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Auto repair shop · 14 min

Paying your technicians

A good technician can finish a job faster than the book says. Pay by the hour or by the job, and you decide who keeps that time, and who pays for the slow weeks.

SERVICE
Ticket 01 · The guess

How many technicians does the US need a year?

Each year, about how many openings for auto service technicians and mechanics does the Bureau of Labor Statistics expect, on average, over the next ten years?

10,000 openings a year
0200,000
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  • Occupational Outlook Handbook: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (pay May 2025, jobs 2025, outlook 2025 to 2035) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025

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  • 66,200 openings a yearbls.gov ·2025 · Openings for automotive service technicians and mechanics projected each year, on average, from 2025 to 2035.
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Auto repair shop · 14 min

Paying your technicians

A good technician can finish a job faster than the book says. Pay by the hour or by the job, and you decide who keeps that time, and who pays for the slow weeks.

SERVICE
Ticket 01 · The guess

How many technicians does the US need a year?

Each year, about how many openings for auto service technicians and mechanics does the Bureau of Labor Statistics expect, on average, over the next ten years?

10,000 openings a year
0200,000
Words to know

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

What kind of problem?

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  • Occupational Outlook Handbook: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (pay May 2025, jobs 2025, outlook 2025 to 2035) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025

Every number

  • 66,200 openings a yearbls.gov ·2025 · Openings for automotive service technicians and mechanics projected each year, on average, from 2025 to 2035.
  1. Lessons›
  2. Industries›
  3. Auto repair shop
  • ·Before this: How a repair shop makes money
  • ·Next: Parts and redo jobs
  • ·Free guide: How auto repair shops make money