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Motorcycle Mechanics — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$48,580
United States, 2025
Employment
13,510
United States, 2025
Typical education
Post-Secondary Certificate
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
- O*NET code
- 49-3052.00
- Job zone
- 3
- Experience required
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Typical tasks
- Mount, balance, change, or check condition or pressure of tires.
- Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools.
- Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators.
- Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, or other engine performance indicators.
- Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage.
- Repair or replace other parts, such as headlights, horns, handlebar controls, gasoline or oil tanks, starters, or mufflers.
- Disassemble subassembly units and examine condition, movement, or alignment of parts, visually or using gauges.
- Repair or adjust motorcycle subassemblies, such as forks, transmissions, brakes, or drive chains, according to specifications.
Choose a location
Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$34,770
25th percentile
$39,550
75th percentile
$61,510
90th percentile
$74,400
Most important skills
- Repairing3.9
- Troubleshooting3.9
- Equipment Maintenance3.5
- Quality Control Analysis3.1
- Time Management3.1
- Active Listening3.1
- Operations Monitoring3.1
- Complex Problem Solving3.1
- Judgment and Decision Making3.1
- Critical Thinking3.1
- Active Learning3.1
- Monitoring3.1
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
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 17 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
17
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
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | 3.9 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Repairing | 3.9 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 3.5 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Active Learning | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Listening | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Monitoring | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Speaking | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Operation and Control | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Equipment Selection | 3.0 | 2.3 | Not selected | 2.3 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Motorcycle MechanicsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno, CA | $68,540 | 40 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $64,070 | 580 | 2025 |
| Reno, NV | $62,910 | 40 | 2025 |
| NH | $62,890 | 130 | 2025 |
| Portland, OR | $62,610 | 80 | 2025 |
| Dallas, TX | $61,880 | 320 | 2025 |
| San Diego, CA | $61,820 | 230 | 2025 |
| San Antonio, TX | $61,010 | 80 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $60,740 | 150 | 2025 |
| NV | $60,450 | 110 | 2025 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $60,360 | 180 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $60,320 | 250 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $59,560 | 150 | 2025 |
| NJ | $59,430 | 260 | 2025 |
| Fort Collins, CO | $58,890 | 40 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $58,330 | 120 | 2025 |
| MN | $58,280 | 350 | 2025 |
| OR | $58,040 | 160 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $57,790 | 100 | 2025 |
| MD | $57,640 | 170 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer 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.