Tire Repairers and Changers salary

SOC 49-3093 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$37,710

per year, nationally

Middle half

$34,690–$45,300

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

108,410

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+5.7%

15,300 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.

$30,010$50,230

10th: $30,010
25th: $34,690
Median: $37,710
75th: $45,300
90th: $50,230

Getting in

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

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

Where tire repairers and changers 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	Oregon	$47,650	103.4	2,260	1.65×
2	Delaware	$46,630	99.8	230	0.68×
3	Montana	$46,360	94.6	740	2.08×
4	Rhode Island	$46,240	102.3	190	0.55×
5	Hawaii	$45,760	110.0	220	0.50×
6	Colorado	$45,380	103.1	2,750	1.37×
7	Washington	$44,670	107.0	2,960	1.20×
8	Vermont	$44,480	98.0	120	0.57×
9	New Jersey	$44,440	108.8	2,290	0.77×
10	Maryland	$44,430	105.0	880	0.46×
11	Minnesota	$43,750	98.6	1,310	0.64×
12	New York	$43,660	107.9	1,750	0.26×
13	Alaska	$43,330	102.4	450	1.98×
14	Virginia	$42,370	101.1	2,430	0.85×
15	Ohio	$41,760	92.8	3,530	0.91×
16	California	$39,680	110.7	11,620	0.92×
17	Wisconsin	$39,560	94.1	1,350	0.66×
18	Nevada	$39,220	100.0	930	0.86×
19	Missouri	$38,920	90.8	2,110	1.03×
20	Maine	$38,910	97.0	490	1.09×
21	South Dakota	$38,800	88.6	360	1.13×
22	Illinois	$38,420	100.0	3,540	0.83×
23	Arizona	$38,300	100.7	3,160	1.40×
24	North Dakota	$38,220	89.0	560	1.86×
25	Iowa	$38,210	87.8	990	0.91×
26	Kansas	$37,880	90.1	930	0.93×
27	New Hampshire	$37,850	104.2	340	0.71×
28	Pennsylvania	$37,840	97.6	3,170	0.75×
29	Idaho	$37,570	95.5	1,070	1.80×
30	Michigan	$37,130	96.2	4,470	1.46×
31	Utah	$36,960	98.9	1,910	1.57×
32	Massachusetts	$36,770	105.8	1,240	0.49×
33	Tennessee	$36,680	91.9	2,770	1.21×
34	Nebraska	$36,590	90.1	910	1.28×
35	Wyoming	$36,370	92.7	250	1.26×
36	Kentucky	$36,300	90.2	1,270	0.91×
37	Texas	$36,060	97.1	14,170	1.44×
38	Indiana	$35,800	93.3	2,450	1.10×
39	Connecticut	$35,760	103.6	740	0.63×
40	North Carolina	$35,140	94.3	3,690	1.07×
41	South Carolina	$35,040	93.7	1,920	1.20×
42	Alabama	$35,010	88.8	2,240	1.52×
43	Oklahoma	$34,890	87.8	1,460	1.22×
44	Georgia	$34,700	96.3	3,980	1.17×
45	Arkansas	$34,450	86.9	1,240	1.37×
46	Mississippi	$34,330	87.0	1,040	1.29×
47	Florida	$34,010	103.4	6,960	1.00×
48	Louisiana	$33,900	88.2	1,120	0.83×
49	New Mexico	$31,640	92.2	1,190	1.95×
50	West Virginia	$29,880	89.5	640	1.31×

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 tire repairers and changers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for tire repairers and changers

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	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$48,880	105.4	1,060	1.26×
2	Bend, OR	$48,820	103.6	200	2.61×
3	Napa, CA	$48,580	112.6	50	0.91×
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$48,320	108.9	980	0.45×
5	Medford, OR	$47,670	101.4	130	2.09×
6	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$47,110	101.6	210	1.92×
7	Bozeman, MT	$47,000	102.5	70	1.42×
8	Billings, MT	$46,850	93.5	120	1.77×
9	Colorado Springs, CO	$46,660	100.7	440	1.99×
10	Salem, OR	$46,470	103.6	190	1.48×
11	Missoula, MT	$46,420	96.4	70	1.57×
12	Great Falls, MT	$46,150	96.8	50	1.80×
13	Boulder, CO	$46,140	105.2	160	1.19×
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$46,030	111.1	1,290	0.89×
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$45,900	110.4	530	0.67×
16	Urban Honolulu, HI	$45,760	111.0	140	0.45×
17	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$45,760	105.8	1,340	1.19×
18	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$45,590	100.9	50	0.58×
19	Pueblo, CO	$45,530	91.8	80	1.83×
20	Albany, OR	$45,280	102.1	90	2.84×
21	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$45,180	115.6	1,180	0.71×
22	Toledo, OH	$45,090	91.5	240	1.20×
23	Fairbanks-College, AK	$44,890	103.2	90	3.43×
24	Dover, DE	$44,740	97.5	50	1.02×
25	Columbus, OH	$44,680	95.5	600	0.78×
26	St. Cloud, MN	$44,610	87.6	60	0.80×
27	Canton-Massillon, OH	$44,570	89.4	130	1.18×
28	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$44,460	112.6	2,440	0.37×
29	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$44,450	100.1	260	2.83×
30	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$44,290	104.8	780	0.58×
31	Appleton, WI	$44,240	92.4	110	1.21×
32	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$44,150	109.4	80	0.42×
33	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$43,980	104.5	420	0.44×
34	Akron, OH	$43,900	93.4	330	1.47×
35	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$43,830	101.1	120	1.03×
36	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$43,790	102.6	1,090	0.54×
37	Duluth, MN-WI	$43,740	88.8	80	0.96×
38	Carson City, NV	$43,710	98.1	50	2.19×
39	Cleveland, OH	$43,360	93.9	550	0.76×
40	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$43,160	102.4	30	0.82×

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. Metro areas where tire repairers and changers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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