Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists

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Total Workforce

280k

Average Age

40.4

Average Salary

$49,274

Average Male Salary

$49,336

Average Female Salary

$46,428

About

Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists are most often employed by the Automotive repair & maintenance industry. The average yearly wage for Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists was $49,274 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists by wage are Surveying & mapping technicians, Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers, and Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors.

Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists are part of the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of mechanics, installers, & repairers, Computer, automated teller, & office machine repairers, Radio & telecommunications equipment installers & repairers, Avionics technicians, Electric motor, power tool, & related repairers, and 26 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists are Oceanside City & Camp Pendleton PUMA, CA, Cherokee, Newberry, Chester & Union Counties PUMA, SC, and Salina City PUMA, KS. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists are Cullman & Winston Counties PUMA, AL, Cherokee, Newberry, Chester & Union Counties PUMA, SC, and Gila, Graham, Greenlee & Pinal (East) Counties PUMA, AZ.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists and on wages and locations for those in the field. Automotive repair & maintenance is the industry that employs the most Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists, by average wage, is Architectural, engineering & related services. Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists are paid most in Clearfield, McKean, Elk, Potter & Cameron Counties PUMA, PA but are relatively concentrated in Cullman & Winston Counties PUMA, AL.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$49,274

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,345

In 2018, Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists earned an average of $49,274, $4,614 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Surveying & mapping technicians make somewhat more than Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists while Heating, air conditioning, & refrigeration mechanics & installers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.269

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.269, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists, by number of employees, are Automotive repair & maintenance, Truck transportation, and Bus service & urban transit.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists, by average wage, are Coal mining, Architectural, engineering & related services, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Natural gas distribution, Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying, and Electric power generation, transmission & distribution.

Industries by Share

280k

2018 Workforce

± 12,968

-4.1%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 6.77%

The number of people employed as Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists has been declining at a rate of -4.1%, from 291,444 people in 2017 to 279,500 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists employed by various industries. Automotive repair & maintenance employs the largest share of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists at 24.2%, followed by Truck transportation with 14.2% and Bus service & urban transit with 7.39%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists in the US. The average age of male Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists in the workforce is 40.5 and of female Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists is 39.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

274k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 12,829

5.97k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,896

97.9% of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

70.3% of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 13% of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists.

Age by Gender

40.5

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.645

39.2

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 5.47

The median age of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists is 40.4, and Male employees are generally 1.25 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists is Business but a relatively high number of Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists hold a major in Engineering Technologies.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists need many skills, but most especially Repairing, Troubleshooting, and Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists need more than the average amount of Repairing, Installation, and Equipment Maintenance.