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Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers salary

SOC 49-3022 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$47,630
per year, nationally
Middle half
$40,110–$59,550
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
20,310
in the U.S.
Growth 2024–34
+3.6%
1,400 openings/yr

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.

$35,390$70,650
10th
$35,390
25th
$40,110
Median
$47,630
75th
$59,550
90th
$70,650

Getting in

Typical education to enter
High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where automotive glass 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.

#StateMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Connecticut$63,880103.6800.34×
2New Jersey$61,040108.8
3North Carolina$60,71094.37901.23×
4Washington$60,630107.07701.65×
5Massachusetts$58,490105.81400.30×
6Oregon$57,270103.42801.07×
7North Dakota$56,28089.0400.67×
8Alaska$52,260102.4400.85×
9New Hampshire$52,000104.2700.84×
10New York$50,240107.96600.52×
11Ohio$50,09092.88601.19×
12Hawaii$49,410110.0500.66×
13Utah$49,31098.92701.17×
14Illinois$48,860100.05100.63×
15Florida$48,800103.42,0301.57×
16Wisconsin$48,79094.13000.78×
17Colorado$48,610103.18902.37×
18Idaho$48,53095.51100.97×
19Pennsylvania$48,35097.65100.65×
20Minnesota$47,80098.64801.25×
21Virginia$47,730101.16501.22×
22California$47,710110.72,2000.93×
23Maryland$47,350105.03801.04×
24Maine$47,27097.0600.77×
25Nevada$47,210100.01900.94×
26Montana$47,09094.61502.19×
27Missouri$47,06090.85801.50×
28Mississippi$47,06087.02101.40×
29Michigan$46,86096.25801.01×
30Indiana$46,85093.33200.77×
31Nebraska$46,63090.1700.52×
32Texas$46,55097.12,2201.21×
33Alabama$46,34088.83801.39×
34South Carolina$46,18093.74401.47×
35Kentucky$45,98090.21800.71×
36Wyoming$45,97092.7702.00×
37Arizona$45,670100.77301.72×
38Iowa$45,52087.81100.52×
39Arkansas$45,18086.91901.12×
40Louisiana$41,62088.23701.45×
41Oklahoma$41,35087.81500.69×
42Kansas$39,90090.1600.31×
43Tennessee$38,42091.92700.63×
44New Mexico$37,47092.21501.31×
45Georgia$36,43096.35200.82×

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 automotive glass installers and repairers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for automotive glass 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 areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$65,190101.8600.64×
2Fayetteville, NC$62,50092.0603.34×
3Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$62,490111.13401.25×
4Columbus, OH$61,90095.54803.29×
5Kennewick-Richland, WA$60,530100.1402.54×
6Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$60,160102.61500.40×
7Bellingham, WA$60,030103.3302.64×
8Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$59,81097.31901.07×
9Yakima, WA$58,85095.5402.78×
10Wilmington, NC$57,52096.4502.16×
11Boulder, CO$57,320105.2401.52×
12San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$56,360115.62600.84×
13San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$55,360110.4900.61×
14Ocala, FL$53,04095.2402.71×
15Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$52,230100.0
16Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$51,99095.41200.85×
17Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$50,140108.92700.67×
18Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$49,910114.25301.45×
19North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$49,660102.4601.46×
20Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$49,660103.62800.48×
21Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$49,41096.9800.77×
22Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$49,34095.7900.60×
23Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$49,10098.12501.49×
24Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$49,070100.93201.68×
25Jackson, MS$48,76089.0501.33×
26Portland-South Portland, ME$48,670101.9400.96×
27Reno, NV$48,150101.0501.46×
28Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$48,120104.83101.23×
29Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$47,92098.65001.15×
30Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$47,89093.1500.58×
31Kansas City, MO-KS$47,86092.51400.95×
32St. Louis, MO-IL$47,83095.12601.48×
33Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$47,710106.43101.37×
34Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$47,67091.4300.90×
35Charleston-North Charleston, SC$47,600101.0701.42×
36Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$47,52097.7903.70×
37Madison, WI$47,47097.3400.83×
38Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$47,410100.32901.15×
39Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$47,330104.51901.05×
40Akron, OH$47,32093.4300.76×

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 automotive glass installers and repairers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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