Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics · SOC 49-3023

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Automotive Service Technicians

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for automotive service technicians and mechanics. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 392 metro areas

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$77,840	3,040	2.7
2	Napa, CA	$76,450	160	2.1
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$76,030	7,270	3.1
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$75,080	1,000	4.9
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$72,020	4,870	4.5
6	Vallejo, CA	$69,710	760	5.2
7	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$65,160	1,450	4.5
8	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$64,320	4,910	3.2
9	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$64,210	7,680	4.5
10	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$64,090	170	3.5
11	Boulder, CO	$63,950	670	3.5
12	Chico, CA	$63,070	320	4.1
13	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$63,060	9,360	3.5
14	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$62,840	1,310	4.5
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$62,820	22,330	3.6
16	Modesto, CA	$62,770	1,030	5.3
17	Salinas, CA	$62,770	620	3.3
18	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$62,530	3,170	3.9
19	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$62,450	1,250	3.7
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$62,440	1,460	3.6
21	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$61,960	6,340	3.9
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$61,860	12,030	3.8
23	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$61,620	520	4.3
24	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$61,610	790	4.7
25	Richmond, VA	$61,510	2,930	4.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.