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Bus And Truck Service Technicians
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Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 275,000 for bus and truck service technicians in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those surveyed, 3% of employees work part-time. Approximately 6% of bus and truck service technicians work for themselves.
Training and Education
Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining a postsecondary vocational award. Government data shows that 3% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 31% of bus and truck service technicians. For 66% of workers a high-school education was all they required. 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
The cities with the most employees jobs, compared to the population, are Farmington (New Mexico), Casper (Wyoming), and Springfield (Ohio). Fewer are found in Bethesda (Maryland), San Francisco (California), and Athens (Georgia).
Bus and truck service technicians earn higher incomes in Napa (California), Kokomo (Indiana), and Oakland (California), and lower incomes in Johnson City (Tennessee), McAllen (Texas), and Ann Arbor (Michigan).
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Bus And Truck Service Technicians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Bus And Truck Service Technicians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Bus And Truck Service Technicians 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 Bus And Truck Service Technicians are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 60 $33,830 0.8 Alabama Auburn 40 $39,310 0.6 Alabama Birmingham 1,270 $41,240 1.4 Alabama Decatur 170 $32,990 2Alabama Dothan 150 $38,380 1.6 Alabama Florence 120 $35,290 1.5 Alabama Huntsville 130 $39,290 0.4 Alabama Mobile 610 $34,040 1.9 Alabama Montgomery 380 $35,710 1.3 Alabama Tuscaloosa 170 $35,740 1.2 Alaska Anchorage 250 $51,110 0.9 Alaska Fairbanks 50 $58,050 1 Arizona Flagstaff 50 $34,210 0.6 Arizona Kingman 120 $35,890 1.5 Arizona Phoenix 3,070 $40,820 0.9 Arizona Prescott 60 $40,360 0.6 Arizona Tucson 510 $39,440 0.8 Arizona Yuma 70 $30,570 0.7 Arkansas Fort Smith 410 $32,000 2.1Arkansas Hot Springs 30 $28,650 0.5 Arkansas Jonesboro 90 $32,380 1.2 Arkansas Little Rock 970 $40,820 1.6 Arkansas Pine Bluff 50 $30,120 1 California Bakersfield 1,210 $37,270 2.6California Chico 90 $38,370 0.8 California El Centro 110 $29,750 1.4 California Fresno 1,010 $35,860 1.7 California Madera 60 $40,740 1.1 California Merced 110 $42,060 1.2 California Modesto 270 $43,900 1 California Napa 50 $59,980 0.5 California Oakland 1,260 $56,710 0.7 California Oxnard 250 $38,690 0.5 California Redding 140 $40,610 1.3 California Riverside 3,080 $41,780 1.3 California Sacramento 1,090 $47,130 0.7 California Salinas 150 $46,990 0.6 California San Diego 1,460 $46,720 0.6 California San Francisco 560 $52,640 0.3 California San Jose 920 $54,170 0.6 California Santa Ana 1,830 $48,630 0.7 California Santa Cruz 70 $49,930 0.5 California Santa Rosa 140 $48,300 0.4 California Stockton 590 $41,850 1.6 California Vallejo 200 $49,350 1 California Visalia 330 $40,660 1.5 California Yuba City 50 $40,230 0.9 Colorado Boulder 130 $45,770 0.5 Colorado Colorado Springs 280 $44,100 0.6 Colorado Denver 2,400 $45,100 1.1 Colorado Fort Collins 100 $43,130 0.5 Colorado Grand Junction 160 $46,670 1.8 Colorado Greeley 220 $40,430 1.8 Colorado Pueblo 70 $39,650 0.8 Connecticut Bridgeport 510 $46,970 0.7 Connecticut Danbury 40 $46,990 0.4 Connecticut Hartford 980 $48,100 1 Connecticut New Haven 600 $46,040 1.2 Connecticut Norwich 140 $46,940 0.7 Connecticut Waterbury 170 $50,820 1.6 Delaware Dover 60 $38,240 0.7 Delaware Wilmington 510 $46,410 0.9 District of Columbia Washington 2,780 $48,300 0.7 Florida Cape Coral 300 $41,920 0.8 Florida Deltona 260 $34,020 1 Florida Fort Lauderdale 1,080 $43,150 0.8 Florida Fort Walton Beach 40 $40,140 0.3 Florida Gainesville 100 $36,210 0.5 Florida Jacksonville 1,030 $41,930 1 Florida Lakeland 490 $40,930 1.5 Florida Miami 1,800 $45,120 1 Florida Naples 70 $41,530 0.3 Florida Ocala 190 $40,020 1.2 Florida Orlando 1,710 $40,010 0.9 Florida Palm Bay 300 $39,780 0.9 Florida Panama City 120 $34,900 1.1 Florida Pensacola 150 $38,380 0.6 Florida Punta Gorda 30 $39,690 0.5 Florida Sarasota 420 $41,830 0.9 Florida Sebastian 50 $34,030 0.7 Florida Tallahassee 180 $37,710 0.6 Florida Tampa 1,750 $38,150 0.8 Florida West Palm Beach 540 $43,920 0.6 Georgia Albany 90 $34,910 0.9 Georgia Athens 30 $38,740 0.2 Georgia Atlanta 5,470 $43,820 1.3 Georgia Augusta 210 $35,850 0.6 Georgia Brunswick 90 $35,650 1.4 Georgia Columbus 60 $38,300 0.3 Georgia Dalton 160 $35,850 1.3 Georgia Gainesville 90 $35,220 0.8 Georgia Hinesville 30 $38,400 1.7 Georgia Macon 220 $46,840 1.3 Georgia Rome 80 $49,960 1.5 Georgia Savannah 260 $37,430 1 Georgia Valdosta 140 $32,080 1.6 Hawaii Honolulu 540 $47,330 0.7 Idaho Boise 620 $41,050 1.3 Idaho Coeur Dalene 50 $37,850 0.6 Idaho Idaho Falls 230 $35,870 3.1Idaho Lewiston 80 $41,600 2.5Illinois Bloomington 190 $40,210 1.7 Illinois Champaign 120 $35,860 0.8 Illinois Chicago 5,430 $47,410 0.8 Illinois Decatur 40 $37,040 0.6 Illinois Rockford 330 $39,110 1.3 Illinois Springfield 70 $38,020 0.4 Indiana Anderson 90 $32,700 1.5 Indiana Bloomington 120 $33,110 1.1 Indiana Columbus 100 $37,040 1.5 Indiana Elkhart 230 $40,610 1.1 Indiana Evansville 440 $36,250 1.5 Indiana Fort Wayne 600 $38,850 1.6 Indiana Gary 820 $42,360 1.7 Indiana Indianapolis 2,780 $38,970 1.7 Indiana Kokomo 40 $55,770 0.8 Indiana Lafayette 60 $35,470 0.5 Indiana Michigan City 50 $43,400 0.8 Indiana Muncie 80 $30,700 1.1 Indiana South Bend 370 $40,260 1.6 Indiana Terre Haute 190 $39,120 1.7 Iowa Ames 80 $38,410 1.4 Iowa Cedar Rapids 270 $37,260 1.2 Iowa Davenport 530 $35,440 1.7 Iowa Des Moines 870 $41,620 1.5 Iowa Dubuque 170 $37,760 2.1Iowa Sioux City 150 $34,430 1.3 Iowa Waterloo 260 $35,090 1.9 Kansas Topeka 150 $40,120 0.8 Kansas Wichita 600 $38,080 1.1 Kentucky Bowling Green 60 $36,050 0.7 Kentucky Elizabethtown 70 $29,440 1.1 Kentucky Lexington 720 $38,230 1.7 Kentucky Louisville 1,740 $37,410 1.6 Kentucky Owensboro 80 $31,630 1.1 Louisiana Alexandria 60 $32,400 0.6 Louisiana Baton Rouge 670 $39,040 1 Louisiana Houma 190 $31,680 1.2 Louisiana Lafayette 200 $35,960 0.8 Louisiana Lake Charles 110 $36,440 0.8 Louisiana Monroe 150 $34,620 1.2 Louisiana New Orleans 640 $39,380 0.7 Louisiana Shreveport 270 $36,170 0.9 Maine Bangor 330 $38,050 3.3Maine Lewiston 60 $37,260 0.8 Maine Portland 340 $40,940 1 Maryland Baltimore 1,490 $42,160 0.6 Maryland Bethesda 330 $39,120 0.3 Maryland Cumberland 70 $30,450 1.3 Maryland Hagerstown 210 $37,210 1.3 Maryland Salisbury 120 $38,930 1.5 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 170 $45,470 1 Massachusetts Boston 1,740 $47,200 0.6 Massachusetts Brockton 250 $44,560 1.7 Massachusetts Framingham 100 $44,900 0.4 Massachusetts Haverhill 110 $48,730 0.9 Massachusetts Lawrence 70 $43,580 0.8 Massachusetts Leominster 60 $40,100 0.8 Massachusetts Lowell 200 $45,100 1 Massachusetts New Bedford 80 $37,090 0.8 Massachusetts Pittsfield 40 $43,920 0.8 Massachusetts Springfield 710 $43,900 1.4 Massachusetts Taunton 70 $42,290 1 Massachusetts Worcester 190 $46,780 0.4 Michigan Ann Arbor 340 $25,650 1.2 Michigan Battle Creek 50 $31,210 0.7 Michigan Bay City 60 $42,300 1.2 Michigan Detroit 1,820 $48,520 1.4 Michigan Flint 230 $45,700 1 Michigan Grand Rapids 810 $37,160 1.2 Michigan Holland 200 $38,810 1.2 Michigan Jackson 70 $38,870 0.9 Michigan Kalamazoo 220 $34,940 1 Michigan Lansing 200 $44,030 0.6 Michigan Monroe 90 $42,570 1.5 Michigan Niles 60 $37,250 0.6 Michigan Saginaw 160 $42,570 1.3 Michigan Warren 1,360 $48,100 0.7 Minnesota Duluth 280 $47,180 1.3 Minnesota Minneapolis 2,770 $44,830 0.9 Minnesota Rochester 130 $38,190 0.9 Minnesota St Cloud 290 $38,190 1.7 Mississippi Gulfport 120 $38,370 0.7 Mississippi Hattiesburg 100 $32,130 1.1 Mississippi Jackson 530 $34,040 1.2 Mississippi Pascagoula 60 $38,310 0.8 Missouri Columbia 130 $36,930 1 Missouri Jefferson City 50 $30,630 0.5 Missouri Joplin 370 $36,620 2.8Missouri Kansas City 1,760 $39,440 1 Missouri Springfield 670 $36,810 2 Missouri St Joseph 60 $29,880 0.8 Missouri St Louis 2,820 $42,220 1.2 Montana Billings 310 $45,930 2.4Montana Great Falls 100 $35,040 1.9 Montana Missoula 190 $40,160 2.4Nebraska Lincoln 360 $34,960 1.3 Nebraska Omaha 1,170 $37,510 1.4 Nevada Las Vegas 890 $45,480 0.5 Nevada Reno 630 $49,080 1.8 New Hampshire Manchester 110 $51,090 0.6 New Hampshire Nashua 200 $43,560 0.9 New Hampshire Rochester 60 $31,480 0.7 New Jersey Atlantic City 150 $47,400 0.6 New Jersey Camden 1,010 $44,260 1.1 New Jersey Edison 1,780 $46,570 1 New Jersey Newark 2,590 $50,750 1.4 New Jersey Ocean City 60 $43,410 1 New Jersey Trenton 210 $47,440 0.6 New Jersey Vineland 180 $42,800 2New Mexico Albuquerque 660 $40,520 1 New Mexico Farmington 510 $50,870 6.3New York Albany 760 $42,360 1 New York Binghamton 200 $37,940 1.1 New York Buffalo 840 $40,810 0.9 New York Elmira 90 $30,780 1.7 New York Glens Falls 90 $40,310 1.1 New York Ithaca 60 $40,290 0.9 New York Kingston 60 $37,980 0.6 New York Nassau 1,660 $54,200 0.7 New York New York 6,510 $50,950 0.7 New York Poughkeepsie 440 $45,870 1.1 New York Rochester 790 $38,340 0.9 New York Syracuse 480 $41,060 0.9 New York Utica 200 $37,360 0.9 North Carolina Asheville 290 $34,660 1 North Carolina Burlington 140 $32,410 1.5 North Carolina Charlotte 2,410 $41,810 1.5 North Carolina Durham 200 $37,140 0.4 North Carolina Fayetteville 220 $34,830 1.1 North Carolina Goldsboro 80 $31,500 1.4 North Carolina Greensboro 760 $39,420 1.2 North Carolina Greenville 90 $38,210 0.8 North Carolina Hickory 290 $37,460 1 North Carolina Jacksonville 40 $33,720 0.6 North Carolina Raleigh 700 $40,270 0.8 North Carolina Rocky Mount 60 $35,860 0.7 North Carolina Wilmington 210 $39,550 0.9 North Carolina Winston Salem 270 $39,400 0.7 North Dakota Bismarck 150 $38,440 1.7 North Dakota Fargo 450 $38,310 2.3North Dakota Grand Forks 100 $39,140 1.3 Ohio Akron 750 $43,760 1.3 Ohio Canton 440 $35,880 1.5 Ohio Cincinnati 2,100 $40,650 1.1 Ohio Cleveland 1,790 $42,410 0.9 Ohio Columbus 1,850 $40,750 1.1 Ohio Dayton 610 $41,350 0.9 Ohio Lima 120 $34,970 1.5 Ohio Mansfield 60 $43,480 0.7 Ohio Springfield 320 $39,400 4.4Ohio Toledo 840 $41,550 1.5 Ohio Youngstown 540 $36,440 1.3 Oklahoma Lawton 90 $31,390 1.6 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1,140 $35,950 1.1 Oklahoma Tulsa 850 $37,110 1.1 Oregon Bend 70 $40,050 0.6 Oregon Eugene 420 $43,030 1.7 Oregon Medford 230 $40,120 1.7 Oregon Portland 2,460 $44,230 1.3 Oregon Salem 260 $40,260 1 Pennsylvania Allentown 750 $41,370 1.3 Pennsylvania Altoona 130 $39,000 1.4 Pennsylvania Erie 240 $36,000 1.1 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1,290 $41,730 2.3Pennsylvania Johnstown 130 $35,850 1.5 Pennsylvania Lancaster 560 $38,780 1.4 Pennsylvania Lebanon 100 $39,910 1.4 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2,390 $42,990 0.7 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1,880 $37,220 0.9 Pennsylvania Reading 400 $38,960 1.4 Pennsylvania Scranton 650 $37,190 1.5 Pennsylvania State College 50 $31,030 0.6 Pennsylvania Williamsport 100 $33,150 1.3 Pennsylvania York 570 $36,620 1.8 Rhode Island Providence 910 $40,380 0.9 South Carolina Anderson 130 $31,690 1.4 South Carolina Charleston 650 $36,270 1.3 South Carolina Columbia 570 $39,050 0.9 South Carolina Florence 190 $31,030 1.4 South Carolina Greenville 770 $37,360 1.4 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 120 $35,100 0.6 South Carolina Spartanburg 140 $34,470 0.7 South Carolina Sumter 80 $31,830 1.5 South Dakota Rapid City 130 $33,870 1.3 South Dakota Sioux Falls 420 $36,560 1.8 Tennessee Chattanooga 610 $40,270 1.5 Tennessee Clarksville 190 $32,070 1.6 Tennessee Cleveland 70 $28,910 1.3 Tennessee Jackson 150 $34,600 1.7 Tennessee Johnson City 80 $28,340 0.7 Tennessee Kingsport 270 $33,560 1.4 Tennessee Knoxville 700 $36,750 1.2 Tennessee Memphis 1,780 $39,080 1.6 Tennessee Morristown 180 $31,460 2.5Tennessee Nashville 2,040 $41,440 1.5 Texas Abilene 110 $32,350 1.1 Texas Amarillo 270 $38,660 1.6 Texas Austin 790 $39,930 0.6 Texas Beaumont 280 $35,460 1 Texas Brownsville 140 $27,530 0.7 Texas College Station 110 $35,950 0.9 Texas Corpus Christi 560 $32,140 1.9 Texas Dallas 4,220 $40,560 1.1 Texas El Paso 500 $31,720 1.1 Texas Fort Worth 1,800 $37,930 1.2 Texas Houston 5,180 $37,320 1.1 Texas Killeen 140 $33,940 0.7 Texas Laredo 370 $29,720 2.8Texas Longview 260 $30,260 1.7 Texas Lubbock 140 $34,750 0.7 Texas Mcallen 470 $25,890 1.2 Texas Midland 190 $40,110 1.8 Texas Odessa 300 $44,590 3.4Texas San Angelo 70 $30,840 1.1 Texas San Antonio 1,520 $34,690 1 Texas Sherman 30 $38,560 0.5 Texas Texarkana 240 $49,600 2.8Texas Tyler 160 $34,940 1.1 Texas Victoria 140 $30,110 2 Texas Waco 350 $29,810 2.2Texas Wichita Falls 190 $33,750 2.1Utah Logan 60 $36,920 0.9 Utah Ogden 430 $37,160 1.3 Utah Provo 300 $32,050 1.1 Utah Salt Lake City 1,670 $41,500 1.5 Utah St George 130 $37,390 1.7 Vermont Burlington 180 $38,210 1 Virginia Blacksburg 90 $36,770 0.9 Virginia Charlottesville 80 $36,810 0.5 Virginia Danville 50 $40,030 1 Virginia Harrisonburg 150 $37,980 1.8 Virginia Lynchburg 200 $35,800 1.2 Virginia Richmond 1,340 $41,380 1.3 Virginia Roanoke 280 $39,770 1 Virginia Virginia Beach 1,140 $39,740 0.8 Virginia Winchester 70 $37,910 0.9 Washington Bellingham 90 $46,060 0.7 Washington Bremerton 110 $45,980 0.8 Washington Kennewick 180 $45,010 1.2 Washington Longview 120 $40,860 2.5Washington Mount Vernon 120 $45,200 1.8 Washington Olympia 230 $45,910 1.5 Washington Seattle 2,220 $48,080 0.9 Washington Spokane 390 $41,170 1.1 Washington Tacoma 480 $50,920 1 Washington Wenatchee 90 $43,280 1.5 Washington Yakima 140 $40,330 1.1 West Virginia Charleston 250 $35,740 1 West Virginia Huntington 220 $33,110 1.2 West Virginia Morgantown 90 $26,170 1.3 West Virginia Parkersburg 180 $32,010 1.6 West Virginia Weirton 70 $38,580 1.1 West Virginia Wheeling 120 $35,630 1.2 Wisconsin Appleton 300 $39,610 1.6 Wisconsin Eau Claire 170 $39,890 1.4 Wisconsin Fond 110 $35,410 1.6 Wisconsin Green Bay 570 $39,820 2Wisconsin Janesville 170 $38,690 1.6 Wisconsin La Crosse 140 $39,680 1.3 Wisconsin Madison 580 $39,160 1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,200 $43,710 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 120 $41,270 0.9 Wisconsin Racine 140 $43,410 1.1 Wisconsin Sheboygan 110 $35,380 1.2 Wisconsin Wausau 160 $40,750 1.5 Wyoming Casper 340 $38,840 6Wyoming Cheyenne 100 $38,910 1.5
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