Auto Mechanic Salary 2026: Flat-Rate, ASE, EV, by State

TL;DR — Automotive Mechanic Salary national + state, real-wage adjusted

National distribution where the spread is

Where the spread is.

FIG. 02 · National distribution · SOC 49-3023 n = $688,840 workers

P50 $49,670

$33,660P10 P25 $38,140 P75 $65,660 P90$80,850

The amber band is the 10th-to-90th percentile. The thicker inner band is the central half — half of all Auto Mechanics in the federal sample earn between $38,140 and $65,660 in nominal W-2 wages.

State-by-state — ranked by real P50 P50 wage from BLS OEWS · real wage divides nominal by state RPP

The same job, fifty-one wages.

Sorted by real P50 descending. Real wage is the BLS nominal P50 divided by the state's BEA RPP — the dollar that buys the same basket as the national average. Each row links to the full state page.

Rank	ST	State	Real P50	Nom. P50	RPP	Emp
01	DC	District of Columbia	$64,157▼10%	$71,030	110.7	0K
02	MT	Montana	$62,694▲10%	$57,060	91	3K
03	AK	Alaska	$59,973▼3%	$61,950	103.3	1K
04	MN	Minnesota	$58,463▲2%	$57,470	98.3	14K
05	ND	North Dakota	$58,294▲13%	$51,400	88.2	2K
06	CO	Colorado	$58,259▼2%	$59,340	101.9	12K
07	CA	California	$56,482▼11%	$63,370	112.2	62K
08	VA	Virginia	$55,580▼1%	$56,320	101.3	18K
· · · · · 38 states omitted · · · · ·
47	FL	Florida	$46,818▼4%	$48,520	103.6	46K
48	HI	Hawaii	$46,088▼9%	$50,560	109.7	3K
49	KY	Kentucky	$44,432▲11%	$39,940	89.9	11K
50	MS	Mississippi	$43,863▲15%	$38,070	86.8	6K
51	WV	West Virginia	$40,521▲12%	$36,320	89.6	4K
RPP source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 release. P10–P90 from BLS OEWS May 2024.				Real P50 = Nominal P50 × (100 / RPP)

All 51 state pages P10–P90 + RPP per state

FIG. · AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC · REAL P50 BY STATE n = 51 jurisdictions · darker = higher

AK 60K ME 50K VT 51K NH 55K WA 53K ID 51K MT 63K ND 58K MN 58K WI 55K MI 52K NY 48K MA 53K RI 50K OR 54K NV 49K WY 50K SD 55K IA 55K IL 51K IN 52K OH 51K PA 51K NJ 53K CT 54K CA 56K UT 49K CO 58K NE 54K MO 51K KY 44K WV 41K VA 56K MD 55K DE 51K DC 64K AZ 49K NM 52K KS 52K AR 50K TN 52K NC 51K SC 49K HI 46K TX 50K OK 47K LA 52K MS 44K AL 51K GA 51K FL 47K

Real P50 (BLS ÷ RPP)

Top 20% $59K+

60–80% $55K

40–60% $50K

20–40% $45K

Bottom 20% $41K

Each tile shows the BLS OEWS P50 wage divided by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (real take-home, normalized to US-100). Darker amber = higher real wage. Click any tile for the full state page with P10–P90 percentiles, RPP, and rank. Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 + BEA RPP 2023.

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Automotive Mechanic Salary 2026 — Flat-Rate vs Hourly, ASE Master, EV Specialty, by State

Where the spread is.

The same job, fifty-one wages.