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Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.
What an automotive service technicians and mechanic does
Become an automotive service technicians and mechanic
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good automotive service technicians and mechanic
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $32 per hour with a typical salary of $65,200 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $22 and $39 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $16,500 and $70,400 per year.
- 54% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $30 per hour with a typical salary of $35,000 per year.
- 28% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Automotive Service Technicians And Mechanic job outlook
- There are 11,744 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 2,262 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 6% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 17% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.