Pay distribution $47,090 10th $55,550 25th $91,630 75th $101,760 90th
Half of Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics in the San Jose metro area earn more than $77,840 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $55,550 and $91,630.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $47,090 $55,550 $77,840 $91,630 $101,760 Hourly $22.64 $26.71 $37.42 $44.05 $48.92
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.
How this area compares San Jose metro areathis metro area
$77,840 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $55,550 to $91,630
$64,980 median for California; middle half earns $46,580 to $77,060
$50,620 median for United States; middle half earns $38,900 to $70,430
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +20% vs California overall and +54% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,920 $40,560 $59,200 $77,840 Ponce, PR — $21,920 Aguadilla, PR — $22,030 Arecibo, PR — $22,340 Mayaguez, PR — $22,400 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,760 Morgantown, WV — $37,060 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $37,240 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $37,250 Beckley, WV — $37,340 Hattiesburg, MS — $37,700 Jackson, MS — $38,040 Rocky Mount, NC — $38,880 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $39,120 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $39,160 Laredo, TX — $39,450 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $39,800 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,920 Hot Springs, AR — $40,430 Enid, OK — $40,670 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $40,670 Charleston, WV — $41,390 Elizabethtown, KY — $41,630 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $42,030 Wheeling, WV-OH — $42,030 Gadsden, AL — $42,200 Bowling Green, KY — $42,860 Paducah, KY-IL — $43,260 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $43,730 Monroe, LA — $43,760 Owensboro, KY — $43,900 Goldsboro, NC — $43,970 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $43,980 Dothan, AL — $44,170 El Paso, TX — $44,250 Eagle Pass, TX — $44,360 Manhattan, KS — $44,410 Yuma, AZ — $44,510 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $44,540 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $44,590 Tyler, TX — $44,590 Sebring, FL — $44,650 Corpus Christi, TX — $44,710 Wichita Falls, TX — $44,780 Jonesboro, AR — $44,830 Alexandria, LA — $44,900 Texarkana, TX-AR — $44,940 Lubbock, TX — $44,950 Lawton, OK — $45,010 Victoria, TX — $45,060 Tuscaloosa, AL — $45,070 Kankakee, IL — $45,190 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $45,360 Hammond, LA — $45,450 Lake Charles, LA — $45,540 Tallahassee, FL — $45,640 Las Cruces, NM — $45,690 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $45,720 Decatur, AL — $45,740 Lima, OH — $45,740 Burlington, NC — $45,750 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $45,840 Amarillo, TX — $45,860 Killeen-Temple, TX — $45,870 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $45,900 Ocala, FL — $45,900 Lafayette, LA — $45,920 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $45,990 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $46,080 Winston-Salem, NC — $46,080 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $46,090 Florence, SC — $46,130 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,130 San Angelo, TX — $46,130 Homosassa Springs, FL — $46,150 Altoona, PA — $46,160 Jacksonville, NC — $46,180 Abilene, TX — $46,190 Punta Gorda, FL — $46,190 Bloomington, IL — $46,260 Visalia, CA — $46,280 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $46,290 Springfield, OH — $46,300 Joplin, MO-KS — $46,320 Johnstown, PA — $46,350 Longview, TX — $46,400 Pocatello, ID — $46,450 Logan, UT-ID — $46,490 Sumter, SC — $46,500 Ogden, UT — $46,650 Farmington, NM — $46,660 Sandusky, OH — $46,660 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $46,670 Elmira, NY — $46,720 Valdosta, GA — $46,730 Waco, TX — $46,790 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $46,810 Hinesville, GA — $46,810 Oklahoma City, OK — $46,820 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $46,840 Erie, PA — $46,840 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,840 Huntsville, AL — $46,840 Terre Haute, IN — $46,840 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,860 Fayetteville, NC — $46,870 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,880 Lynchburg, VA — $46,970 Canton-Massillon, OH — $46,990 Twin Falls, ID — $46,990 Jefferson City, MO — $47,010 Montgomery, AL — $47,030 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $47,050 Toledo, OH — $47,090 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $47,100 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $47,180 Greenville, NC — $47,220 State College, PA — $47,240 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $47,250 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $47,280 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $47,280 Saginaw, MI — $47,320 Mobile, AL — $47,330 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $47,350 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $47,350 Muncie, IN — $47,360 Tulsa, OK — $47,410 St. George, UT — $47,430 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $47,440 Gainesville, FL — $47,460 Rome, GA — $47,460 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $47,480 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $47,480 Odessa, TX — $47,510 Morristown, TN — $47,600 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $47,600 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,650 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $47,670 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $47,700 Battle Creek, MI — $47,720 Peoria, IL — $47,750 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $47,760 Dalton, GA — $47,770 Utica-Rome, NY — $47,770 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $47,800 Wichita, KS — $47,800 Bay City, MI — $47,830 Birmingham, AL — $47,830 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,850 Binghamton, NY — $47,870 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $47,880 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $47,880 Decatur, IL — $47,880 Lawrence, KS — $47,880 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,880 Asheville, NC — $47,900 Evansville, IN — $47,920 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $47,950 Columbia, SC — $48,080 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $48,090 Wilmington, NC — $48,100 Rockford, IL — $48,110 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,120 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $48,210 Chambersburg, PA — $48,270 Idaho Falls, ID — $48,320 Topeka, KS — $48,320 Mansfield, OH — $48,350 Columbia, MO — $48,370 Mankato, MN — $48,450 Williamsport, PA — $48,450 Baton Rouge, LA — $48,480 Bloomington, IN — $48,480 Midland, MI — $48,490 St. Cloud, MN — $48,490 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $48,500 Knoxville, TN — $48,540 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $48,550 Kokomo, IN — $48,580 Tucson, AZ — $48,600 Spartanburg, SC — $48,610 Boise City, ID — $48,630 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $48,640 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $48,670 Vineland, NJ — $48,670 Flint, MI — $48,680 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $48,690 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $48,720 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $48,730 Gettysburg, PA — $48,770 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $48,770 Dover, DE — $48,800 Springfield, IL — $48,810 Albuquerque, NM — $48,820 Ithaca, NY — $48,820 Columbus, GA-AL — $48,830 Lewiston, ID-WA — $48,870 Cleveland, TN — $48,900 Pittsburgh, PA — $48,900 Harrisonburg, VA — $48,930 Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,020 Flagstaff, AZ — $49,030 Sherman-Denison, TX — $49,030 College Station-Bryan, TX — $49,080 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $49,080 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,090 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $49,120 Warner Robins, GA — $49,120 Columbus, IN — $49,180 Lebanon, PA — $49,180 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $49,190 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,290 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,310 Port St. Lucie, FL — $49,380 Syracuse, NY — $49,410 Niles, MI — $49,450 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $49,470 Lincoln, NE — $49,500 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,540 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,550 Clarksville, TN-KY — $49,570 Springfield, MO — $49,570 Albany, GA — $49,710 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $49,720 Fort Wayne, IN — $49,810 Johnson City, TN — $49,830 Cedar Rapids, IA — $49,890 Jackson, TN — $49,910 Rochester, MN — $49,920 Iowa City, IA — $49,960 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,990 Midland, TX — $49,990 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,090 Walla Walla, WA — $50,090 Yakima, WA — $50,150 Bangor, ME — $50,170 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $50,180 Reno, NV — $50,190 Cleveland, OH — $50,260 Redding, CA — $50,260 Eau Claire, WI — $50,280 Glens Falls, NY — $50,300 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $50,320 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $50,400 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $50,490 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $50,530 Lancaster, PA — $50,530 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $50,600 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $50,610 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $50,910 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $50,920 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,940 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $50,940 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $51,020 Sheboygan, WI — $51,080 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $51,170 Roanoke, VA — $51,230 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,260 Reading, PA — $51,310 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $51,320 Pittsfield, MA — $51,400 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $51,450 Jacksonville, FL — $51,530 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $51,580 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $51,770 Jackson, MI — $51,870 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $51,970 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $51,970 Fresno, CA — $52,000 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $52,040 Traverse City, MI — $52,220 Savannah, GA — $52,230 Duluth, MN-WI — $52,640 Akron, OH — $52,900 Wausau, WI — $53,100 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $53,240 Grand Island, NE — $53,250 Albany, OR — $53,290 Kingston, NY — $53,290 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $53,450 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $53,660 Cheyenne, WY — $53,750 Kansas City, MO-KS — $53,790 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $53,820 Longview-Kelso, WA — $54,080 Omaha, NE-IA — $54,230 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $54,230 Carson City, NV — $54,270 Fond du Lac, WI — $54,300 Corvallis, OR — $54,330 El Centro, CA — $54,330 Grants Pass, OR — $54,330 Worcester, MA — $54,330 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $54,840 Salisbury, MD — $54,840 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $54,840 York-Hanover, PA — $55,110 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $55,270 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $55,320 Gainesville, GA — $55,330 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $55,500 Santa Fe, NM — $55,640 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $56,000 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $56,130 Columbus, OH — $56,150 Green Bay, WI — $56,180 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $56,260 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $56,370 Springfield, MA — $56,440 Bellingham, WA — $56,550 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $56,550 Lexington Park, MD — $56,560 Bismarck, ND — $56,960 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $57,180 Bend, OR — $57,300 Medford, OR — $57,390 Monroe, MI — $57,400 Kenosha, WI — $57,540 Winchester, VA-WV — $57,570 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $57,580 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $57,630 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $57,760 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $57,810 Helena, MT — $57,820 Salem, OR — $57,960 Appleton, WI — $58,060 St. Louis, MO-IL — $58,190 Grand Junction, CO — $58,200 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $58,290 Ann Arbor, MI — $58,420 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $58,460 Pueblo, CO — $58,480 Rochester, NY — $58,530 Yuba City, CA — $58,580 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $58,680 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $58,700 Ames, IA — $58,820 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $58,860 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $58,910 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $58,950 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $58,980 Rapid City, SD — $58,980 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $59,040 Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,090 Great Falls, MT — $59,110 Charlottesville, VA — $59,130 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $59,190 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $59,290 Merced, CA — $59,390 Fargo, ND-MN — $59,510 Casper, WY — $59,530 Missoula, MT — $59,650 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $59,720 New Haven, CT — $59,760 Anchorage, AK — $59,880 Minot, ND — $60,020 Billings, MT — $60,150 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $60,450 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $60,470 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $60,490 Barnstable Town, MA — $60,650 Madison, WI — $60,650 Colorado Springs, CO — $60,710 Greeley, CO — $60,920 Dubuque, IA — $61,030 Fairbanks-College, AK — $61,060 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $61,110 Bozeman, MT — $61,320 Richmond, VA — $61,510 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,610 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $61,620 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,860 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $61,960 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $62,440 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $62,450 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $62,530 Modesto, CA — $62,770 Salinas, CA — $62,770 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $62,820 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $62,840 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $63,060 Chico, CA — $63,070 Boulder, CO — $63,950 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $64,090 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $64,210 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $64,320 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $65,160 Vallejo, CA — $69,710 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $72,020 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $75,080 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $76,030 Napa, CA — $76,450 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $77,840 San Jose metro area 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 San Jose metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 392 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”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for automotive service technicians and mechanics, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$77,840 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $55,550 to $91,630
$76,450 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $55,900 to $82,230
$76,030 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $54,950 to $91,340
$75,080 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $52,670 to $78,740
$72,020 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $49,330 to $77,060
$69,710 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $48,470 to $77,580
$65,160 median for Oxnard metro area; middle half earns $43,680 to $75,000
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General $63,220 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $104,070 Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers $82,050 Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers $87,950 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other $58,200 Industrial Machinery Mechanics $84,620 Highest-paying metro areas for automotive service technicians · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro
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 .