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Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants · SOC 53-6031

Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$35,690
Median hourly wage$17.16

Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $35,690 per year ($17.16 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $30,090 at the 10th percentile to $48,150 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,660 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants in the Washington metro area earn more than $35,690 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $33,850 and $40,240.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$30,090$33,850$35,690$40,240$48,150
Hourly$14.47$16.27$17.16$19.35$23.15

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $35,690
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $41,750
  • United Statesnational
    $35,670

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −15% vs District of Columbia overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$22,400$31,720$41,040$50,360San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,400McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $27,350Dothan, AL — $27,380Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $27,390Charleston, WV — $27,440Laredo, TX — $27,500Hammond, LA — $27,560Lafayette, LA — $27,620Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $27,770Valdosta, GA — $28,280Grand Forks, ND-MN — $28,290Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,390Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,450Tuscaloosa, AL — $28,470Harrisonburg, VA — $28,490Lake Charles, LA — $28,550Auburn-Opelika, AL — $28,580Lynchburg, VA — $28,650Cleveland, TN — $28,690El Paso, TX — $28,700Anniston-Oxford, AL — $28,760Decatur, AL — $28,880Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $28,890Mobile, AL — $29,000Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $29,080Roanoke, VA — $29,080Columbus, GA-AL — $29,170Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $29,190Sherman-Denison, TX — $29,220Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $29,260Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $29,280Birmingham, AL — $29,320Saginaw, MI — $29,390Lubbock, TX — $29,400Montgomery, AL — $29,410Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $29,520Albany, GA — $29,590Columbia, SC — $29,640Richmond, VA — $29,720Winchester, VA-WV — $29,740Monroe, LA — $29,800Warner Robins, GA — $29,940Texarkana, TX-AR — $30,020State College, PA — $30,080Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $30,090Chattanooga, TN-GA — $30,120Flint, MI — $30,160Jacksonville, NC — $30,240Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $30,240Huntsville, AL — $30,250Midland, TX — $30,260Waco, TX — $30,290Rocky Mount, NC — $30,320Greenville, NC — $30,380Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $30,410Goldsboro, NC — $30,490Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $30,490Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $30,570Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $30,640Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $30,640Hot Springs, AR — $30,650Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $30,680Dalton, GA — $30,710Johnson City, TN — $30,710Knoxville, TN — $30,720Farmington, NM — $30,880Abilene, TX — $30,980Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $31,040Jackson, TN — $31,140Bloomington, IL — $31,200Champaign-Urbana, IL — $31,200Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200Gainesville, GA — $31,200Savannah, GA — $31,200Tulsa, OK — $31,210Baton Rouge, LA — $31,270Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $31,270Odessa, TX — $31,270Winston-Salem, NC — $31,310York-Hanover, PA — $31,420Clarksville, TN-KY — $31,570Monroe, MI — $31,670Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $31,710Jackson, MS — $31,710Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $31,740Eugene-Springfield, OR — $31,740New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $31,830Burlington, NC — $31,870Grants Pass, OR — $31,900Asheville, NC — $32,090Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $32,220Wichita, KS — $32,230San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $32,290Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $32,300Youngstown-Warren, OH — $32,440Springfield, MA — $32,620Tyler, TX — $32,650Greensboro-High Point, NC — $32,700Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $32,710Corpus Christi, TX — $32,890Tallahassee, FL — $32,930Elizabethtown, KY — $32,960Medford, OR — $32,970College Station-Bryan, TX — $33,080Bend, OR — $33,090Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $33,090Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $33,090Paducah, KY-IL — $33,190Dover, DE — $33,280Twin Falls, ID — $33,280Jackson, MI — $33,310Albany, OR — $33,340Ocala, FL — $33,340Oklahoma City, OK — $33,360Homosassa Springs, FL — $33,590Longview, TX — $33,660Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $33,680Lexington-Fayette, KY — $33,700Springfield, IL — $33,750Canton-Massillon, OH — $33,800Sandusky, OH — $33,870Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $33,890Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $33,950Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $33,960Salem, OR — $34,100Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $34,140Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $34,220Terre Haute, IN — $34,230Topeka, KS — $34,230Punta Gorda, FL — $34,260Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $34,270Vineland, NJ — $34,280Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $34,300Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $34,300Lancaster, PA — $34,310South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $34,420Port St. Lucie, FL — $34,460Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $34,480Reading, PA — $34,530Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $34,570Akron, OH — $34,580Grand Junction, CO — $34,580Rome, GA — $34,650Columbus, IN — $34,660Toledo, OH — $34,670Idaho Falls, ID — $34,720Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $34,730Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $34,740Raleigh-Cary, NC — $34,750Lincoln, NE — $34,770Wausau, WI — $34,790Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,800Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $34,820Jacksonville, FL — $34,880Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $34,880Wilmington, NC — $34,930Corvallis, OR — $34,940Fond du Lac, WI — $35,020Muncie, IN — $35,020Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $35,050Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $35,080Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $35,160Jonesboro, AR — $35,170Gainesville, FL — $35,180Tucson, AZ — $35,180Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $35,210Cleveland, OH — $35,230Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $35,240Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $35,250Manhattan, KS — $35,260St. George, UT — $35,300Ann Arbor, MI — $35,320Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,320Peoria, IL — $35,340Yuma, AZ — $35,380Evansville, IN — $35,400Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $35,430Fort Smith, AR-OK — $35,440Omaha, NE-IA — $35,440Great Falls, MT — $35,450Columbus, OH — $35,490Pueblo, CO — $35,490Pittsburgh, PA — $35,550Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $35,560Bangor, ME — $35,600Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $35,690North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,720Barnstable Town, MA — $35,790Boise City, ID — $35,790Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $35,840Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $35,950Rapid City, SD — $35,960Yakima, WA — $35,960Lawrence, KS — $36,010Grand Island, NE — $36,020Kokomo, IN — $36,050Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,160Fort Wayne, IN — $36,200Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $36,240Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,330Ogden, UT — $36,340Bloomington, IN — $36,380Eau Claire, WI — $36,410Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $36,420New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $36,440Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $36,480Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,510Naples-Marco Island, FL — $36,510Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $36,530Lexington Park, MD — $36,560Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $36,570Ithaca, NY — $36,590Green Bay, WI — $36,630Utica-Rome, NY — $36,630Coeur d'Alene, ID — $36,660Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $36,700Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,720Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $36,740Greeley, CO — $36,750Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $36,790Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,790Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $36,850St. Cloud, MN — $36,870Syracuse, NY — $36,890Springfield, MO — $36,920Merced, CA — $36,940Albuquerque, NM — $36,950Sheboygan, WI — $36,960Logan, UT-ID — $37,000Appleton, WI — $37,060Colorado Springs, CO — $37,110Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,110Rochester, MN — $37,120Helena, MT — $37,210Portland-South Portland, ME — $37,210Chico, CA — $37,230Kenosha, WI — $37,260Killeen-Temple, TX — $37,300Bismarck, ND — $37,340Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,360Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $37,380Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $37,430Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $37,430Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $37,440La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $37,440Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $37,470Cheyenne, WY — $37,470Binghamton, NY — $37,530Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,530Manchester-Nashua, NH — $37,560Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $37,650Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $37,670Rochester, NY — $37,680Fargo, ND-MN — $37,720Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $37,730Billings, MT — $37,750Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $37,880St. Louis, MO-IL — $37,880Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $37,920Casper, WY — $37,930Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,950Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,980Madison, WI — $38,020Redding, CA — $38,040Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $38,090Yuba City, CA — $38,170Visalia, CA — $38,180Glens Falls, NY — $38,200Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $38,400Fresno, CA — $38,480Vallejo, CA — $38,500Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,520Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $38,540Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,600Duluth, MN-WI — $38,600Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $39,030Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $39,070Reno, NV — $39,180Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $39,250Kennewick-Richland, WA — $39,260Boulder, CO — $39,370San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $39,540Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $39,610Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,670Lawton, OK — $39,710Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $40,210Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $40,240Modesto, CA — $40,260Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $40,410Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $40,510San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $40,510Bozeman, MT — $41,300Anchorage, AK — $41,590Missoula, MT — $41,600Fairbanks-College, AK — $41,830Salinas, CA — $42,090Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $42,800Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $43,300New Haven, CT — $43,330Bellingham, WA — $43,430Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $44,120Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $44,140San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $45,020San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $45,760Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,360

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 120th-highest published median for this occupation among the 305 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Stockers and Order Fillers$37,870Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$42,590Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$59,820Light Truck Drivers$46,360Driver/Sales Workers$38,790Bus Drivers, School$57,610

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.