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Tire Repairers and Changers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$37,710
United States, 2025
Employment
108,410
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Repair and replace tires.
- O*NET code
- 49-3093.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.
- 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.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$30,010
25th percentile
$34,690
75th percentile
$45,300
90th percentile
$50,230
Most important skills
- Time Management3.0
- Service Orientation2.9
- Active Listening2.9
- Repairing2.8
- Operation and Control2.8
- Troubleshooting2.8
- Speaking2.8
- Operations Monitoring2.8
- Critical Thinking2.6
- Quality Control Analysis2.6
- Complex Problem Solving2.6
- Judgment and Decision Making2.5
What skills do you need?
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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 1 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
1
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Management | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Tire Repairers and ChangersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland, OR | $48,880 | 1,060 | 2025 |
| Bend, OR | $48,820 | 200 | 2025 |
| Napa, CA | $48,580 | 50 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $48,320 | 980 | 2025 |
| Medford, OR | $47,670 | 130 | 2025 |
| OR | $47,650 | 2,260 | 2025 |
| Eugene, OR | $47,110 | 210 | 2025 |
| Bozeman, MT | $47,000 | 70 | 2025 |
| Billings, MT | $46,850 | 120 | 2025 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $46,660 | 440 | 2025 |
| DE | $46,630 | 230 | 2025 |
| Salem, OR | $46,470 | 190 | 2025 |
| Missoula, MT | $46,420 | 70 | 2025 |
| MT | $46,360 | 740 | 2025 |
| RI | $46,240 | 190 | 2025 |
| Great Falls, MT | $46,150 | 50 | 2025 |
| Boulder, CO | $46,140 | 160 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $46,030 | 1,290 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $45,900 | 530 | 2025 |
| HI | $45,760 | 220 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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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.