AI Career Radar

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul buses and trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engines. Includes mechanics working primarily with automobile or marine diesel engines.

AI exposure28 / 100Low 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 automation14
Freedom to set tasks82
Repeating the same tasks55
$61,770Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+3.6%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (about average)BLS Employment Projections
57Skill 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
56
Speaking
63
53
Judgment and Decision Making
63
53
Active Listening
63
50
Monitoring
63
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
50
Coordination
62
47
Active Learning
62
44
Time Management
61
50
Reading Comprehension
61
47
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
44
Writing
60
41
Learning Strategies
58
44
Instructing
58
28
Systems Analysis
57
47
Systems Evaluation
56
44
Service Orientation
56
28
Persuasion
54
25
Mathematics
53
25
Negotiation
52
25
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
25
Operations Analysis
49
22
Installation
48
28
Troubleshooting
47
75
Equipment Maintenance
47
60
Quality Control Analysis
47
56
Equipment Selection
47
53
Technology Design
47
22
Management of Financial Resources
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Repairing
46
75
Operations Monitoring
46
63
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
50

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.

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
21%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
21%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Active Listening

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Installation, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening

#6Wind Turbine Service TechniciansInstallation & Repair
81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$64,120
10-yr growth
+29.5%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Instructing, Equipment Maintenance, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 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.