Automotive repair & maintenance

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.13M

2024

Average Employee Age

2024

Estimated Job Growth

1.54%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$53,416

2024

Average Male Salary

$54,759

2024

Average Female Salary

$42,179

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group are automotive service technicians & mechanics, automotive body & related repairers, and firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers. On average, full-time employees in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group work 44 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $57,314. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $23,375.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group are Harris County (Southeast)--Pasadena City (North & Central)-Inside Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX, Houston City (West)--Westpark Tollway, Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX, and Tipton & Fayette Counties PUMA, TN.

The workforce of Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group in 2024 was 1,134,629 people, with 10.7% woman, and 89.3% men.

In 2024, 65.4% of the workforce in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group was White (742,033 people), of which 11.8% were women and 88.2% men.

Other Services, Except Public Administration

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group.

The workforce in Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group was 1,134,629 people and is concentrated in California (126,057 workers). The average annual salary was $53,416, being $16,461 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Other Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.81%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 5.79M people employed in the Other Services industry. This represents a 3.81% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Other Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (126k), Texas (118k), and Florida (73.5k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group had an average annual wage of $53,416, $16,461 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.365

WAGE GINI

Automotive repair & maintenance has a wage GINI of 0.365, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Automotive repair & maintenance (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group.

Automotive service technicians & mechanics are the most common position with 451,093 workers, but the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Automotive body & related repairers and Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers.

The highest average salary in Automotive repair & maintenance goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were automotive service technicians & mechanics (451,093 people), automotive body & related repairers (99,949 people), and firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (85,456 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$54,759

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,118

$42,179

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,626

On average, Male workers in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group make 1.3 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group.

The Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Automotive repair & maintenance is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Automotive repair & maintenance is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Automotive repair & maintenance is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
19,646
Texas
13,517
Florida
10,982

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Automotive repair & maintenance industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Automotive repair & maintenance Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 10.7% corresponds to women and 89.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $54,759 and $42,179.

78.3% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

121,123

Women

10.7%

1,013,506

Men

89.3%

The workforce of Automotive repair & maintenance industry in 2024 was 1,134,629 people, with 10.7% woman, and 89.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Automotive repair & maintenance industry.

Races

In 2024, 65.4% of the workforce in the Automotive repair & maintenance industry was White (742,033 people), of which 11.8% were women and 88.2% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Automotive repair & maintenance workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (505,431 people), some college (256,042 people), and secondary education (127,421 people).

The chart shows the Automotive repair & maintenance workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Automotive Repair and Maintenance industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 1.54% in the next ten years. The Automotive Repair and Maintenance industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 1.54%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (19.7%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (19.7%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Automotive Repair and Maintenance.

1.54%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

1.54%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Automotive Repair and Maintenance. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 1.54%, the average rate of national job growth.