First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers salary
SOC 49-1011 · BLS OEWS May 2025
What the range looks like
A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.
- 10th
- $49,600
- 25th
- $62,690
- Median
- $79,860
- 75th
- $101,360
- 90th
- $126,790
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Related work experience
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- None
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers earn the most
Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | State | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | $98,110 | 102.4 | 2,720 | 2.11× |
| 2 | Washington | $94,420 | 107.0 | 14,680 | 1.04× |
| 3 | Connecticut | $94,050 | 103.6 | 6,230 | 0.92× |
| 4 | California | $93,660 | 110.7 | 51,670 | 0.71× |
| 5 | New Jersey | $92,680 | 108.8 | 14,930 | 0.88× |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $92,250 | 105.8 | 12,140 | 0.84× |
| 7 | New York | $91,150 | 107.9 | 26,930 | 0.70× |
| 8 | North Dakota | $90,600 | 89.0 | 1,920 | 1.13× |
| 9 | New Hampshire | $87,560 | 104.2 | 3,360 | 1.24× |
| 10 | Hawaii | $87,550 | 110.0 | 3,380 | 1.36× |
| 11 | Wyoming | $87,460 | 92.7 | 2,030 | 1.82× |
| 12 | Minnesota | $87,160 | 98.6 | 9,110 | 0.78× |
| 13 | Oregon | $86,970 | 103.4 | 7,120 | 0.91× |
| 14 | District of Columbia | $83,460 | 109.9 | 1,260 | 0.45× |
| 15 | Colorado | $83,260 | 103.1 | 13,590 | 1.19× |
| 16 | Delaware | $83,250 | 99.8 | 1,890 | 0.98× |
| 17 | Illinois | $83,180 | 100.0 | 17,710 | 0.73× |
| 18 | Vermont | $83,050 | 98.0 | 630 | 0.52× |
| 19 | Wisconsin | $82,570 | 94.1 | 10,640 | 0.91× |
| 20 | Maryland | $82,330 | 105.0 | 10,120 | 0.92× |
| 21 | Montana | $81,440 | 94.6 | 2,690 | 1.32× |
| 22 | South Dakota | $80,810 | 88.6 | 1,750 | 0.96× |
| 23 | Virginia | $80,770 | 101.1 | 16,910 | 1.04× |
| 24 | Nevada | $79,860 | 100.0 | 5,450 | 0.88× |
| 25 | Indiana | $79,650 | 93.3 | 13,210 | 1.04× |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | $79,400 | 97.6 | 20,220 | 0.84× |
| 27 | Maine | $79,260 | 97.0 | 2,640 | 1.04× |
| 28 | Utah | $78,930 | 98.9 | 6,980 | 1.01× |
| 29 | Rhode Island | $78,840 | 102.3 | 1,460 | 0.73× |
| 30 | Ohio | $78,730 | 92.8 | 19,410 | 0.88× |
| 31 | Kansas | $78,390 | 90.1 | 6,780 | 1.19× |
| 32 | Iowa | $78,340 | 87.8 | 6,450 | 1.04× |
| 33 | Nebraska | $77,850 | 90.1 | 4,610 | 1.13× |
| 34 | Michigan | $77,810 | 96.2 | 15,740 | 0.90× |
| 35 | New Mexico | $77,550 | 92.2 | 3,780 | 1.09× |
| 36 | Missouri | $77,470 | 90.8 | 11,220 | 0.96× |
| 37 | Oklahoma | $77,040 | 87.8 | 10,260 | 1.51× |
| 38 | Georgia | $77,010 | 96.3 | 23,180 | 1.19× |
| 39 | North Carolina | $76,800 | 94.3 | 21,110 | 1.08× |
| 40 | Texas | $76,760 | 97.1 | 75,340 | 1.35× |
| 41 | Kentucky | $76,760 | 90.2 | 10,020 | 1.26× |
| 42 | Arizona | $76,240 | 100.7 | 13,490 | 1.05× |
| 43 | Florida | $75,900 | 103.4 | 41,250 | 1.05× |
| 44 | Tennessee | $75,830 | 91.9 | 15,070 | 1.16× |
| 45 | Louisiana | $75,550 | 88.2 | 10,490 | 1.37× |
| 46 | South Carolina | $75,120 | 93.7 | 10,140 | 1.11× |
| 47 | Idaho | $74,940 | 95.5 | 3,780 | 1.11× |
| 48 | Alabama | $74,830 | 88.8 | 13,390 | 1.60× |
| 49 | Arkansas | $71,460 | 86.9 | 7,590 | 1.47× |
| 50 | West Virginia | $71,360 | 89.5 | 4,070 | 1.46× |
| 51 | Mississippi | $70,900 | 87.0 | 6,930 | 1.50× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | Metro area | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $120,040 | 105.6 | 1,020 | 2.74× |
| 2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $104,070 | 110.4 | 2,360 | 0.52× |
| 3 | Vallejo, CA | $102,840 | 108.5 | 630 | 1.10× |
| 4 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $102,360 | 115.6 | 6,130 | 0.65× |
| 5 | Napa, CA | $99,460 | 112.6 | 260 | 0.83× |
| 6 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $98,640 | 100.1 | 590 | 1.15× |
| 7 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $98,110 | 103.2 | 340 | 2.34× |
| 8 | Lexington Park, MD | $98,020 | 100.8 | 300 | 1.07× |
| 9 | Anchorage, AK | $97,830 | 105.4 | 1,370 | 1.95× |
| 10 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $97,560 | 112.6 | 24,570 | 0.65× |
| 11 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $97,530 | 97.5 | 270 | 1.64× |
| 12 | Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | $97,510 | 103.9 | 250 | 1.24× |
| 13 | Kokomo, IN | $97,500 | 89.6 | 230 | 1.64× |
| 14 | Bellingham, WA | $96,400 | 103.3 | 340 | 0.92× |
| 15 | New Haven, CT | $95,420 | 104.6 | 1,110 | 0.99× |
| 16 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $94,970 | 108.3 | 8,690 | 0.81× |
| 17 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $94,530 | 102.4 | 280 | 1.33× |
| 18 | Walla Walla, WA | $94,420 | 98.5 | 120 | 1.13× |
| 19 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $94,300 | 105.1 | 980 | 0.85× |
| 20 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $94,280 | 100.9 | 1,170 | 0.87× |
| 21 | Lake Charles, LA | $94,280 | 85.9 | 690 | 1.70× |
| 22 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $94,130 | 102.7 | 2,220 | 0.93× |
| 23 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $94,070 | 106.9 | 1,420 | 0.89× |
| 24 | Merced, CA | $93,920 | 98.3 | 290 | 0.91× |
| 25 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $93,870 | 113.6 | 17,470 | 0.70× |
| 26 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $93,720 | 99.8 | 550 | 0.86× |
| 27 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $93,290 | 100.4 | 430 | 0.86× |
| 28 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $93,230 | 111.1 | 7,820 | 0.94× |
| 29 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $93,200 | 105.4 | 4,390 | 0.91× |
| 30 | Albany, OR | $92,810 | 102.1 | 200 | 1.09× |
| 31 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $92,680 | 106.7 | 2,930 | 0.68× |
| 32 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $92,620 | 107.8 | 720 | 0.88× |
| 33 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $92,200 | 104.8 | 5,450 | 0.70× |
| 34 | Chico, CA | $92,140 | 101.2 | 250 | 0.81× |
| 35 | Salinas, CA | $91,850 | 109.0 | 500 | 0.68× |
| 36 | Minot, ND | $91,210 | 87.0 | 160 | 1.24× |
| 37 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $91,050 | 108.8 | 530 | 0.67× |
| 38 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $91,030 | 105.7 | 920 | 1.16× |
| 39 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $90,400 | 111.0 | 2,430 | 1.37× |
| 40 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $90,190 | 103.2 | 680 | 0.71× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.