Depending on your education and years of experience, choosing a job as a licensed Automotive Mechanic can be a great career choice. Furthermore, contacting your local Automotive Mechanics, will give you a rough range of how much the job actually pays.
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A mechanic needs to know many things about cars and cycles such as automobile engines, how they run, other car parts, how to repair an automobile or motorcycle, and how to perform an oil change.
The starting salary for a mechanic is based on many variables. These variable include where in the country the job is and your experience level. The starting pay can range anywhere from $10 to $55 per hour.
Local government, excluding schools $19.07 Automobile dealers 18.85 Automotive repair and maintenance 14.55 Gasoline stations 14.51 Automotive parts, accessories, and tire stores 14.38
Maybe a truck mechanic, or an airplane mechanic.
Mechanic's is only 40% knowledge. Experience is key and when hiring, experienced mechanics get the job. A starting mechanic with a ASE certificate has a salary of 35,000-50,000 a year.
The average annual salary for automobile engineers in the US is $83,000. In Michigan, the average annual salary for an auto engineer is $84,000.
There is a "salary calculator" tool on this website: http://www.salary.com/ Enter the job title and zip code for your area and it will provide you with the average salary comensurate with the job. Anna Webb
A mechanic.
bls.gov will give you the salary and job expectations of many careers. It will also give you information about schooling training programs and other resources.