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Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

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Census Statistics

1999 employment and earnings distribution, year-round full-time workers

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

	Percentile earnings distribution
	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th
All workers employment: 738,290 average earnings: $32,000	$13,000	$20,000	$29,000	$40,000	$53,000
Men employment: 726,470 average earnings: $32,000	$13,000	$20,000	$30,000	$40,000	$53,000
Women employment: 11,820 average earnings: $30,000	$12,000	$17,000	$25,000	$37,000	$52,000

source: Bureau of the Census; about this section

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Area and Industry employment and wages
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Also see Automotive service technicians and mechanics in the 2004-05 Occupational Outlook Handbook
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