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Tire Repairers and Changers earn $37,710 a year at the midpoint

Most tire repairers and changers are paid close to one another — the middle is $37,710, and even the ends, $30,010 and $50,230, are not far off.

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$37,710median a year · United States
$18.13an hour $40,170average 108,410people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$34,69025th $37,710median $45,30075th
$30,01010th percentile $50,23090th percentile
$34,690a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$47,650best-paying state · Oregon
$29,880lowest-paying state · West Virginia
+26%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

A short climbThe 25th percentile, $34,690, is within 8% of the median.

Tire repairer earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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Place 726 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 8% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 724 Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers $37,800
  2. 725 Passenger Attendants $37,720
  3. 726 Tire Repairers and Changers $37,710
  4. 727 Cooks, All Other $37,690
  5. 728 Pharmacy Aides $37,680

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Tire repairer wages in each state

The 47 states where the most people do this work, of 50 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.59 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Oregon $47,650 $37,260 $37,260 — $54,580 2,260
Delaware $46,630 $37,360 $37,360 — $48,550 230
Montana $46,360 $36,790 $36,790 — $49,880 740
Colorado $45,380 $36,600 $36,600 — $56,580 2,750
Washington $44,670 $37,910 $37,910 — $58,690 2,960
New Jersey $44,440 $33,370 $33,370 — $61,610 2,290
Maryland $44,430 $35,670 $35,670 — $63,730 880
Minnesota $43,750 $36,560 $36,560 — $62,480 1,310
New York $43,660 $36,270 $36,270 — $61,870 1,750
Alaska $43,330 $34,660 $34,660 — $56,990 450
Virginia $42,370 $31,200 $31,200 — $55,990 2,430
Ohio $41,760 $29,400 $29,400 — $57,160 3,530
California $39,680 $35,790 $35,790 — $58,140 11,620
Wisconsin $39,560 $36,460 $36,460 — $48,070 1,350
Nevada $39,220 $32,600 $32,600 — $63,730 930
Missouri $38,920 $29,500 $29,500 — $52,670 2,110
Maine $38,910 $36,130 $36,130 — $48,170 490
South Dakota $38,800 $34,410 $34,410 — $46,900 360
Illinois $38,420 $35,160 $35,160 — $48,860 3,540
Arizona $38,300 $35,250 $35,250 — $59,690 3,160
North Dakota $38,220 $31,030 $31,030 — $45,760 560
Iowa $38,210 $31,360 $31,360 — $48,680 990
Kansas $37,880 $29,880 $29,880 — $47,520 930
New Hampshire $37,850 $33,680 $33,680 — $55,970 340
Pennsylvania $37,840 $30,000 $30,000 — $49,650 3,170
Idaho $37,570 $31,250 $31,250 — $49,090 1,070
Michigan $37,130 $35,170 $35,170 — $49,290 4,470
Utah $36,960 $30,470 $30,470 — $48,870 1,910
Massachusetts $36,770 $34,440 $34,440 — $46,980 1,240
Tennessee $36,680 $28,850 $28,850 — $47,530 2,770
Nebraska $36,590 $30,180 $30,180 — $45,760 910
Wyoming $36,370 $30,480 $30,480 — $47,190 250
Kentucky $36,300 $28,690 $28,690 — $46,890 1,270
Texas $36,060 $29,220 $29,220 — $46,360 14,170
Indiana $35,800 $30,670 $30,670 — $48,270 2,450
Connecticut $35,760 $34,090 $34,090 — $45,590 740
North Carolina $35,140 $29,340 $29,340 — $46,490 3,690
South Carolina $35,040 $29,220 $29,220 — $45,590 1,920
Alabama $35,010 $27,930 $27,930 — $45,350 2,240
Oklahoma $34,890 $29,840 $29,840 — $46,560 1,460
Georgia $34,700 $27,010 $27,010 — $49,390 3,980
Arkansas $34,450 $29,080 $29,080 — $44,310 1,240
Mississippi $34,330 $27,860 $27,860 — $44,880 1,040
Florida $34,010 $29,700 $29,700 — $46,970 6,960
Louisiana $33,900 $23,890 $23,890 — $45,350 1,120
New Mexico $31,640 $28,420 $28,420 — $39,630 1,190
West Virginia $29,880 $28,400 $28,400 — $45,820 640

Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Tire Repairers and Changers$37,710
Rail Car Repairers$67,530+$29,820 Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,770+$24,060 Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$57,550+$19,840 Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$56,550+$18,840 Automotive Body and Related Repairers$54,890+$17,180 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians$52,000+$14,290

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  • Placed wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
  • Identified tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.
  • Raised vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.

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Tire repairer pay rate, hourly to annual

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Questions people ask

What is a tire repairer’s yearly income?

A tire repairer makes a median of $37,710 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $34,690 and $45,300.

What is a tire repairer’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $18.13 an hour; the average is $40,170 a year.

What is the starting pay for a tire repairer?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $34,690 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $30,010.

Which state pays tire repairers and changers the most?

Oregon, with a median of $47,650 a year.

How many people work as tire repairers and changers?

About 108,410 in the United States — number 726 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays nearly the same

Median pay within $260 of what tire repairers and changers earn — $37,710 a year — but not always the same spread.

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