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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities > Publications > Snapshots

Automotive service technicians and mechanics, 2015‐2019

Background

Automotive service technicians and mechanics diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.

As of May 2019, there were 655,330 people employed in this occupation. The average hourly wage was $21.58 and the average annual wage was $44,890.

Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses

In private industry for this occupation, there were 9,460 nonfatal injury and illness cases requiring days away from work during 2019. The incidence rate per 10,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers was 166.8.

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Table 1. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work by selected case characteristics, automotive service technicians and mechanics, private industry, 2019
Case characteristic^[1]	Number of cases
Nature of injury or illness
Sprains, strains, tears	2,290
Soreness, pain	2,250
All other natures	1,890
Cuts, lacerations	1,380
Fractures	760
Part of body affected
Hand	1,900
Back	1,400
Shoulder	1,050
Eye	960
Knee	650
Source of injury or illness
Parts and materials	2,990
Vehicles	1,620
Worker motion or position	1,210
All other sources	1,090
Handtools	860
Event or exposure leading to injury or illness
Struck by object or equipment	2,200
Overexertion in lifting or lowering	790
Struck against object or equipment	640
Fall on same level	580
Fall to lower level	550
^[1] Data shown correspond to Nature, Part, Source, and Event codes based on the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System 2.01 developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

Fatal occupational injuries

Fatal work injuries totaled 60 for automotive service technicians and mechanics during 2019, compared to 58 during 2018.

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Sources

Wage and employment estimates come from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. Injury and illness information come from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). For more information on SOII and CFOI program concepts and definitions see the SOII Handbook of Methods and the CFOI Handbook of Methods.

Last Modified Date: August 5, 2021