Salaries / Automotive Service Technician
Skilled Trades · SOC 49-3023
Automotive Service Technician salary
Automotive service technicians and mechanics inspect, maintain, and repair cars and light trucks.
Median annual
$47,000
Median hourly
$22.60
Typical range
$30,000 to $79,000
Source: National estimate (to be replaced by live BLS data). Figures are gross pay and vary by location, employer, and experience.
The pay range, visually.
Low end (about the 10th percentile), median, and high end (about the 90th percentile).
By state
State figures are estimates derived from the national median and a state wage index, shown to give a rough sense of local differences.
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Ideas we have for people in skilled trades.
The same experience that earns a paycheck as a automotive service technician can start a business. Here are real ideas from our marketplace that fit this field.
Start a Mobile Car Detailing Business
Bring the car wash to driveways and office parking lots. Subscriptions for busy professionals turn one-time jobs into routes.
Start a Fleet and Commercial Car Detailing Business
Detail cars by the fleet for dealerships, rental agencies, rideshare and delivery drivers, and company vehicles, winning recurring contracts instead of chasing one driveway at a time.
Start a Car Rental Fleet Business
Buy or finance a small fleet of vehicles and rent them through Turo or directly to local customers, earning per rental day after loan and maintenance costs.
Start a Luxury Mobile Car Detailing Business
Bring premium, appointment-only detailing to exotic and executive vehicles at the client's home, office, or dealership, the high-end version of a service most people do fast and cheap.
You could hire automotive service technicians, not just be one.
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