2400.8
TexasEl Paso1,270$30,5601
TexasFort Worth4,560$35,9501.1
TexasHouston10,310$39,6600.8
TexasKilleen1,000$36,1301.8
TexasLaredo420$27,6101.1
TexasLongview390$32,6700.9
TexasLubbock710$34,0401.3
TexasMcallen950$27,1700.9
TexasMidland340$38,1401.2
TexasOdessa340$41,0301.4
TexasSan Angelo240$34,6101.4
TexasSan Antonio3,810$36,5300.9
TexasSherman260$35,1101.6
TexasTyler480$35,5401.2
TexasVictoria220$36,0501.1
TexasWaco360$32,5700.8
TexasWichita Falls330$33,9401.3
UtahLogan300$33,8401.6
UtahOgden950$38,3001
UtahProvo980$37,3601.3
UtahSalt Lake City2,780$37,7600.9
UtahSt George290$37,5401.4
VermontBurlington700$37,6801.4
VirginiaBlacksburg400$30,4701.5
VirginiaCharlottesville480$37,9401.1
VirginiaDanville220$27,6001.6
VirginiaHarrisonburg280$31,4701.2
VirginiaLynchburg510$35,7601.1
VirginiaRichmond3,340$39,7201.1
VirginiaRoanoke840$34,1301.1
VirginiaVirginia Beach4,010$39,4801.1
VirginiaWinchester350$32,0601.6
WashingtonBellingham330$39,0400.9
WashingtonBremerton500$43,6101.4
WashingtonKennewick470$36,1401.2
WashingtonLongview200$38,0401.5
WashingtonMount Vernon320$42,2501.7
WashingtonOlympia270$45,5300.6
WashingtonSeattle5,040$44,3900.7
WashingtonSpokane970$38,2001
WashingtonTacoma1,270$42,1201
WashingtonWenatchee160$36,0101
WashingtonYakima400$35,5601.1
West VirginiaCharleston650$28,9701
West VirginiaHuntington580$26,7401.1
West VirginiaMorgantown220$27,9501.1
West VirginiaParkersburg420$25,7501.4
West VirginiaWeirton270$26,5901.5
West VirginiaWheeling290$28,1201.1
WisconsinAppleton610$33,8501.2
WisconsinEau Claire310$32,3900.9
WisconsinFond220$35,8401.2
WisconsinGreen Bay660$36,2100.8
WisconsinJanesville640$49,140 2.3
WisconsinLa Crosse330$36,3001.1
WisconsinMadison1,120$39,5300.7
WisconsinMilwaukee3,610$39,3800.9
WisconsinOshkosh390$32,1001
WisconsinRacine370$34,6101.1
WisconsinSheboygan240$31,6501
WisconsinWausau390$35,0301.3
WyomingCasper300$32,6801.9
WyomingCheyenne250$29,4501.4
 

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