Tire Repairers and Changers Career, Salary and Skills
Tire Repairers and Changers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $37,710 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 108,410. Wage data is published for 365 locations.
Occupation description
Repair and replace tires.
O*NET code
49-3093.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$37,710
Hourly median
$18.13
Employment
108,410
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$30,010
10th
$34,690
25th
$37,710
Median
$45,300
75th
$50,230
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Time Management | 3.00 | 2.75 |
| Service Orientation | 2.88 | 2.75 |
| Active Listening | 2.88 | 2.50 |
| Speaking | 2.75 | 2.12 |
| Operation and Control | 2.75 | 2.75 |
| Repairing | 2.75 | 2.62 |
| Operations Monitoring | 2.75 | 2.75 |
| Troubleshooting | 2.75 | 2.50 |
| Critical Thinking | 2.62 | 2.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 2.62 | 2.12 |
Typical tasks
- Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
- Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.
- Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.
- Reassemble tires onto wheels.
- Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement.
- Remount wheels onto vehicles.
- Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools.
- Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.
Technology
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Project estimation software
- Recordkeeping software
Tire Repairers and Changers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in TXMedian $36,060 · Employment 14,170
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in CAMedian $39,680 · Employment 11,620
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in FLMedian $34,010 · Employment 6,960
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in MIMedian $37,130 · Employment 4,470
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in GAMedian $34,700 · Employment 3,980
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in NCMedian $35,140 · Employment 3,690
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $36,600 · Employment 3,690
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in ILMedian $38,420 · Employment 3,540
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in OHMedian $41,760 · Employment 3,530
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in PAMedian $37,840 · Employment 3,170
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in AZMedian $38,300 · Employment 3,160
- Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in Houston, TXMedian $36,220 · Employment 3,110
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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.