Auto Repair Technician Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 773,000 jobs for auto repair technicians in the US. The unemployment ranking for this career was high, compared to other occupations. About 4% of employees were without employment in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Auto repair technicians are most common in Kankakee (Illinois), Palm Coast (Florida), and Punta Gorda (Florida), and least common in Olympia (Washington), Lincoln (Nebraska), and New York (New York).

Workers are paid the most in Danbury (Connecticut), Fairbanks (Alaska), and Janesville (Wisconsin), and the least in Joplin (Missouri), Weirton (West Virginia), and Altoona (Pennsylvania).

Training and Education

Most employees have a postsecondary vocational award. Approximately 4% of auto repair technicians have a bachelor's degree. About 34% of workers have been to college without getting a degree. About 62% of employees obtain jobs with only a high-school diploma or GED. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Among auto repair technicians, 6% work less than full-time. Some 17% of workers work for themselves.

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Auto Repair Technicians Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of auto repair technicians compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for auto repair technicians.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$37,000	2,440
Mobile	$33,000	890
Montgomery	$35,000	790
Huntsville	$37,000	700
Tuscaloosa	$33,000	370
Dothan	$31,000	320
Decatur	$36,000	270
Anniston	$29,000	240
Florence	$29,000	240
Gadsden	$37,000	220
Auburn	$34,000	190

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$50,000	830
Fairbanks	$53,000	300

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$38,000	9,500
Tucson	$40,000	2,130
Kingman	$34,000	480
Yuma	$37,000	430
Prescott	$41,000	390
Flagstaff	$39,000	290

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$36,000	1,640
Fayetteville	$32,000	830
Fort Smith	$30,000	620
Jonesboro	$32,000	200
Hot Springs	$26,000	170
Pine Bluff	$27,000	120

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Riverside	$39,000	6,720
San Diego	$43,000	5,650
Santa Ana	$41,000	5,640
Oakland	$50,000	4,960
Sacramento	$44,000	3,920
San Francisco	$48,000	3,540
San Jose	$48,000	3,380
Fresno	$37,000	1,690
Bakersfield	$38,000	1,640
Oxnard	$43,000	1,500
Santa Rosa	$46,000	1,000
Stockton	$41,000	950
Modesto	$41,000	890
Santa Barbara	$38,000	750
Vallejo	$40,000	640
Salinas	$45,000	640
Visalia	$35,000	550
San Luis Obispo	$42,000	450
Merced	$33,000	440
Santa Cruz	$46,000	430
Redding	$39,000	410
Chico	$37,000	410
El Centro	$37,000	280
Yuba City	$38,000	270
Napa	$48,000	230
Madera	$35,000	170
Hanford	$32,000	120

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$38,000	6,140
Colorado Springs	$40,000	1,830
Fort Collins	$39,000	850
Boulder	$40,000	790
Greeley	$41,000	540
Grand Junction	$39,000	520
Pueblo	$31,000	370

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$42,000	2,600
Bridgeport	$45,000	2,020
New Haven	$41,000	1,370
Norwich	$37,000	600
Waterbury	$46,000	450
Danbury	$56,000	390

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$38,000	1,750
Dover	$36,000	430

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$44,000	9,400

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$35,000	6,960
Orlando	$37,000	5,120
Miami	$36,000	4,800
Fort Lauderdale	$37,000	4,570
Jacksonville	$35,000	3,930
West Palm Beach	$39,000	2,970
Sarasota	$39,000	1,490
Lakeland	$35,000	1,390
Pensacola	$32,000	1,140
Palm Bay	$34,000	1,140
Deltona	$34,000	1,130
Cape Coral	$42,000	1,130
Port St Lucie	$35,000	990
Ocala	$33,000	850
Tallahassee	$36,000	790
Naples	$43,000	610
Fort Walton Beach	$38,000	590
Gainesville	$34,000	510
Panama City	$37,000	420
Punta Gorda	$29,000	390
Sebastian	$39,000	320
Palm Coast	$30,000	130

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$38,000	11,260
Augusta	$34,000	1,180
Savannah	$36,000	940
Columbus	$31,000	750
Macon	$36,000	530
Athens	$41,000	450
Dalton	$29,000	400
Brunswick	$33,000	360
Gainesville	$32,000	330
Warner Robins	$33,000	290
Valdosta	$35,000	280
Albany	$31,000	270
Rome	$33,000	200

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$40,000	1,680

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$32,000	1,140
Idaho Falls	$28,000	450
Coeur Dalene	$33,000	380
Pocatello	$35,000	240
Lewiston	$39,000	200

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$44,000	18,140
Peoria	$38,000	960
Rockford	$38,000	900
Springfield	$38,000	730
Champaign	$40,000	550
Bloomington	$41,000	420
Kankakee	$36,000	410
Decatur	$36,000	350
Danville	$29,000	190

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$39,000	4,130
Gary	$36,000	1,340
Fort Wayne	$37,000	1,090
Evansville	$37,000	860
South Bend	$38,000	600
Elkhart	$35,000	420
Lafayette	$29,000	380
Bloomington	$35,000	280
Terre Haute	$31,000	280
Muncie	$29,000	220
Kokomo	$35,000	220
Michigan City	$32,000	200
Anderson	$33,000	190
Columbus	$33,000	170

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$41,000	1,430
Davenport	$35,000	1,040
Cedar Rapids	$34,000	730
Waterloo	$31,000	450
Iowa City	$32,000	290
Sioux City	$36,000	260
Dubuque	$32,000	250
Ames	$42,000	210

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$35,000	1,160
Topeka	$35,000	500
Lawrence	$31,000	210

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$34,000	2,700
Lexington	$33,000	1,120
Elizabethtown	$29,000	290
Owensboro	$31,000	270
Bowling Green	$33,000	240

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$35,000	2,250
Baton Rouge	$34,000	1,750
Lafayette	$38,000	670
Shreveport	$36,000	590
Monroe	$35,000	380
Lake Charles	$33,000	340
Houma	$38,000	290
Alexandria	$28,000	260

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$38,000	1,020
Bangor	$33,000	480
Lewiston	$30,000	340

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$40,000	7,570
Bethesda	$50,000	2,820
Hagerstown	$35,000	440
Salisbury	$37,000	340
Cumberland	$29,000	250

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$44,000	6,080
Springfield	$39,000	1,630
Worcester	$38,000	1,450
Lowell	$43,000	650
Framingham	$45,000	650
Barnstable Town	$45,000	640
Haverhill	$40,000	570
Lawrence	$36,000	410
Leominster	$36,000	350
Brockton	$40,000	320
New Bedford	$35,000	310
Taunton	$35,000	260
Pittsfield	$34,000	220

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$45,000	5,250
Detroit	$45,000	3,920
Grand Rapids	$44,000	2,500
Ann Arbor	$50,000	730
Lansing	$41,000	720
Flint	$47,000	670
Kalamazoo	$38,000	660
Holland	$38,000	500
Saginaw	$35,000	480
Muskegon	$28,000	320
Jackson	$43,000	320
Niles	$40,000	290
Battle Creek	$38,000	280
Bay City	$33,000	210
Monroe	$36,000	200

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$41,000	6,090
Duluth	$34,000	750
St Cloud	$37,000	470
Rochester	$35,000	390

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$32,000	1,380
Gulfport	$38,000	560
Pascagoula	$45,000	260

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$38,000	7,300
Kansas City	$38,000	5,020
Springfield	$32,000	1,320
Joplin	$26,000	760
Columbia	$34,000	480
Jefferson City	$30,000	370
St Joseph	$34,000	350

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$39,000	670
Missoula	$35,000	280
Great Falls	$36,000	210

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$38,000	2,020
Lincoln	$34,000	470

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$38,000	3,840
Reno	$43,000	940
Carson City	$39,000	160

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$43,000	760
Manchester	$43,000	580
Rochester	$42,000	340
Portsmouth	$42,000	340

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$39,000	4,430
Newark	$40,000	4,040
Camden	$39,000	3,310
Trenton	$42,000	860
Atlantic City	$36,000	650
Vineland	$34,000	300
Ocean City	$41,000	210

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$35,000	2,010
Farmington	$34,000	520
Las Cruces	$30,000	420
Santa Fe	$40,000	310

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$39,000	15,500
Nassau	$43,000	6,590
Buffalo	$33,000	3,640
Rochester	$34,000	2,810
Albany	$41,000	2,380
Syracuse	$34,000	2,040
Poughkeepsie	$38,000	1,980
Utica	$27,000	850
Binghamton	$29,000	640
Kingston	$38,000	500
Glens Falls	$36,000	380
Elmira	$32,000	250
Ithaca	$38,000	190

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$44,000	4,490
Raleigh	$40,000	2,080
Greensboro	$38,000	1,640
Durham	$38,000	1,100
Winston Salem	$37,000	1,070
Fayetteville	$36,000	820
Wilmington	$41,000	790
Asheville	$38,000	780
Hickory	$33,000	520
Burlington	$38,000	340
Greenville	$31,000	310
Rocky Mount	$29,000	270
Jacksonville	$41,000	230
Goldsboro	$32,000	160

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$33,000	480
Bismarck	$33,000	270
Grand Forks	$39,000	230

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$39,000	5,260
Cincinnati	$38,000	4,460
Columbus	$37,000	3,500
Dayton	$35,000	1,950
Toledo	$36,000	1,770
Akron	$36,000	1,520
Youngstown	$31,000	1,510
Canton	$32,000	900
Springfield	$39,000	340
Mansfield	$32,000	320
Lima	$35,000	290
Sandusky	$27,000	200

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$32,000	3,230
Tulsa	$33,000	1,490
Lawton	$29,000	220

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$40,000	4,000
Eugene	$34,000	620
Salem	$36,000	500
Medford	$39,000	420
Bend	$44,000	310
Corvallis	$42,000	90

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$40,000	9,900
Pittsburgh	$34,000	7,380
Allentown	$39,000	2,220
Scranton	$32,000	1,770
Lancaster	$37,000	1,680
Harrisburg	$37,000	1,670
York	$33,000	1,120
Reading	$35,000	1,060
Erie	$37,000	710
State College	$33,000	420
Altoona	$26,000	420
Williamsport		380
Lebanon	$33,000	350
Johnstown	$30,000	330

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$38,000	2,920

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$34,000	1,980
Greenville	$32,000	1,760
Charleston	$36,000	1,610
Spartanburg	$33,000	550
Florence	$29,000	550
Myrtle Beach	$37,000	430
Anderson	$37,000	320
Sumter	$28,000	210

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$36,000	670
Rapid City	$33,000	460

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$36,000	3,280
Memphis	$37,000	2,850
Knoxville	$33,000	1,890
Chattanooga	$31,000	1,220
Kingsport	$27,000	570
Clarksville	$30,000	520
Johnson City	$32,000	390
Jackson	$36,000	300
Morristown	$32,000	230
Cleveland	$29,000	170

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$40,000	10,310
Dallas	$39,000	7,860
Fort Worth	$36,000	4,560
San Antonio	$37,000	3,810
Austin	$39,000	3,410
El Paso	$31,000	1,270
Killeen	$36,000	1,000
Mcallen	$27,000	950
Corpus Christi	$31,000	930
Beaumont	$37,000	880
Lubbock	$34,000	710
Amarillo	$32,000	580
Brownsville	$31,000	490
Tyler	$36,000	480
Laredo	$28,000	420
Longview	$33,000	390
Abilene	$30,000	390
College Station	$38,000	370
Waco	$33,000	360
Odessa	$41,000	340
Midland	$38,000	340
Wichita Falls	$34,000	330
Sherman	$35,000	260
San Angelo	$35,000	240
Victoria	$36,000	220

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$38,000	2,780
Provo	$37,000	980
Ogden	$38,000	950
Logan	$34,000	300
St George	$38,000	290

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$38,000	700

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$39,000	4,010
Richmond	$40,000	3,340
Roanoke	$34,000	840
Lynchburg	$36,000	510
Charlottesville	$38,000	480
Blacksburg	$30,000	400
Winchester	$32,000	350
Harrisonburg	$31,000	280
Danville	$28,000	220

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$44,000	5,040
Tacoma	$42,000	1,270
Spokane	$38,000	970
Bremerton	$44,000	500
Kennewick	$36,000	470
Yakima	$36,000	400
Bellingham	$39,000	330
Mount Vernon	$42,000	320
Olympia	$46,000	270
Longview	$38,000	200
Wenatchee	$36,000	160

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$29,000	650
Huntington	$27,000	580
Parkersburg	$26,000	420
Wheeling	$28,000	290
Weirton	$27,000	270
Morgantown	$28,000	220

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$39,000	3,610
Madison	$40,000	1,120
Green Bay	$36,000	660
Janesville	$49,000	640
Appleton	$34,000	610
Wausau	$35,000	390
Oshkosh	$32,000	390
Racine	$35,000	370
La Crosse	$36,000	330
Eau Claire	$32,000	310
Sheboygan	$32,000	240
Fond	$36,000	220

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Casper	$33,000	300
Cheyenne	$29,000	250

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