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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
53-6031 Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Service automobiles, buses, trucks, boats, and other automotive or marine vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and accessories. Collect payment for services and supplies. May lubricate vehicle, change motor oil, refill antifreeze, or replace lights or other accessories, such as windshield wiper blades or fan belts. May repair or replace tires. Excludes “Cashiers” (41-2011).
National estimates for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Industry profile for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Geographic profile for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
National estimates for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 92,530 |
1.8 % |
$ 16.60 |
$ 34,530 |
0.4 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 13.19 |
$ 14.25 |
$ 16.26 |
$ 17.87 |
$ 21.07 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 27,430 |
$ 29,640 |
$ 33,820 |
$ 37,170 |
$ 43,830 |
Industry profile for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Automotive Repair and Maintenance |
36,770 |
3.67 |
$ 16.03 |
$ 33,340 |
| Automobile Dealers |
20,860 |
1.65 |
$ 17.53 |
$ 36,450 |
| Gasoline Stations |
16,070 |
1.66 |
$ 15.47 |
$ 32,190 |
| Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only) |
3,760 |
0.12 |
$ 15.05 |
$ 31,310 |
| General Merchandise Retailers |
3,400 |
0.11 |
$ 21.68 |
$ 45,090 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
Top paying industries for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| State Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
90 |
(7) |
$ 25.84 |
$ 53,750 |
| Other Specialty Trade Contractors |
110 |
0.01 |
$ 25.46 |
$ 52,970 |
| Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction |
30 |
0.01 |
$ 23.52 |
$ 48,920 |
| Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) |
140 |
0.01 |
$ 23.27 |
$ 48,390 |
| Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
1,070 |
0.02 |
$ 21.91 |
$ 45,560 |
Geographic profile for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
9,960 |
0.56 |
0.91 |
$ 19.42 |
$ 40,390 |
| New Jersey |
8,910 |
2.12 |
3.48 |
$ 16.04 |
$ 33,360 |
| Texas |
7,850 |
0.58 |
0.95 |
$ 15.88 |
$ 33,020 |
| Oregon |
5,950 |
3.06 |
5.02 |
$ 16.73 |
$ 34,800 |
| Florida |
5,320 |
0.56 |
0.91 |
$ 16.46 |
$ 34,240 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Oregon |
5,950 |
3.06 |
5.02 |
$ 16.73 |
$ 34,800 |
| New Jersey |
8,910 |
2.12 |
3.48 |
$ 16.04 |
$ 33,360 |
| South Dakota |
560 |
1.25 |
2.05 |
$ 16.33 |
$ 33,970 |
| North Dakota |
440 |
1.05 |
1.72 |
$ 16.71 |
$ 34,750 |
| Alabama |
2,150 |
1.05 |
1.72 |
$ 14.75 |
$ 30,670 |
Top paying states for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Hawaii |
210 |
0.34 |
0.56 |
$ 21.45 |
$ 44,610 |
| Connecticut |
600 |
0.36 |
0.59 |
$ 20.01 |
$ 41,620 |
| California |
9,960 |
0.56 |
0.91 |
$ 19.42 |
$ 40,390 |
| Alaska |
310 |
1.01 |
1.65 |
$ 19.34 |
$ 40,230 |
| Washington |
2,960 |
0.85 |
1.39 |
$ 19.16 |
$ 39,850 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
8,290 |
0.87 |
1.43 |
$ 16.64 |
$ 34,620 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
3,270 |
0.53 |
0.87 |
$ 19.67 |
$ 40,910 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
2,560 |
2.12 |
3.48 |
$ 17.57 |
$ 36,550 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2,100 |
0.53 |
0.87 |
$ 16.27 |
$ 33,840 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
2,090 |
0.46 |
0.76 |
$ 17.91 |
$ 37,250 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,000 |
0.71 |
1.16 |
$ 15.64 |
$ 32,530 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
1,590 |
0.56 |
0.93 |
$ 14.37 |
$ 29,890 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,480 |
0.53 |
0.88 |
$ 18.45 |
$ 38,380 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
1,410 |
0.88 |
1.45 |
$ 18.51 |
$ 38,500 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1,390 |
0.67 |
1.10 |
$ 20.15 |
$ 41,910 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Grants Pass, OR |
170 |
5.77 |
9.47 |
$ 16.21 |
$ 33,710 |
| Medford, OR |
390 |
4.48 |
7.35 |
$ 16.43 |
$ 34,170 |
| Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
270 |
4.31 |
7.08 |
$ 15.25 |
$ 31,720 |
| Albany, OR |
190 |
3.92 |
6.44 |
$ 16.90 |
$ 35,160 |
| Bend-Redmond, OR |
330 |
3.68 |
6.05 |
$ 16.60 |
$ 34,530 |
| Ocean City, NJ |
150 |
3.62 |
5.95 |
$ 16.18 |
$ 33,640 |
| Eugene, OR |
490 |
3.17 |
5.20 |
$ 15.95 |
$ 33,170 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
380 |
3.03 |
4.97 |
$ 15.59 |
$ 32,430 |
| Salem, OR |
460 |
2.54 |
4.17 |
$ 16.86 |
$ 35,060 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
2,560 |
2.12 |
3.48 |
$ 17.57 |
$ 36,550 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Urban Honolulu, HI |
160 |
0.36 |
0.58 |
$ 22.98 |
$ 47,800 |
| Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI |
70 |
0.57 |
0.93 |
$ 21.70 |
$ 45,140 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
400 |
0.35 |
0.57 |
$ 21.61 |
$ 44,940 |
| Fairbanks, AK |
40 |
1.19 |
1.95 |
$ 21.48 |
$ 44,670 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,070 |
0.44 |
0.72 |
$ 21.34 |
$ 44,390 |
| El Centro, CA |
30 |
0.51 |
0.83 |
$ 20.15 |
$ 41,910 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1,390 |
0.67 |
1.10 |
$ 20.15 |
$ 41,910 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
170 |
0.43 |
0.70 |
$ 20.14 |
$ 41,900 |
| New Haven, CT |
90 |
0.32 |
0.53 |
$ 20.02 |
$ 41,630 |
| Danbury, CT |
30 |
0.45 |
0.74 |
$ 19.77 |
$ 41,120 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
