Auto Repair Salaries
BLS OEWS May 2025 · national and state pay for technicians, body and glass crews, parts counters and shop leaders
BLS publishes wages by occupation, not job title, so every figure on these pages names the BLS occupation behind it.
Automotive technicians, auto body technicians, auto glass technicians, tire technicians and parts counter staff each have a BLS occupation of their own.
Their pages show the full percentile table, pay by employer industry and pay in every state BLS publishes.
Shop foremen are counted in first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers and repairers, which covers every repair trade, and car detailers in cleaners of vehicles and equipment, which includes car wash attendants.
Those pages show the broader group's figures, labelled.
Auto painters, lube technicians and collision estimators have no BLS occupation.
Their pages show the closest available one as a labelled benchmark, without a percentile table.
The auto painter figure is a stand-in: coating, painting and spraying machine operators, mostly factory work.
BLS has no occupation for service advisors, service managers, body shop managers or lot porters, and shop owners earn profit rather than a wage, so this site shows no BLS benchmark for them.
Every figure is payroll pay from the BLS wage survey.
Shop owners, the self-employed and technicians paid as 1099 contractors are not in it, and no page here quotes union scale, flat-rate or commission pay plans, tool costs or a single employer's pay.
Salary by state
Automotive Technician salary by state: median $50,620 for automotive service technicians and mechanics, pay in 51 of the 50 states + DC (BLS occupation: SOC 49-3023 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics) →Auto Body Technician salary by state: median $54,890 for automotive body and related repairers, pay in 51 of the 50 states + DC (BLS occupation: SOC 49-3021 Automotive Body and Related Repairers) →Auto Glass Technician salary by state: median $47,630 for automotive glass installers and repairers, pay in 45 of the 50 states + DC (BLS occupation: SOC 49-3022 Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers) →Tire Technician salary by state: median $37,710 for tire repairers and changers, pay in 50 of the 50 states + DC (BLS occupation: SOC 49-3093 Tire Repairers and Changers) →Parts Counter Person salary by state: median $38,630 for parts salespersons, pay in 50 of the 50 states + DC (BLS occupation: SOC 41-2022 Parts Salespersons) →Auto repair salaries by role
| Role | Median shown | What the number is |
|---|---|---|
| Automotive Technician | $50,620 | BLS occupation (SOC 49-3023) |
| Auto Body Technician | $54,890 | BLS occupation (SOC 49-3021) |
| Lube Technician | $35,670 | Closest available occupation (SOC 53-6031) |
| Tire Technician | $37,710 | BLS occupation (SOC 49-3093) |
| Auto Glass Technician | $47,630 | BLS occupation (SOC 49-3022) |
| Car Detailer | $35,830 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 53-7061) |
| Auto Painter | $48,250 | Closest available occupation, a stand-in (SOC 51-9124) |
| Collision Estimator | $78,240 | Closest available occupation (SOC 13-1032) |
| Shop Foreman | $79,860 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 49-1011) |
| Parts Counter Person | $38,630 | BLS occupation (SOC 41-2022) |
Medians are annual, BLS OEWS May 2025, for wage-and-salary workers only (no self-employed, overtime or most bonuses), across all industries. The last column says whether a median is the title's own BLS occupation, a broader group or the closest available one.