Careers / Bicycle Repairers

Bicycle Repairers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$42,780

United States, 2025

Employment

12,170

United States, 2025

Typical education

Not recorded

Job Zone 2

Skills identified

35

10 related careers

Career overview

Repair and service bicycles.

O*NET code
49-3091.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year

Typical tasks

  • Clean and lubricate bicycle parts.
  • 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.

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Salary analysis — United States

$31,220
10th
$36,360
25th
$42,780
Median
$48,020
75th
$55,000
90th

10th percentile

$31,220

25th percentile

$36,360

75th percentile

$48,020

90th percentile

$55,000

Most important skills

  • Repairing3.9
  • Active Listening3.6
  • Critical Thinking3.5
  • Troubleshooting3.4
  • Service Orientation3.3
  • Time Management3.1
  • Quality Control Analysis3.0
  • Speaking3.0
  • Reading Comprehension3.0
  • Social Perceptiveness3.0
  • Equipment Maintenance3.0
  • Complex Problem Solving2.9

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 11 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

11

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Repairing3.93.0Not selected3.0
Active Listening3.63.0Not selected3.0
Critical Thinking3.53.0Not selected3.0
Troubleshooting3.43.0Not selected3.0
Service Orientation3.33.0Not selected3.0
Quality Control Analysis3.03.1Not selected3.1
Speaking3.03.0Not selected3.0
Reading Comprehension3.03.0Not selected3.0
Social Perceptiveness3.03.0Not selected3.0
Time Management3.12.9Not selected2.9
Equipment Maintenance3.02.9Not selected2.9

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
AZ$53,9706102025
New York, NY$52,1507602025
Seattle, WA$51,5502202025
Portland, ME$49,580402025
Boulder, CO$49,470802025
San Jose, CA$49,450502025
NJ$49,2602402025
WY$49,030602025
San Francisco, CA$48,3003202025
WA$48,2204302025
Portland, OR$47,9302502025
Denver, CO$47,8603302025
NY$47,7509702025
CO$47,6207302025
Bend, OR$47,3401202025
Washington, DC$46,8602102025
DC$46,8602025
ME$46,200702025
Hartford, CT$46,1401302025
San Diego, CA$45,7002102025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.