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Overview
Repair and service bicycles.
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Salary
Median salary: $32,630 annually
Half of those employed in this career earn between $27,490 and $38,790.
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How do salaries for this career compare to other jobs' salaries?
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Salary growth for specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers
Is this job likely to reward you for sticking with it through pay raises and promotions? The higher a job’s “experience quotient,” the more you are likely to get as you stay there.
Experience quotient percentile
Take a minute to look at how much you might expect your salary to increase with each five years' experience, as well as how the numbers working at each age change. Does this seem to be a job for the young or the old, or could it be a career offering steady salary growth for many years?
Salary distribution
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About Bicycle Repairers
How do benefits for this career compare to other jobs? The availability of health care, especially employer provided health care, and pension plans can add significantly to the value of compensation you receive in a career. These charts compare how this career compares to other careers with regard to health care and pension plans.
Employee has health insurance
Employer is providing health insurance
Employer-provided pension plan is available
Worker concerns
Some jobs are more stressful than others, and some are just plain dangerous. The following list gives the percentages of bicycle repairers who report hazardous or difficult situations typically occurring at least once a week.
- Time Pressure (99%)
- Exposed to Contaminants (68%)
- Consequence of Error (67%)
- Hazardous Equipment (62%)
- Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites (59%)
- Unpleasant or Angry People (32%)
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Education pathways to this career
Education attained by bicycle repairers
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), bicycle repairers typically hold a high school diploma or equivalent.
Sometimes the typical education identified by the BLS differs a bit from the reality of the how much education current workers actually have. The donut shows the education level held by people currently working as specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers as reported in responses to the American Community Survey.
Education level of Specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers
Only 4% of specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers have a bachelor's degree or higher.
Education attained by specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers
None
High School
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Associate's Degree
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree
Professional Degree
Doctorate
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Where are the jobs
State-by-state employment numbers
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Number of Specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers per 1,000 workers (ACS)
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Job density versus job count
Which states hire the most bicycle repairers? We wonder if that's a fair question since states come in all sizes, so instead let's start with the question of which states have the highest density of people working as bicycle repairers. You can choose to view the number of jobs per state if you prefer.
Salaries by state
Let's get a feel for where bicycle repairers earn the highest salaries. There are several choices for which data we consider and how we view that data, and each can lead to different conclusions, so please read on...
Median salary versus state ratio
We use two methods to compare salaries across states:
- In-state comparisons: the ratio of median (middle) salaries for specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers compared to the median salary for all people working in each state, or
- Median salary: the unaltered median salaries for specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers.
The darkest shading corresponds to states in which specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers earn the highest salary when compared to other jobs in the state. We think this figure might be a better indicator than the actual salary for your buying power as a state resident.
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Location-adjusted median salary for Specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (ACS for all specialties)
Employment
21% of Specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers are working part time.
We’ve found that some jobs have a huge number of part-time workers, and typically that is because they are unable to find full-time work or the job itself can’t provide full-time hours. With 21% part-time workers, this occupation has a higher percentage of part-time workers than 69% of careers.
Employer types
This donut shares the break-down of workers by employer type, giving us a picture of what employers most typically hire for this career.
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Private for-profit
Private not-for-profit
Local government
State government
Federal government
Self-employed incorporated
Self-employed not incorporated
Working without pay
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Distribution: Salaries of specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers by type of employer
Here are the salary distributions based on employer type.
Gender
Specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers and gender
With 2% women, this occupation has a lower percentage of women than 94% of careers.
Gender of Specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers
Men (98%)
Women (2%)
Distribution: salaries by gender
Does gender greatly influence your salary in this career? The closer the bars are, the less discrepancy there is.
We only include salary data when the survey error is less than 20%, so you may see only partial information for some categories.
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How does this career compare to other careers with regard to the percentage of women in the career.
Race/Origin
Race and origin of Specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers
This donut shows the distribution of race and origin among those employed as Specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers.
Race/origin of specialized vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers
White (76% )
Other (9% )
Black (8% )
Multiracial (2% )
Asian (2% )
Hispanic (2% )
American Indian (1% )
Pacific Islander (0% )
Distribution: salaries by race/origin
Some careers might have a pay disparity based on race or origin, the closer the below bars are the less of a discrepancy is present.
We only include salary data when the survey error is less than 20%, so you may see only partial information for some categories.
