Bicycle Repairers Career, Salary and Skills
Bicycle Repairers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $42,780 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 12,170. Wage data is published for 87 locations.
Occupation description
Repair and service bicycles.
O*NET code
49-3091.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
National salary and employment
Median annual
$42,780
Hourly median
$20.57
Employment
12,170
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$31,220
10th
$36,360
25th
$42,780
Median
$48,020
75th
$55,000
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Repairing | 3.88 | 3.00 |
| Active Listening | 3.62 | 3.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.50 | 3.00 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.38 | 3.00 |
| Service Orientation | 3.25 | 3.00 |
| Time Management | 3.12 | 2.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Speaking | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 3.00 | 2.88 |
Typical tasks
- Order bicycle parts.
- Sell bicycles and accessories.
- Align wheels.
- Make adjustments to bicycles to improve customer fit and riding position.
- Disassemble axles to repair, adjust, and replace defective parts, using hand tools.
- Install and adjust speed and gear mechanisms.
- Install and adjust brakes and brake pads.
- Clean and lubricate bicycle parts.
Technology
- LightSpeed Cloud
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Pedal Powered Software Bicycle Repair Man
- RepairTRAX
- Upland Consulting Group Repair Traq
- Web browser software
Bicycle Repairers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in CAMedian $45,120 · Employment 1,710
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in NYMedian $47,750 · Employment 970
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in New York, NYMedian $52,150 · Employment 760
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in COMedian $47,620 · Employment 730
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in ILMedian $37,560 · Employment 660
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in AZMedian $53,970 · Employment 610
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in MIMedian $38,910 · Employment 580
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in ORMedian $45,600 · Employment 570
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $44,780 · Employment 560
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in FLMedian $41,630 · Employment 510
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $38,250 · Employment 470
- Bicycle Repairers Salary in WAMedian $48,220 · Employment 430
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.