AI Career Radar

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.

AI exposure35 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation24
Freedom to set tasks70
Repeating the same tasks55
$50,620Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+5%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
60Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Critical Thinking
63
63
Active Listening
63
56
Monitoring
63
53
Speaking
63
50
Judgment and Decision Making
63
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
56
Active Learning
62
50
Coordination
62
47
Time Management
61
50
Reading Comprehension
61
47
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
41
Social Perceptiveness
60
41
Learning Strategies
58
41
Instructing
58
31
Systems Analysis
57
50
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Service Orientation
56
47
Persuasion
54
38
Mathematics
53
31
Negotiation
52
31
Science
52
13
Management of Personnel Resources
50
25
Operations Analysis
49
9
Installation
48
56
Troubleshooting
47
72
Equipment Maintenance
47
69
Quality Control Analysis
47
56
Equipment Selection
47
50
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Management of Financial Resources
47
19
Technology Design
47
16
Repairing
46
72
Operations Monitoring
46
60
Programming
45
13
Operation and Control
43
56

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Installation, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making

#2Wind Turbine Service TechniciansInstallation & Repair
86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$64,120
10-yr growth
+29.5%
Skill gap
9%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Instructing, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$95,320
10-yr growth
+10.3%
Skill gap
6%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Coordination, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Writing, Speaking, Active Listening

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Listening, Speaking

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.