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SERVICE

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Paying your technicians

A good technician can finish a job faster than the book says. Pay by the hour or by the job, and you decide who keeps that time, and who pays for the slow weeks.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How many technicians does the US need a year?

Each year, about how many openings for auto service technicians and mechanics does the Bureau of Labor Statistics expect, on average, over the next ten years?

10,000 openings a year
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  • Occupational Outlook Handbook: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (pay May 2025, jobs 2025, outlook 2025 to 2035) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025

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  • 66,200 openings a yearbls.gov ·2025 · Openings for automotive service technicians and mechanics projected each year, on average, from 2025 to 2035.
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Auto repair shopLesson 2 of 5

Part 1 of 3, 0 done
SERVICE

14 min

Paying your technicians

A good technician can finish a job faster than the book says. Pay by the hour or by the job, and you decide who keeps that time, and who pays for the slow weeks.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How many technicians does the US need a year?

Each year, about how many openings for auto service technicians and mechanics does the Bureau of Labor Statistics expect, on average, over the next ten years?

10,000 openings a year
0200,000
Words to know

Spot something wrong?

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

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  • Occupational Outlook Handbook: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (pay May 2025, jobs 2025, outlook 2025 to 2035) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025

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  • 66,200 openings a yearbls.gov ·2025 · Openings for automotive service technicians and mechanics projected each year, on average, from 2025 to 2035.
  1. Lessons›
  2. Industries›
  3. Auto repair shop
  • ·Before this: How a repair shop makes money
  • ·Next: Parts and redo jobs
  • ·Free guide: How auto repair shops make money