Bicycle Repairers salary

SOC 49-3091 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$42,780

per year, nationally

Middle half

$36,360–$48,020

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

12,170

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-2.3%

1,600 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.

$31,220$55,000

10th: $31,220
25th: $36,360
Median: $42,780
75th: $48,020
90th: $55,000

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 bicycle 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	Arizona	$53,970	100.7	610	2.40×
2	New Jersey	$49,260	108.8	240	0.73×
3	Wyoming	$49,030	92.7	60	2.76×
4	Washington	$48,220	107.0	430	1.54×
5	New York	$47,750	107.9	970	1.27×
6	Colorado	$47,620	103.1	730	3.25×
7	District of Columbia	$46,860	109.9	—	—
8	Maine	$46,200	97.0	70	1.40×
9	Connecticut	$45,630	103.6	330	2.52×
10	Oregon	$45,600	103.4	570	3.74×
11	California	$45,120	110.7	1,710	1.20×
12	Maryland	$44,550	105.0	70	0.34×
13	Wisconsin	$43,710	94.1	240	1.05×
14	Utah	$43,100	98.9	230	1.68×
15	Alaska	$42,330	102.4	—	—
16	West Virginia	$41,960	89.5	40	0.76×
17	Florida	$41,630	103.4	510	0.65×
18	Massachusetts	$41,600	105.8	280	0.97×
19	Pennsylvania	$39,890	97.6	320	0.67×
20	Michigan	$38,910	96.2	580	1.69×
21	Missouri	$38,170	90.8	180	0.80×
22	Montana	$37,990	94.6	70	1.67×
23	Texas	$37,690	97.1	390	0.35×
24	Illinois	$37,560	100.0	660	1.39×
25	Idaho	$37,550	95.5	260	3.94×
26	North Carolina	$36,500	94.3	210	0.53×
27	Virginia	$36,420	101.1	190	0.58×
28	Rhode Island	$36,400	102.3	100	2.65×
29	Delaware	$35,650	99.8	30	0.88×
30	South Carolina	$35,530	93.7	—	—
31	Kansas	$35,360	90.1	—	—
32	Nevada	$35,290	100.0	280	2.30×
33	Minnesota	$35,210	98.6	180	0.79×
34	Oklahoma	$34,650	87.8	60	0.46×
35	Tennessee	$34,640	91.9	—	—
36	North Dakota	$34,440	89.0	100	3.10×
37	Iowa	$34,240	87.8	230	1.87×
38	Ohio	$33,640	92.8	140	0.33×
39	Indiana	$33,010	93.3	140	0.55×
40	South Dakota	$31,500	88.6	80	2.12×
41	Georgia	$30,870	96.3	170	0.43×

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 bicycle repairers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for bicycle 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	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$52,150	112.6	760	1.03×
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$51,550	111.1	220	1.36×
3	Portland-South Portland, ME	$49,580	101.9	40	1.57×
4	Boulder, CO	$49,470	105.2	80	5.00×
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$49,450	110.4	50	0.58×
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$48,300	115.6	320	1.70×
7	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$47,930	105.4	250	2.65×
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$47,860	105.8	330	2.65×
9	Bend, OR	$47,340	103.6	120	13.83×
10	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,860	108.9	210	0.84×
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$46,140	102.7	130	2.72×
12	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$45,700	111.9	210	1.74×
13	Colorado Springs, CO	$45,490	100.7	80	3.19×
14	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$45,220	101.1	50	4.06×
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$44,780	113.6	560	1.15×
16	Ann Arbor, MI	$44,380	100.9	30	1.92×
17	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$44,250	100.3	210	1.39×
18	Medford, OR	$43,680	101.4	40	6.03×
19	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$43,080	110.5	40	1.47×
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$43,070	106.7	120	1.47×
21	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$43,020	101.4	90	0.79×
22	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$41,600	108.3	180	0.85×
23	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$41,350	102.6	170	0.77×
24	Pittsburgh, PA	$41,020	94.7	90	1.04×
25	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$40,690	102.4	30	1.28×
26	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$40,450	100.9	110	1.63×
27	Boise City, ID	$40,350	98.4	140	4.55×
28	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$40,050	100.9	—	—
29	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$38,810	106.4	100	0.75×
30	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$38,730	103.1	210	0.66×
31	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$38,250	103.6	470	1.34×
32	St. Louis, MO-IL	$38,160	95.1	130	1.19×
33	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$37,430	95.5	80	1.62×
34	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$37,260	98.2	60	0.98×
35	Richmond, VA	$36,610	97.9	30	0.60×
36	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$36,400	101.8	120	2.13×
37	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$35,420	97.9	50	0.86×
38	Reno, NV	$35,290	101.0	60	2.95×
39	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$35,280	100.2	190	2.16×
40	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$34,570	104.8	—	—

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 bicycle repairers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,620
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,770
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$65,510
Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,890
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$79,870
Tire Repairers and Changers$37,710
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$56,550
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$47,880