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Diesel Mechanics
Career and Education Info
Job Numbers and Growth
Across the US there are 131,000 diesel mechanics. This occupation has an unemployment level that is low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Employees may end up working less than full time; 2% of those in the career did so in 2008. 5% of the time diesel mechanics are self employed.
Training and Education
Finding jobs is easier for workers with long-term on-the-job training. Recent government surveys (2008) show that 3% of employees have received at least a 4 year degree. Diesel mechanics who attended college, but do not have a degree make up 35% of the total. A high school diploma was all the education obtained by 62% of workers. 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
The fewest jobs (per capita) are found in Tallahassee (Florida), San Francisco (California), and Bridgeport (Connecticut), and the most jobs are found in Texarkana (Texas), Hinesville (Georgia), and Anniston (Alabama).
The earnings potential (not adjusted for cost of living) is highest in Ann Arbor (Michigan), Fairbanks (Alaska), and Anchorage (Alaska). However, the potential is lowest in Laredo (Texas), Pensacola (Florida), and Abilene (Texas).
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Diesel Mechanics: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Diesel Mechanics, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Diesel Mechanics 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 Diesel Mechanics are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 910 $43,380 25.4Alabama Birmingham 800 $41,500 1.8 Alabama Decatur 50 $38,810 1.2 Alabama Dothan 40 $39,550 0.9 Alabama Florence 40 $31,740 1 Alabama Huntsville 320 $42,500 1.8 Alabama Mobile 270 $34,740 1.8 Alabama Montgomery 260 $42,850 1.8 Alabama Tuscaloosa 180 $39,760 2.5Alaska Anchorage 350 $62,670 2.6Alaska Fairbanks 180 $68,320 7.6Arizona Flagstaff 30 $42,800 0.7 Arizona Kingman 50 $41,860 1.3 Arizona Phoenix 1,850 $44,820 1.1 Arizona Prescott 280 $43,740 5.8Arizona Tucson 520 $46,760 1.6 Arizona Yuma 50 $45,030 1.1 Arkansas Fayetteville 50 $36,010 0.3 Arkansas Fort Smith 210 $36,140 2.2Arkansas Jonesboro 40 $32,200 1.1 Arkansas Little Rock 280 $35,640 1 Arkansas Pine Bluff 40 $38,710 1.6 California Bakersfield 550 $45,750 2.4California Chico 70 $46,420 1.3 California El Centro 60 $42,790 1.5 California Fresno 350 $45,620 1.2 California Merced 70 $50,030 1.6 California Modesto 160 $45,100 1.2 California Napa 60 $61,650 1.2 California Oakland 1,090 $64,500 1.2 California Oxnard 170 $56,220 0.7 California Redding 90 $50,990 1.7 California Riverside 1,560 $47,900 1.4 California Sacramento 1,060 $48,260 1.4 California Salinas 140 $45,820 1.1 California San Diego 1,060 $59,690 0.9 California San Francisco 130 $57,690 0.1 California San Jose 420 $56,300 0.5 California San Luis Obispo 50 $50,610 0.6 California Santa Ana 640 $45,340 0.5 California Santa Barbara 140 $47,540 1 California Santa Cruz 60 $56,500 0.9 California Santa Rosa 120 $61,950 0.8 California Stockton 240 $51,380 1.3 California Vallejo 180 $50,440 1.8 California Visalia 70 $41,180 0.6 Colorado Colorado Springs 240 $45,970 1.1 Colorado Denver 1,760 $45,860 1.6 Colorado Fort Collins 60 $44,760 0.6 Colorado Greeley 130 $37,150 2.2Colorado Pueblo 90 $43,980 2.2Connecticut Bridgeport 50 $58,480 0.1 Connecticut Hartford 270 $46,650 0.5 Connecticut New Haven 270 $46,730 1.1 Delaware Dover 70 $39,520 1.7 Delaware Wilmington 320 $47,400 1.1 District of Columbia Washington 1,140 $48,150 0.6 Florida Cape Coral 200 $38,500 1.1 Florida Deltona 100 $38,030 0.8 Florida Jacksonville 530 $38,250 1 Florida Lakeland 320 $33,140 2 Florida Miami 690 $46,570 0.8 Florida Naples 70 $40,900 0.7 Florida Ocala 70 $36,890 0.9 Florida Orlando 560 $39,440 0.6 Florida Palm Bay 80 $45,990 0.5 Florida Panama City 100 $33,370 1.9 Florida Pensacola 60 $28,480 0.5 Florida Port St Lucie 80 $46,570 0.8 Florida Sarasota 130 $34,950 0.6 Florida Tallahassee 30 $43,490 0.2 Florida Tampa 840 $41,100 0.8 Florida West Palm Beach 190 $40,410 0.4 Georgia Albany 390 $46,310 8.3Georgia Athens 30 $38,120 0.5 Georgia Atlanta 1,760 $42,400 0.8 Georgia Augusta 190 $43,220 1.1 Georgia Columbus 270 $37,500 3Georgia Dalton 120 $38,710 2 Georgia Hinesville 250 $37,070 29.2Georgia Macon 150 $43,340 1.9 Georgia Savannah 180 $39,970 1.4 Georgia Valdosta 70 $36,310 1.6 Hawaii Honolulu 210 $58,840 0.6 Idaho Boise 380 $39,360 1.7 Idaho Coeur Dalene 50 $40,910 1.2 Idaho Pocatello 50 $39,200 2.3Illinois Chicago 1,910 $58,950 0.6 Illinois Peoria 150 $47,260 1.1 Indiana Bloomington 90 $38,520 1.7 Indiana Elkhart 50 $41,510 0.5 Indiana Evansville 510 $38,140 3.5Indiana Fort Wayne 190 $42,230 1.1 Indiana Gary 240 $54,210 1 Indiana Indianapolis 1,040 $43,440 1.3 Indiana Lafayette 100 $39,370 1.7 Indiana Michigan City 30 $43,720 0.9 Indiana South Bend 60 $52,700 0.5 Indiana Terre Haute 40 $39,810 0.7 Iowa Cedar Rapids 50 $43,990 0.5 Iowa Davenport 290 $42,230 1.9 Iowa Des Moines 470 $43,890 1.7 Iowa Dubuque 50 $40,770 1.3 Iowa Iowa City 50 $35,230 0.9 Iowa Sioux City 60 $45,690 1.1 Iowa Waterloo 80 $41,150 1.2 Kansas Topeka 110 $41,680 1.2 Kansas Wichita 310 $42,990 1.2 Kentucky Elizabethtown 100 $45,070 3.1Kentucky Lexington 260 $40,040 1.3 Kentucky Louisville 770 $39,210 1.4 Louisiana Alexandria 140 $32,890 3Louisiana Baton Rouge 720 $45,800 2.3Louisiana Houma 490 $42,520 6.4Louisiana Lafayette 310 $40,610 2.6Louisiana Lake Charles 290 $38,410 4.2Louisiana Monroe 100 $53,560 1.6 Louisiana New Orleans 1,360 $37,830 3.1Louisiana Shreveport 320 $40,720 2.2Maine Bangor 180 $38,860 3.6Maine Lewiston 70 $35,070 1.9 Maine Portland 280 $44,800 1.6 Maryland Baltimore 1,080 $44,100 0.9 Maryland Bethesda 270 $44,010 0.5 Maryland Hagerstown 30 $47,360 0.4 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 50 $48,120 0.6 Massachusetts Boston 640 $49,450 0.4 Massachusetts Brockton 60 $50,160 0.8 Massachusetts Framingham 60 $44,140 0.4 Massachusetts Lawrence 30 $44,440 0.7 Massachusetts Lowell 70 $50,800 0.7 Massachusetts Springfield 100 $47,780 0.4 Massachusetts Worcester 230 $45,740 1.1 Michigan Ann Arbor 60 $69,960 0.4 Michigan Battle Creek 60 $48,370 1.6 Michigan Detroit 470 $51,660 0.8 Michigan Grand Rapids 220 $44,760 0.7 Michigan Lansing 70 $46,320 0.4 Michigan Muskegon 30 $37,900 0.6 Michigan Niles 60 $37,610 1.2 Michigan Warren 650 $54,490 0.6 Minnesota Duluth 760 $49,360 7.3Minnesota Minneapolis 1,610 $51,080 1 Minnesota Rochester 60 $44,610 0.8 Minnesota St Cloud 110 $43,910 1.3 Mississippi Gulfport 120 $39,080 1.4 Mississippi Hattiesburg 60 $37,090 1.4 Mississippi Jackson 450 $35,950 2.1Missouri Columbia 70 $32,330 1.1 Missouri Jefferson City 50 $34,280 0.9 Missouri Joplin 40 $37,500 0.6 Missouri Kansas City 1,040 $44,500 1.2 Missouri Springfield 140 $39,970 0.9 Missouri St Louis 1,240 $41,530 1 Montana Billings 220 $37,410 3.4Montana Great Falls 100 $44,600 4Montana Missoula 60 $42,250 1.5 Nebraska Lincoln 120 $42,030 0.9 Nebraska Omaha 360 $38,610 0.9 Nevada Las Vegas 640 $49,320 0.8 Nevada Reno 330 $47,850 1.9 New Hampshire Manchester 120 $42,220 1.4 New Hampshire Nashua 90 $43,760 0.8 New Hampshire Portsmouth 50 $51,730 1.2 New Jersey Atlantic City 40 $56,000 0.3 New Jersey Camden 420 $44,260 0.9 New Jersey Edison 750 $50,620 0.8 New Jersey Newark 580 $53,710 0.7 New Jersey Vineland 50 $42,810 1.1 New Mexico Albuquerque 560 $40,520 1.7 New Mexico Farmington 430 $46,170 10.8New York Albany 450 $44,940 1.2 New York Binghamton 80 $38,170 0.9 New York Buffalo 180 $45,070 0.4 New York Glens Falls 40 $40,080 1 New York Nassau 370 $54,050 0.3 New York New York 1,390 $56,590 0.3 New York Poughkeepsie 220 $51,840 1.1 New York Rochester 330 $41,460 0.8 New York Syracuse 240 $40,800 0.9 New York Utica 40 $36,610 0.4 North Carolina Asheville 100 $35,920 0.7 North Carolina Charlotte 890 $38,680 1.1 North Carolina Durham 90 $36,870 0.4 North Carolina Fayetteville 120 $40,100 1.2 North Carolina Greensboro 220 $39,280 0.7 North Carolina Greenville 30 $38,140 0.5 North Carolina Hickory 50 $40,040 0.4 North Carolina Raleigh 630 $39,530 1.4 North Carolina Rocky Mount 40 $35,600 0.9 North Carolina Winston Salem 70 $36,700 0.4 North Dakota Bismarck 110 $45,960 2.5North Dakota Fargo 240 $40,100 2.5North Dakota Grand Forks 70 $45,510 1.9 Ohio Akron 230 $37,270 0.8 Ohio Canton 80 $38,460 0.6 Ohio Cincinnati 640 $44,030 0.7 Ohio Cleveland 400 $52,150 0.4 Ohio Columbus 520 $47,770 0.6 Ohio Dayton 140 $42,700 0.4 Ohio Mansfield 40 $41,640 1 Ohio Toledo 180 $55,840 0.7 Ohio Youngstown 120 $37,340 0.6 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 560 $36,550 1.1 Oklahoma Tulsa 470 $41,080 1.2 Oregon Bend 150 $40,370 2.8Oregon Eugene 150 $47,550 1.2 Oregon Medford 120 $43,260 1.8 Oregon Portland 1,190 $44,720 1.3 Oregon Salem 120 $44,770 1 Pennsylvania Allentown 410 $46,300 1.4 Pennsylvania Altoona 40 $41,570 0.9 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 400 $47,590 1.5 Pennsylvania Johnstown 50 $49,320 1.2 Pennsylvania Lancaster 180 $43,840 0.9 Pennsylvania Lebanon 70 $43,690 2Pennsylvania Philadelphia 990 $48,450 0.6 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1,450 $41,970 1.5 Pennsylvania Reading 200 $42,270 1.5 Pennsylvania Scranton 160 $35,580 0.7 Pennsylvania York 180 $41,170 1.2 Rhode Island Providence 150 $45,190 0.3 South Carolina Charleston 480 $41,920 1.9 South Carolina Columbia 510 $46,010 1.7 South Carolina Florence 120 $43,670 1.8 South Carolina Greenville 530 $38,470 2South Carolina Myrtle Beach 40 $35,640 0.4 South Carolina Spartanburg 200 $44,390 2 South Carolina Sumter 50 $30,890 2 South Dakota Rapid City 120 $40,630 2.5South Dakota Sioux Falls 230 $39,280 2Tennessee Chattanooga 310 $38,070 1.6 Tennessee Clarksville 60 $35,390 1 Tennessee Johnson City 70 $35,210 1.2 Tennessee Knoxville 520 $36,470 1.8 Tennessee Memphis 620 $39,710 1.1 Tennessee Nashville 650 $37,500 1 Texas Abilene 100 $26,290 2.1Texas Amarillo 230 $36,460 2.9Texas Austin 460 $38,170 0.7 Texas Beaumont 130 $36,640 1 Texas Brownsville 100 $33,270 1 Texas College Station 60 $33,470 1 Texas Corpus Christi 410 $34,150 2.8Texas Dallas 1,550 $40,320 0.8 Texas El Paso 200 $34,880 0.9 Texas Fort Worth 660 $36,700 0.9 Texas Houston 3,530 $40,690 1.6 Texas Killeen 160 $38,490 1.6 Texas Laredo 70 $25,730 1.1 Texas Longview 580 $34,660 7.7Texas Lubbock 130 $34,370 1.3 Texas Mcallen 90 $30,670 0.5 Texas Odessa 160 $36,880 3.7Texas San Antonio 830 $36,490 1.1 Texas Sherman 50 $35,570 1.7 Texas Texarkana 1,730 $42,080 41.7Texas Tyler 60 $35,040 0.8 Texas Waco 100 $35,960 1.3 Utah Ogden 180 $50,790 1.1 Utah Provo 80 $43,670 0.6 Utah Salt Lake City 710 $44,580 1.3 Vermont Burlington 110 $40,620 1.2 Virginia Danville 40 $39,840 1.6 Virginia Harrisonburg 40 $34,000 1 Virginia Lynchburg 80 $32,150 1 Virginia Richmond 760 $41,170 1.5 Virginia Roanoke 100 $38,170 0.8 Virginia Virginia Beach 760 $41,660 1.2 Virginia Winchester 60 $41,850 1.5 Washington Bellingham 60 $42,130 1 Washington Bremerton 180 $50,010 2.7Washington Kennewick 130 $52,860 1.8 Washington Longview 40 $47,060 1.7 Washington Olympia 50 $42,870 0.7 Washington Seattle 1,200 $56,710 1 Washington Spokane 230 $42,470 1.3 Washington Tacoma 660 $59,890 2.9Washington Wenatchee 50 $34,670 1.7 West Virginia Charleston 750 $41,130 6.3West Virginia Huntington 200 $39,610 2.2West Virginia Morgantown 40 $37,720 1.2 West Virginia Parkersburg 100 $38,130 1.8 West Virginia Wheeling 140 $37,160 2.9Wisconsin Appleton 150 $43,980 1.6 Wisconsin Eau Claire 100 $43,970 1.7 Wisconsin Green Bay 250 $41,560 1.8 Wisconsin Janesville 40 $42,870 0.8 Wisconsin La Crosse 40 $41,300 0.7 Wisconsin Madison 350 $41,200 1.2 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,200 $48,430 1.6 Wisconsin Racine 90 $47,360 1.5 Wisconsin Wausau 40 $48,470 0.8 Wyoming Cheyenne 80 $44,770 2.5
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