DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, recreational sporting equipment, and related equipment.

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
Minnesota	750	143	$19.92/hr	$0.88/hr	$13.05/hr	$15.71/hr	$18.46/hr	$24.12/hr	$29.43/hr
U S	32,160	900	$18.38/hr	$0.13/hr	$11.30/hr	$13.99/hr	$17.62/hr	$22.21/hr	$27.26/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Trade, Transportation and Utilities 370 $19.49/hr Professional and Business Services 170 $17.95/hr Leisure and Hospitality 20 $24.40/hr

Other Regional Data For Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change 2023 - 2025 Minnesota 750 $18.46/hr 0.7% Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 410 $20.11/hr N/A Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 340 $18.80/hr N/A Central Minnesota 140 $18.07/hr N/A Northwest Minnesota 60 $18.95/hr N/A Southwest Minnesota 60 $19.22/hr N/A Southwest Balance of State 50 $19.76/hr N/A Fargo ND-MN MSA 30 $21.69/hr N/A Rochester MN MSA 30 $18.66/hr N/A Northeast Minnesota 30 $19.10/hr N/A Duluth MN-WI MSA 20 $18.98/hr N/A Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Northwest Balance of State N/A $19.62/hr N/A Southeast Minnesota N/A $16.54/hr N/A Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A $18.93/hr N/A St Cloud MN MSA N/A $15.70/hr N/A Southeast Balance of State N/A $16.66/hr N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A $14.65/hr N/A Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A

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	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2023 - 2025
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	7,100	$25.36/hr	2.0%
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• Repairs or replaces defective parts, such as water pump, carburetor, thermostat, gears, solenoid, pistons, valves, and crankshaft, using hand tools.
• Records repairs made, time spent, and parts used.
• Positions and bolts engine to engine stand.
• Grinds, reams, rebores, and retaps parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometer.
• Tests and inspects engine to determine malfunctions and locate missing and broken parts, using diagnostic instruments.
• Repairs and maintains gas internal-combustion engines that power electric generators, compressor, and similar equipment.
• Tests and repairs magnetos used in gasoline and diesel engines, using meters, gauges, and hand tools.
• Repairs and maintains portable saws powered by internal combustion engines, following manufacturer's repair manuals and using hand tools.
• Dismantles engines, using hand tools, examines parts for defects, and cleans parts.
• Reassembles engines and listens to engines in action to detect operational difficulties.
• Tests and repairs turbo or superchargers.
• Repairs fractional-horsepower gasoline engines used to power lawn mowers, garden tractors, and similar machines.
• Adjusts points, valves, carburetor, distributor and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges.