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Tire Repairers and Changers Salary in PR

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Tire Repairers and Changers in PR have a median annual salary of $23,780, with 260 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $21,840 at the 10th percentile to $48,340 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$23,780

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$11.43

Employment

260

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$21,840
10th
$21,870
25th
$23,780
Median
$37,040
75th
$48,340
90th

Local compared with national

PR

$23,780

Median annual · 2025

United States

$37,710

Median annual · 2025

The PR median is 36.9% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $13,930).

Top skills

  1. 1.Time ManagementImportance 3.0
  2. 2.Active ListeningImportance 2.9
  3. 3.Service OrientationImportance 2.9
  4. 4.SpeakingImportance 2.8
  5. 5.Operations MonitoringImportance 2.8
  6. 6.Operation and ControlImportance 2.8
  7. 7.TroubleshootingImportance 2.8
  8. 8.RepairingImportance 2.8
  9. 9.Critical ThinkingImportance 2.6
  10. 10.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 2.6
  11. 11.Quality Control AnalysisImportance 2.6
  12. 12.Reading ComprehensionImportance 2.5

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
None
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Project estimation software
  • Recordkeeping software

Common 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.
  • Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.
  • Apply rubber cement to buffed tire casings prior to vulcanization process.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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