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Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$52,000

United States, 2025

Employment

17,430

United States, 2025

Typical education

Less than a High School Diploma

Job Zone 2

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.

O*NET code
49-3092.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

Typical tasks

  • Diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems.
  • Connect electrical systems to outside power sources, and activate switches to test the operation of appliances or light fixtures.
  • Examine or test operation of parts or systems to ensure completeness of repairs.
  • Repair plumbing or propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
  • Inspect recreational vehicles to diagnose problems and perform necessary adjustment, repair, or overhaul.
  • Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, or hand tools.
  • Confer with customers, read work orders, or examine vehicles needing repair to determine the nature and extent of damage.
  • Repair leaks with caulking compound or replace pipes, using pipe wrenches.

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Salary analysis — United States

$36,120
10th
$44,920
25th
$52,000
Median
$63,890
75th
$77,960
90th

10th percentile

$36,120

25th percentile

$44,920

75th percentile

$63,890

90th percentile

$77,960

Most important skills

  • Repairing4.0
  • Troubleshooting3.6
  • Quality Control Analysis3.1
  • Complex Problem Solving3.1
  • Operations Monitoring3.1
  • Operation and Control3.1
  • Equipment Maintenance3.1
  • Active Learning3.0
  • Service Orientation3.0
  • Equipment Selection3.0
  • Active Listening3.0
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.0

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 15 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

15

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
Repairing4.04.0Not selected4.0
Troubleshooting3.63.9Not selected3.9
Critical Thinking3.03.5Not selected3.5
Equipment Maintenance3.13.3Not selected3.3
Quality Control Analysis3.13.1Not selected3.1
Complex Problem Solving3.13.0Not selected3.0
Operations Monitoring3.13.0Not selected3.0
Operation and Control3.13.0Not selected3.0
Active Learning3.03.0Not selected3.0
Service Orientation3.03.0Not selected3.0
Active Listening3.03.0Not selected3.0
Judgment and Decision Making3.03.0Not selected3.0
Speaking3.03.0Not selected3.0
Reading Comprehension3.03.0Not selected3.0
Equipment Selection3.02.9Not 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
Vallejo, CA$75,550302025
Sacramento, CA$72,380902025
Jacksonville, FL$71,9801802025
Bakersfield, CA$71,690602025
Stockton, CA$71,200502025
Redding, CA$70,720402025
Oxnard, CA$69,300402025
CA$68,2401,0702025
Las Vegas, NV$66,1901502025
Reno, NV$65,200502025
NV$65,2002102025
Tampa, FL$64,4801502025
Los Angeles, CA$63,4202025
Chattanooga, TN$63,410502025
New York, NY$62,710802025
Riverside, CA$62,6902002025
NH$62,090402025
NC$62,0004002025
MA$61,4702402025
Worcester, MA$61,460402025
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.