DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles. Excludes ?Automotive Body and Related Repairers? (49-3021), ?Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists? (49-3031), and ?Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles? (49-2096).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 8 - Southwest	N/A	311	$16.31/hr	$3.00/hr	$10.32/hr	$11.09/hr	$12.58/hr	$19.55/hr	$27.80/hr
Minnesota	11,830	722	$22.36/hr	$0.58/hr	$13.31/hr	$16.62/hr	$21.18/hr	$26.98/hr	$32.28/hr
U S	655,330	4,587	$21.90/hr	$0.07/hr	$11.90/hr	$15.25/hr	$20.54/hr	$27.39/hr	$33.60/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 5,530 $22.49/hr N/A EDR 10 - Southeast 1,350 $20.43/hr N/A EDR 7W- Central 1,250 $20.92/hr N/A EDR 3 - Arrowhead 760 $22.08/hr N/A EDR 4 - West Central 360 $20.84/hr N/A EDR 9 - South Central 330 $18.88/hr N/A EDR 7E- East Central 270 $16.57/hr N/A EDR 5 - North Central 260 $18.87/hr N/A EDR 6E- Southwest Central 210 $23.13/hr N/A EDR 2 - Headwaters 120 $24.11/hr N/A EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A $19.13/hr N/A EDR 8 - Southwest N/A $12.58/hr N/A EDR 1 - Northwest N/A $21.93/hr N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change  -
Farm Equipment Mechanics	260	$25.44/hr	N/A
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	240	$18.03/hr	N/A
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	210	$22.10/hr	N/A
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	N/A	$13.23/hr	N/A

• Repairs and overhauls defective automotive units, such as engines, transmissions, or differentials.
• Repairs or replaces parts, such as pistons, rods, gears, valves, and bearings.
• Overhauls or replaces carburetors, blowers, generators, distributors, starts, and pumps.
• Repairs manual and automatic transmissions.
• Installs and repairs accessories, such as radios, heaters, mirrors, and windshield wipers.
• Replaces and adjusts headlights.
• Aligns front end.
• Repairs damaged automobile bodies.
• Rebuilds parts, such as crankshafts and cylinder blocks.
• Examines vehicles and discusses extent of damage or malfunction with customer.
• Repairs radiator leaks.
• Repairs or replaces shock absorbers.
• Rewires ignition system, lights, and instrument panel.
• Repairs, relines, replaces, and adjusts brakes.
• Repairs, installs, and adjusts hydraulic and electromagnetic automatic lift mechanisms used to raise and lower automobile windows, seats, and tops.
• Rebuilds, repairs, and tests automotive injection units.
• Aligns and repairs wheels, axles, frames, torsion bars, and steering mechanisms of automobiles.
• Converts vehicle fuel systems from gasoline to butane gas operations and repairs and services operating butane fuel units.
• Examines vehicle, compiles estimate of repair costs, and secures customer approval to perform repairs.
• Tunes automobile engines and tests electronic computer components.
• Inspects, tests, repairs, and replaces automotive cooling systems and fuel tanks.
• Inspects and tests new vehicles for damage, records findings, and makes repairs.
• Repairs and replaces defective balljoint suspension, brakeshoes, and wheelbearings.
• Repairs, replaces, and adjusts defective carburetor parts and gasoline filters.
• Installs and repairs automotive air-conditioning units.
• Removes and replaces defective mufflers and tailpipes from automobiles.
• Repairs and aligns defective wheels of automobiles.
• Repairs, overhauls, and adjusts automobile brake systems.
• Repairs and rebuilds clutch systems.
• Repairs and replaces automobile leaf springs.