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How a car gets fixed, from check-in to pick-up

Your car is running hot, so you leave it at the shop. By the time you get it back, it has passed through an advisor, a foreman, a technician, a parts person and back again. Follow one car from the counter to the keys.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How many technicians per foreman?

At US general auto repair shops, how many automotive technicians are there for every shop supervisor (the foremen who hand out and check the work)?

15 technicians
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  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance (NAICS 811110), employment and wages by occupation (technicians, supervisors and others) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025

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  • 208,550 jobsbls.gov ·2025 · Automotive service technicians and mechanics. US general automotive repair shops (BLS's automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance: not body shops or car washes), May 2025.
  • 29,630 jobsbls.gov ·2025 · First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers and repairers. US general automotive repair shops (BLS's automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance: not body shops or car washes), May 2025.
  • 7 techniciansbls.gov ·2025 · Worked out: 208,550 jobs ÷ 29,630 jobs, rounded to the nearest whole technician. US general automotive repair shops (BLS's automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance: not body shops or car washes), May 2025. A national average, not one shop.
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At an auto repair shopLesson 2 of 2

Part 1 of 2, 0 done

13 min

How a car gets fixed, from check-in to pick-up

Your car is running hot, so you leave it at the shop. By the time you get it back, it has passed through an advisor, a foreman, a technician, a parts person and back again. Follow one car from the counter to the keys.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How many technicians per foreman?

At US general auto repair shops, how many automotive technicians are there for every shop supervisor (the foremen who hand out and check the work)?

15 technicians
030

Spot something wrong?

Tell us what looks off. No name or email needed.

What kind of problem?

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  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance (NAICS 811110), employment and wages by occupation (technicians, supervisors and others) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025

Every number

  • 208,550 jobsbls.gov ·2025 · Automotive service technicians and mechanics. US general automotive repair shops (BLS's automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance: not body shops or car washes), May 2025.
  • 29,630 jobsbls.gov ·2025 · First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers and repairers. US general automotive repair shops (BLS's automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance: not body shops or car washes), May 2025.
  • 7 techniciansbls.gov ·2025 · Worked out: 208,550 jobs ÷ 29,630 jobs, rounded to the nearest whole technician. US general automotive repair shops (BLS's automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance: not body shops or car washes), May 2025. A national average, not one shop.
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