Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
SOC 49-3031 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $76,041per year
- Projected openings
- 20,390
- Projected change
- +5.1%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Operations Monitoring
- Equipment Maintenance
- Quality Control Analysis
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $87,913 | 1,040 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $84,673 | 650 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $84,208 | 90 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $81,726 | 80 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $79,150 | 500 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $76,511 | 4,100 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $76,128 | 1,070 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $75,780 | 250 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $75,153 | 1,360 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $73,623 | 340 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $73,068 | 90 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $72,925 | 80 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $71,035 | 1,360 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $69,946 | 220 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $69,063 | 220 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $68,622 | 110 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $68,519 | 130 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $67,872 | 650 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $66,126 | 3,880 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $65,880 | 900 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $65,541 | 60 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $65,253 | 260 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $64,401 | 90 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $64,298 | 200 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $63,435 | 170 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $63,435 | 420 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $63,312 | 80 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $62,901 | 160 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $61,977 | 730 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $60,919 | 90 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines | $80,771 | 18,430 | +6.8% |
| Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics | $66,817 | 66,070 | +4.1% |
| Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians | $64,092 | 1,350 | +7.7% |
| Engine and Other Machine Assemblers | $47,878 | 960 | -16.7% |
| Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics | $52,226 | 2,610 | +3.7% |
| Motorcycle Mechanics | $58,653 | 1,890 | +5.3% |
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