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Bus And Truck Service Technicians

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 275,000 bus and truck service technicians in the United States. Unemployment for this occupation is low when compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

3% of employees work on a part-time basis. 6% of the time, people working as bus and truck service technicians are their own boss.

Training and Education

If you want to pursue this career, you will benefit from having a postsecondary vocational award. The percentage of employees with a 4 year degree is 3%. According to 2008 data 31% of bus and truck service technicians have attended college, but do not have a degree. Among workers, 66% have a high-school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are most common in Farmington (New Mexico), Casper (Wyoming), and Springfield (Ohio), but are rarer in Bethesda (Maryland), San Francisco (California), and Athens (Georgia).

Bus and truck service technicians are paid comparatively more in Napa (California), Kokomo (Indiana), and Oakland (California) and comparatively less in Johnson City (Tennessee), McAllen (Texas), and Ann Arbor (Michigan).

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Bus And Truck Service Technicians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Bus And Truck Service Technicians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Bus And Truck Service Technicians are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Bus And Truck Service Technicians are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston60$33,8300.8
AlabamaAuburn40$39,3100.6
AlabamaBirmingham1,270$41,2401.4
AlabamaDecatur170$32,990 2
AlabamaDothan150$38,3801.6
AlabamaFlorence120$35,2901.5
AlabamaHuntsville130$39,2900.4
AlabamaMobile610$34,0401.9
AlabamaMontgomery380$35,7101.3
AlabamaTuscaloosa170$35,7401.2
AlaskaAnchorage250$51,1100.9
AlaskaFairbanks50$58,0501
ArizonaFlagstaff50$34,2100.6
ArizonaKingman120$35,8901.5
ArizonaPhoenix3,070$40,8200.9
ArizonaPrescott60$40,3600.6
ArizonaTucson510$39,4400.8
ArizonaYuma70$30,5700.7
ArkansasFort Smith410$32,000 2.1
ArkansasHot Springs30$28,6500.5
ArkansasJonesboro90$32,3801.2
ArkansasLittle Rock970$40,8201.6
ArkansasPine Bluff50$30,1201
CaliforniaBakersfield1,210$37,270 2.6
CaliforniaChico90$38,3700.8
CaliforniaEl Centro110$29,7501.4
CaliforniaFresno1,010$35,8601.7
CaliforniaMadera60$40,7401.1
CaliforniaMerced110$42,0601.2
CaliforniaModesto270$43,9001
CaliforniaNapa50$59,9800.5
CaliforniaOakland1,260$56,7100.7
CaliforniaOxnard250$38,6900.5
CaliforniaRedding140$40,6101.3
CaliforniaRiverside3,080$41,7801.3
CaliforniaSacramento1,090$47,1300.7
CaliforniaSalinas150$46,9900.6
CaliforniaSan Diego1,460$46,7200.6
CaliforniaSan Francisco560$52,6400.3
CaliforniaSan Jose920$54,1700.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,830$48,6300.7
CaliforniaSanta Cruz70$49,9300.5
CaliforniaSanta Rosa140$48,3000.4
CaliforniaStockton590$41,8501.6
CaliforniaVallejo200$49,3501
CaliforniaVisalia330$40,6601.5
CaliforniaYuba City50$40,2300.9
ColoradoBoulder130$45,7700.5
ColoradoColorado Springs280$44,1000.6
ColoradoDenver2,400$45,1001.1
ColoradoFort Collins100$43,1300.5
ColoradoGrand Junction160$46,6701.8
ColoradoGreeley220$40,4301.8
ColoradoPueblo70$39,6500.8
ConnecticutBridgeport510$46,9700.7
ConnecticutDanbury40$46,9900.4
ConnecticutHartford980$48,1001
ConnecticutNew Haven600$46,0401.2
ConnecticutNorwich140$46,9400.7
ConnecticutWaterbury170$50,8201.6
DelawareDover60$38,2400.7
DelawareWilmington510$46,4100.9
District of ColumbiaWashington2,780$48,3000.7
FloridaCape Coral300$41,9200.8
FloridaDeltona260$34,0201
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,080$43,1500.8
FloridaFort Walton Beach40$40,1400.3
FloridaGainesville100$36,2100.5
FloridaJacksonville1,030$41,9301
FloridaLakeland490$40,9301.5
FloridaMiami1,800$45,1201
FloridaNaples70$41,5300.3
FloridaOcala190$40,0201.2
FloridaOrlando1,710$40,0100.9
FloridaPalm Bay300$39,7800.9
FloridaPanama City120$34,9001.1
FloridaPensacola150$38,3800.6
FloridaPunta Gorda30$39,6900.5
FloridaSarasota420$41,8300.9
FloridaSebastian50$34,0300.7
FloridaTallahassee180$37,7100.6
FloridaTampa1,750$38,1500.8
FloridaWest Palm Beach540$43,9200.6
GeorgiaAlbany90$34,9100.9
GeorgiaAthens30$38,7400.2
GeorgiaAtlanta5,470$43,8201.3
GeorgiaAugusta210$35,8500.6
GeorgiaBrunswick90$35,6501.4
GeorgiaColumbus60$38,3000.3
GeorgiaDalton160$35,8501.3
GeorgiaGainesville90$35,2200.8
GeorgiaHinesville30$38,4001.7
GeorgiaMacon220$46,8401.3
GeorgiaRome80$49,9601.5
GeorgiaSavannah260$37,4301
GeorgiaValdosta140$32,0801.6
HawaiiHonolulu540$47,3300.7
IdahoBoise620$41,0501.3
IdahoCoeur Dalene50$37,8500.6
IdahoIdaho Falls230$35,870 3.1
IdahoLewiston80$41,600 2.5
IllinoisBloomington190$40,2101.7
IllinoisChampaign120$35,8600.8
IllinoisChicago5,430$47,4100.8
IllinoisDecatur40$37,0400.6
IllinoisRockford330$39,1101.3
IllinoisSpringfield70$38,0200.4
IndianaAnderson90$32,7001.5
IndianaBloomington120$33,1101.1
IndianaColumbus100$37,0401.5
IndianaElkhart230$40,6101.1
IndianaEvansville440$36,2501.5
IndianaFort Wayne600$38,8501.6
IndianaGary820$42,3601.7
IndianaIndianapolis2,780$38,9701.7
IndianaKokomo40$55,7700.8
IndianaLafayette60$35,4700.5
IndianaMichigan City50$43,4000.8
IndianaMuncie80$30,7001.1
IndianaSouth Bend370$40,2601.6
IndianaTerre Haute190$39,1201.7
IowaAmes80$38,4101.4
IowaCedar Rapids270$37,2601.2
IowaDavenport530$35,4401.7
IowaDes Moines870$41,6201.5
IowaDubuque170$37,760 2.1
IowaSioux City150$34,4301.3
IowaWaterloo260$35,0901.9
KansasTopeka150$40,1200.8
KansasWichita600$38,0801.1
KentuckyBowling Green60$36,0500.7
KentuckyElizabethtown70$29,4401.1
KentuckyLexington720$38,2301.7
KentuckyLouisville1,740$37,4101.6
KentuckyOwensboro80$31,6301.1
LouisianaAlexandria60$32,4000.6
LouisianaBaton Rouge670$39,0401
LouisianaHouma190$31,6801.2
LouisianaLafayette200$35,9600.8
LouisianaLake Charles110$36,4400.8
LouisianaMonroe150$34,6201.2
LouisianaNew Orleans640$39,3800.7
LouisianaShreveport270$36,1700.9
MaineBangor330$38,050 3.3
MaineLewiston60$37,2600.8
MainePortland340$40,9401
MarylandBaltimore1,490$42,1600.6
MarylandBethesda330$39,1200.3
MarylandCumberland70$30,4501.3
MarylandHagerstown210$37,2101.3
MarylandSalisbury120$38,9301.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town170$45,4701
MassachusettsBoston1,740$47,2000.6
MassachusettsBrockton250$44,5601.7
MassachusettsFramingham100$44,9000.4
MassachusettsHaverhill110$48,7300.9
MassachusettsLawrence70$43,5800.8
MassachusettsLeominster60$40,1000.8
MassachusettsLowell200$45,1001
MassachusettsNew Bedford80$37,0900.8
MassachusettsPittsfield40$43,9200.8
MassachusettsSpringfield710$43,9001.4
MassachusettsTaunton70$42,2901
MassachusettsWorcester190$46,7800.4
MichiganAnn Arbor340$25,6501.2
MichiganBattle Creek50$31,2100.7
MichiganBay City60$42,3001.2
MichiganDetroit1,820$48,5201.4
MichiganFlint230$45,7001
MichiganGrand Rapids810$37,1601.2
MichiganHolland200$38,8101.2
MichiganJackson70$38,8700.9
MichiganKalamazoo220$34,9401
MichiganLansing200$44,0300.6
MichiganMonroe90$42,5701.5
MichiganNiles60$37,2500.6
MichiganSaginaw160$42,5701.3
MichiganWarren1,360$48,1000.7
MinnesotaDuluth280$47,1801.3
MinnesotaMinneapolis2,770$44,8300.9
MinnesotaRochester130$38,1900.9
MinnesotaSt Cloud290$38,1901.7
MississippiGulfport120$38,3700.7
MississippiHattiesburg100$32,1301.1
MississippiJackson530$34,0401.2
MississippiPascagoula60$38,3100.8
MissouriColumbia130$36,9301
MissouriJefferson City50$30,6300.5
MissouriJoplin370$36,620 2.8
MissouriKansas City1,760$39,4401
MissouriSpringfield670$36,8102
MissouriSt Joseph60$29,8800.8
MissouriSt Louis2,820$42,2201.2
MontanaBillings310$45,930 2.4
MontanaGreat Falls100$35,0401.9
MontanaMissoula190$40,160 2.4
NebraskaLincoln360$34,9601.3
NebraskaOmaha1,170$37,5101.4
NevadaLas Vegas890$45,4800.5
NevadaReno630$49,0801.8
New HampshireManchester110$51,0900.6
New HampshireNashua200$43,5600.9
New HampshireRochester60$31,4800.7
New JerseyAtlantic City150$47,4000.6
New JerseyCamden1,010$44,2601.1
New JerseyEdison1,780$46,5701
New JerseyNewark2,590$50,7501.4
New JerseyOcean City60$43,4101
New JerseyTrenton210$47,4400.6
New JerseyVineland180$42,800 2
New MexicoAlbuquerque660$40,5201
New MexicoFarmington510$50,870 6.3
New YorkAlbany760$42,3601
New YorkBinghamton200$37,9401.1
New YorkBuffalo840$40,8100.9
New YorkElmira90$30,7801.7
New YorkGlens Falls90$40,3101.1
New YorkIthaca60$40,2900.9
New YorkKingston60$37,9800.6
New YorkNassau1,660$54,2000.7
New YorkNew York6,510$50,9500.7
New YorkPoughkeepsie440$45,8701.1
New YorkRochester790$38,3400.9
New YorkSyracuse480$41,0600.9
New YorkUtica200$37,3600.9
North CarolinaAsheville290$34,6601
North CarolinaBurlington140$32,4101.5
North CarolinaCharlotte2,410$41,8101.5
North CarolinaDurham200$37,1400.4
North CarolinaFayetteville220$34,8301.1
North CarolinaGoldsboro80$31,5001.4
North CarolinaGreensboro760$39,4201.2
North CarolinaGreenville90$38,2100.8
North CarolinaHickory290$37,4601
North CarolinaJacksonville40$33,7200.6
North CarolinaRaleigh700$40,2700.8
North CarolinaRocky Mount60$35,8600.7
North CarolinaWilmington210$39,5500.9
North CarolinaWinston Salem270$39,4000.7
North DakotaBismarck150$38,4401.7
North DakotaFargo450$38,310 2.3
North DakotaGrand Forks100$39,1401.3
OhioAkron750$43,7601.3
OhioCanton440$35,8801.5
OhioCincinnati2,100$40,6501.1
OhioCleveland1,790$42,4100.9
OhioColumbus1,850$40,7501.1
OhioDayton610$41,3500.9
OhioLima120$34,9701.5
OhioMansfield60$43,4800.7
OhioSpringfield320$39,400 4.4
OhioToledo840$41,5501.5
OhioYoungstown540$36,4401.3
OklahomaLawton90$31,3901.6
OklahomaOklahoma City1,140$35,9501.1
OklahomaTulsa850$37,1101.1
OregonBend70$40,0500.6
OregonEugene420$43,0301.7
OregonMedford230$40,1201.7
OregonPortland2,460$44,2301.3
OregonSalem260$40,2601
PennsylvaniaAllentown750$41,3701.3
PennsylvaniaAltoona130$39,0001.4
PennsylvaniaErie240$36,0001.1
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,290$41,730 2.3
PennsylvaniaJohnstown130$35,8501.5
PennsylvaniaLancaster560$38,7801.4
PennsylvaniaLebanon100$39,9101.4
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia2,390$42,9900.7
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,880$37,2200.9
PennsylvaniaReading400$38,9601.4
PennsylvaniaScranton650$37,1901.5
PennsylvaniaState College50$31,0300.6
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport100$33,1501.3
PennsylvaniaYork570$36,6201.8
Rhode IslandProvidence910$40,3800.9
South CarolinaAnderson130$31,6901.4
South CarolinaCharleston650$36,2701.3
South CarolinaColumbia570$39,0500.9
South CarolinaFlorence190$31,0301.4
South CarolinaGreenville770$37,3601.4
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach120$35,1000.6
South CarolinaSpartanburg140$34,4700.7
South CarolinaSumter80$31,8301.5
South DakotaRapid City130$33,8701.3
South DakotaSioux Falls420$36,5601.8
TennesseeChattanooga610$40,2701.5
TennesseeClarksville190$32,0701.6
TennesseeCleveland70$28,9101.3
TennesseeJackson150$34,6001.7
TennesseeJohnson City80$28,3400.7
TennesseeKingsport270$33,5601.4
TennesseeKnoxville700$36,7501.2
TennesseeMemphis1,780$39,0801.6
TennesseeMorristown180$31,460 2.5
TennesseeNashville2,040$41,4401.5
TexasAbilene110$32,3501.1
TexasAmarillo270$38,6601.6
TexasAustin790$39,9300.6
TexasBeaumont280$35,4601
TexasBrownsville140$27,5300.7
TexasCollege Station110$35,9500.9
TexasCorpus Christi560$32,1401.9
TexasDallas4,220$40,5601.1
TexasEl Paso500$31,7201.1
TexasFort Worth1,800$37,9301.2
TexasHouston5,180$37,3201.1
TexasKilleen140$33,9400.7
TexasLaredo370$29,720 2.8
TexasLongview260$30,2601.7
TexasLubbock140$34,7500.7
TexasMcallen470$25,8901.2
TexasMidland190$40,1101.8
TexasOdessa300$44,590 3.4
TexasSan Angelo70$30,8401.1
TexasSan Antonio1,520$34,6901
TexasSherman30$38,5600.5
TexasTexarkana240$49,600 2.8
TexasTyler160$34,9401.1
TexasVictoria140$30,1102
TexasWaco350$29,810 2.2
TexasWichita Falls190$33,750 2.1
UtahLogan60$36,9200.9
UtahOgden430$37,1601.3
UtahProvo300$32,0501.1
UtahSalt Lake City1,670$41,5001.5
UtahSt George130$37,3901.7
VermontBurlington180$38,2101
VirginiaBlacksburg90$36,7700.9
VirginiaCharlottesville80$36,8100.5
VirginiaDanville50$40,0301
VirginiaHarrisonburg150$37,9801.8
VirginiaLynchburg200$35,8001.2
VirginiaRichmond1,340$41,3801.3
VirginiaRoanoke280$39,7701
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,140$39,7400.8
VirginiaWinchester70$37,9100.9
WashingtonBellingham90$46,0600.7
WashingtonBremerton110$45,9800.8
WashingtonKennewick180$45,0101.2
WashingtonLongview120$40,860 2.5
WashingtonMount Vernon120$45,2001.8
WashingtonOlympia230$45,9101.5
WashingtonSeattle2,220$48,0800.9
WashingtonSpokane390$41,1701.1
WashingtonTacoma480$50,9201
WashingtonWenatchee90$43,2801.5
WashingtonYakima140$40,3301.1
West VirginiaCharleston250$35,7401
West VirginiaHuntington220$33,1101.2
West VirginiaMorgantown90$26,1701.3
West VirginiaParkersburg180$32,0101.6
West VirginiaWeirton70$38,5801.1
West VirginiaWheeling120$35,6301.2
WisconsinAppleton300$39,6101.6
WisconsinEau Claire170$39,8901.4
WisconsinFond110$35,4101.6
WisconsinGreen Bay570$39,820 2
WisconsinJanesville170$38,6901.6
WisconsinLa Crosse140$39,6801.3
WisconsinMadison580$39,1601
WisconsinMilwaukee1,200$43,7100.8
WisconsinOshkosh120$41,2700.9
WisconsinRacine140$43,4101.1
WisconsinSheboygan110$35,3801.2
WisconsinWausau160$40,7501.5
WyomingCasper340$38,840 6
WyomingCheyenne100$38,9101.5
 

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