This video is the truth, despite all the negativity about this trade. I’m a GM Master Tech in a Cadillac dealership in an affluent part of town. I do mostly heavy engine repair and transmission work, and I am around 140-150% efficient. I broke $100k the first week of October this year. One thing missing from this video is that not only do you have to put in work and be efficient, you need the credentials to back it up. You have to be the whole package, and keep grinding it out.
Wish in one hand and shit in the other.@@COBRO98I agree but shop owners and managers have not been technicians. It is on us techs to break the cycle and compete with these shops and take away their talent and become the pioneers of the industry.
Want to make 100k? GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS!! You won’t be able to sustain that for a lifetime. Being a good tech takes its toll on your mental and physical health in short order. Have a backup plan because after 15-20 years (you’ll only be in your mid 40’s) you won’t be able to keep up with the 25 year olds anymore and and as you slow down, owners notice and will look for a reason to hire younger techs.
IF you're in a busy shop, and IF your service writers can sell work, and IF you're given all the gravy work, then yes, you can make 100k a year. If you're not in a busy shop, and if your service writers can't sell work, and if you get stuck doing all the $h!t work, then you'll be lucky to make half that.
Hourly tech here, at my new pay rate I should make about 125K next year and I only work about 35-40hr per week at this point. I work in a shop where each tech is expected to produce 500-700K of annual gross revenue and we don't sell a lot of tires. The best way to get paid well is to do the jobs that other people can't, I constantly get handed jobs that other people and other shops "can't handle", and I don't think I'm doing anything difficult. Don't expect to make great money doing the work that everyone thinks is easy. Invest in yourself and get every certification that is relevant to your career, don't wait for someone else to send you to training, buy your own scopes and scan tools, and invest in specialty tools that make you faster and more efficient than the guys in the bays next to you.
Consistency is rough at the shop I’m at. Two weeks ago I had 64.8 flag, and then this past week I barely broke 40. It’s not a writer issue, it’s unfortunately an issue of customers approving work. I think that’s currently a consistent trend across the industry with the economic situation.
This has been going on for over 15 years, it's become more affordable for someone to take on a new car payment than it is to fix their current vehicle. We've over-engineered automobiles to the point it's plain stupid, making parts cost extortion money. The auto repair industry is dead, get out.
From a dealership tech. There’s so many VARIABLES to this industry. It’s all a game and you have to be willing to play. Long story short, You gotta get in where you fit in. To the dealer It’s all NUMBERS! Nothing else matters. Anything after that it’s personal to you and how you feel about yourself as a person and as a technician. For one TECHNICIANS LIE (from one extreme to the next), inflate there numbers , what they can and cannot do etc., etc. It’s just like the economy, you have the poor, middle class and the Top 1%. It’s only a Top 1% of technicians that no matter what you give them they can figure it out and actually make money doing it, I’m talking Bumper to Bumper = transmission, engines, electrical you name it. You have to figure out what’s best for you. You can take a Green tech that never touched a car or read a book on mechanics with absolutely no training what so ever, how to properly change oil , mount and balance a tire, reset a service light, do a proper service etc , will TURN 60-70 hrs easily, but can’t figure out why his car doesn’t start (dead battery). Just an example 😂. One of the many Variables in this industry. But then you have the B line tech turn 80 hrs a week but guess what half the cars come back! I say the clock starts over on the comeback ( so do you truly actually turn 80 hrs a week) NO you don’t!! you have to fix your comebacks. Oh wait no you don’t we will get someone else to fix it, keep turning and burning. SO MANY VARIABLES! I can go on and on. Think I’m gonna write a BOOK on this .
Excellent points and explanations couldn’t be more true everything you said. I’m leaving a job now that has us top 2 top techs (1%ers and I don’t mean that in a condescending way) doing all the $hit work and 50% of what we do is come backs from the B techs that turn and burn all day and have no idea their car even came back. Just keep feeding the B tech machine while the other 2 A techs put out fires all day. What does that look like when they look at just numbers? B techs, repeat failures guessers, dart boarders…whatever you want to call them look like cash registers when you look at the bottom line every month
A few years ago I was making good money because we only had like 5 guys in the shop and I was the only one that liked working on diesels. Now we have 10 guys and the volume hasnt changed and I get less and less of what I was good at. I feel like 50% of my week is LOFR's and recall reprogramming, which was supposed to have been the job of the new guys and not us master techs. We also seem to attract customers that can't afford dealership rates and parts markups - which I don't blame them.
Another good point is I’ve seen where crap shops with a bad reputation among techs will offer big money for certified techs because no one familiar with the place wants to work there due to the bad reputation
I hear we've got a local Dodge dealer that's gone through some major ownership/management changes recently offering up to 80 an hour. I'm told it's so awful to work there right now that people last less than 3 months.
@@JMKady76 Before leaving the industry, the dealership I was at would lose a new guy on average every 3 weeks. Not because of the work but because they were trying to pay them $14/hour, that's less than fast food offers.
60% being the best diagnostician and be an ace at beating repair times but also 40% management being able to feed you work effectively and not getting in your way...
For what its worth, get into a union. I work for a electrical union as a diesel fleet mechanic working on bucket trucks. Hourly pay. At top tier it’s $125k base. With OT alot of guys making $150k-200k. The industry is a broad horizon with many opportunities.
Absolutely. Never hear of union electricians starving from corrupt pay policy, being broke from tool debt etc... (Flat rate/warrant pay) Gotta be nuts to think about getting to this dying trade.
If you are an A level technician in a major city and not making 100k you need to quit. 100k a year was pretty good in 2018, it's common now. 50+ flat rate is not that difficult to find. 50 x 40 = 2000. 52 weeks in a year. That's over 100k at 40 billed hours a week. Go get your certifications, and ask for what your worth. These shops are charging 170 to 200 an hour labor where I'm located. Add to that the parts mark up and it's very easy to see how not only can these shops afford to pay techs, but absolutely have to pay well if they want good ones. No need to kill yourself trying to bill 60+ a week, just negotiate a pay rate that is fair. Plenty of shops out there still think they can pay someone 35 or 40 bucks an hour. Do not work for those shops. I've met technicians that have a high skill level and have been working at the same shop for 10 or 15 years and they do not realize how badly they are getting ripped off. If you are not earning over 50 bucks flatrate, then the problem is you.
@@COBRO98 I'm not sure where you are located, but that is not uncommon at all around metro Atlanta. I know this for a fact. I have no idea about the rest of the country, but I imagine plenty of other places that are not rural pay similiar. I have a friend working for a gm dealership that only does fluids , brakes, and alignments. He makes $31.
100k isn't much in some locations, like California, where almost impossible in other locations. I figured this out after 34 years, I went mobile and only have to turn 21 hours per week to make over 100k. Mix in a few flips and 200k is possible. I only charge 90 an hour and have a service area 10 times bigger than any shop. Overhead is gas and I charge for that so basically no overhead. Good luck
Yeah that is what I have been telling people. I do mobile and work from my garage at home in the evening and weekends. I have a big stack of 20's and 100's from this weekend! I am getting ready to raise my mechanical rates to $95 from $85 because everything I use is getting more expensive. I charge $150 for electrical and module replacements. People are realizing every day that shops are a rip-off.
The back breaking and the greed is not worth the time and investment of tools you need to get going. Face the facts and don’t get involved with this trade. Pull wire and learn a better trade and make real money.
I follow most of that videos. At shop I work at you’re working over time to catch up to the 100% efficient. Too much standing around waiting for answers parts get pulled off 10 times on every job
The biggest hurdel in this industry is the lack of progression with out being self employed i have fought this myself yes i kind of prefer hd diesel but it doesnt mean i cant do auto to. Now that i work for myself im a much happyer person yes im mobile to but t travel accross western ak from kodiak to kotzabue
Go into EPG or any other diesel speciality ….i made over 100k as my first year as an apprentice. Stop playing with cars killing yourself and go apply at your local CAT, Cummins, MTU dealer….you actually do rebuilds and work that made you want to become a technician. Not replacing ball joints on a Honda accord with 300k miles on it
Just be an electrician, easier job, pays a hell of a lot more, electrical wiring has not changed in the last 50 years so a lot less training is required and after your 4 years apprenticeship, you are on 100k plus. Stuff the automotive trade.
I see people talking about making this kind of money and have no idea where they get it or how legitimate their work is. I've been a tech for about 20yrs, the last 10 has been at dealerships and have never broken 40k in a year. I've known guys who make alot but it's by cutting lots of corners and straight gunning everything together knowing they don't have to deal with the comebacks. Worst part is these are the guys the shops celebrate because of the amount of hours they pull in.
Would not do this job for less than $100k a year. If you’re driven and smart you should be at $120k+. I do my fair share of programming and electronic diag. I wish I could just do that and make the same money. Unfortunately there are no shops around me big enough to support a full time diag guy. A guy I use to work with relocated to northern VA and does mobile programming for a company and makes $150k a year.
Yep! This video is bullshit! You have to be the best of the best, takes 5 to 10 years and in the right place. And it still may not last! People are not getting into the industry, their getting out! Even our Chrysler school shut down!
Sometimes its just a shop problem, for the first time in my 7 year career i made 100% efficiency. I been busting my ass making as much hours as i can but its extremely hard to break over 30 hours as an indy tech. Whether its intermittents, bad parts, free inspections, etc. the blame is always put on you that you just have to produce more. But guess what im always the dude that has no cars left and im also the diagnostic guy nearly keeping up with the suspension/brakes tech. So is it really the tech or a shop problem?
The only way your making over a100,000 a year at a dealer is being buddies with the service writers and your getting fed gravy jobs , and then you have a falling out with your buddy and then it’s all over. I had to bounce around every 3-4 years after every manager turn over. Started wrenching at 16 yo. And I did enjoy it a lot and it was a big part of my identity, The time I was 41 both my shoulders were wiped out. And when you go through shoulder surgery there never the same again Witch was very tragic for me. I couldn’t work at the same level. Luckily I found a job working on fleet equipment less strenuous and I now I make more money at an hourly rate then I ever did on flat rate by a long shot
there is a way to make 100k as a auto mechanic start your own mechanic business there is no doubt you could make 100k if you have enough customers and business you would be doing better than working at a shop and be able to make top dollar no doubt about it.
I was a diesel tech. It’s great money if you have the knowledge and aren’t afraid of actual work. Problem is you can’t do that kind of heavy work for a lifetime.
Hours have plummeted at my shop. Owner got in too big of a hurry to add more techs and now everyone is hurting. And I’m the one who gets stuck with all the heavy line plus the time wasters and headaches. Been kinda looking but can’t announce on LinkedIn because he’s a LinkedIn stalker. Interviewed at Simply True but I don’t like the idea of being my own parts guy plus having to sell the job to the customer. Still keeping an eye out.
You are talking USD not Pesos? LOL YES shop setup is critical. We had 6 techs, 11 lifts, 2 tire changers, 2 balancers, and no supplies, weights, filters always out, fluids never on hand and expected 1hr job in 40min, hourly tech cut to 7hr/day to pull in 8+hr/shift cause of $$$ with new manager thats 27 lied on resume. We were pulling in $130,000 on good months but I believe that included gas sales.
and this is the whole issue in todays world!!! MONEY, to be efficient and hit your weekly targets etc so you can earn your bonuses, or bill 70 hours work in a week when you only worked 50 is what damages this trade, everything is on a time limit your forced to rush diagnostics & repairs for a bigger pay check, and then everyone wonders why jobs get "bodged" . best thing is to work for self were you can set the pace and price of your work. and the biggest thing to takeaway from this is, live within your means and stop being greedy. what's the point in being rich?????? what will you gain other than being able to "Show Off" materialistic things that no one else gives a toss about???? in my 35 years of existence not ONCE have i ever met a happy "RICH" Person. What does that tell you???
Want to make $100k as an auto tech- here is how !?! Get a job at a quick lube and sell cocaine ( or meth depending on the area ) on the side. Seriously though if you’re trying to pull $100k there’s way easier ways to do it than wrenching on passenger vehicles. It’s pretty much the only industry where even if you land in the less than 1% of hired techs that pull that kind of cash you still don’t really earn $100k. You gross $100k. By the time tools, clothes, edu, healthcare cost , etc get deducted a lot of that income is gone and if you go self employed the gross amount grows but so does the cost/headaches. So unless you’re some trust fund kid that’s going to inherit a legacy shop and a lot of money (even then it’s an iffy career choice) go do something else with your life. Because it’s always an illusion when you think you’re making money in this field. Wished I’d figured this out sooner and didn’t waste so much of my life on this hellscape of an industry.
Working on Off Road Equipment . 1/2 headache1/2 the stress double the cash. Automotive is just making someone else rich . It’s a poor life style and living
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This video is the truth, despite all the negativity about this trade. I’m a GM Master Tech in a Cadillac dealership in an affluent part of town. I do mostly heavy engine repair and transmission work, and I am around 140-150% efficient. I broke $100k the first week of October this year. One thing missing from this video is that not only do you have to put in work and be efficient, you need the credentials to back it up. You have to be the whole package, and keep grinding it out.
You shouldn't have to rely on useless service writers and beating book-times to make $100K as a master tech, every mechanic should be salary.
Wish in one hand and shit in the other.@@COBRO98I agree but shop owners and managers have not been technicians. It is on us techs to break the cycle and compete with these shops and take away their talent and become the pioneers of the industry.
Want to make 100k? GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS!! You won’t be able to sustain that for a lifetime. Being a good tech takes its toll on your mental and physical health in short order. Have a backup plan because after 15-20 years (you’ll only be in your mid 40’s) you won’t be able to keep up with the 25 year olds anymore and and as you slow down, owners notice and will look for a reason to hire younger techs.
I guess there are always exceptions to the rule, huh? 60 years old I work at a dealership and right now I'm at 106,000.
Your knees must really be hurting
@alfonz0010 after 40 years my body hurts. The reality is I have next-level talent. I make every thing look easy. But thanks for the insult.
62 years old here- run my own shop- tech for 45 years- knees or back don't hurt- still feel young- have to stay in shape- age is just a number.
@@fredlong9745 you completely missed the joke
IF you're in a busy shop, and IF your service writers can sell work, and IF you're given all the gravy work, then yes, you can make 100k a year. If you're not in a busy shop, and if your service writers can't sell work, and if you get stuck doing all the $h!t work, then you'll be lucky to make half that.
Hourly tech here, at my new pay rate I should make about 125K next year and I only work about 35-40hr per week at this point. I work in a shop where each tech is expected to produce 500-700K of annual gross revenue and we don't sell a lot of tires. The best way to get paid well is to do the jobs that other people can't, I constantly get handed jobs that other people and other shops "can't handle", and I don't think I'm doing anything difficult. Don't expect to make great money doing the work that everyone thinks is easy.
Invest in yourself and get every certification that is relevant to your career, don't wait for someone else to send you to training, buy your own scopes and scan tools, and invest in specialty tools that make you faster and more efficient than the guys in the bays next to you.
Dude you're so full of shit quit lying
Consistency is rough at the shop I’m at. Two weeks ago I had 64.8 flag, and then this past week I barely broke 40. It’s not a writer issue, it’s unfortunately an issue of customers approving work. I think that’s currently a consistent trend across the industry with the economic situation.
Seeing the same thing here. Just the economy were in right now
Same here in Arizona
This has been going on for over 15 years, it's become more affordable for someone to take on a new car payment than it is to fix their current vehicle. We've over-engineered automobiles to the point it's plain stupid, making parts cost extortion money.
The auto repair industry is dead, get out.
From a dealership tech. There’s so many VARIABLES to this industry. It’s all a game and you have to be willing to play. Long story short, You gotta get in where you fit in. To the dealer It’s all NUMBERS! Nothing else matters. Anything after that it’s personal to you and how you feel about yourself as a person and as a technician. For one TECHNICIANS LIE (from one extreme to the next), inflate there numbers , what they can and cannot do etc., etc. It’s just like the economy, you have the poor, middle class and the Top 1%. It’s only a Top 1% of technicians that no matter what you give them they can figure it out and actually make money doing it, I’m talking Bumper to Bumper = transmission, engines, electrical you name it. You have to figure out what’s best for you. You can take a Green tech that never touched a car or read a book on mechanics with absolutely no training what so ever, how to properly change oil , mount and balance a tire, reset a service light, do a proper service etc , will TURN 60-70 hrs easily, but can’t figure out why his car doesn’t start (dead battery). Just an example 😂. One of the many Variables in this industry. But then you have the B line tech turn 80 hrs a week but guess what half the cars come back! I say the clock starts over on the comeback ( so do you truly actually turn 80 hrs a week) NO you don’t!! you have to fix your comebacks. Oh wait no you don’t we will get someone else to fix it, keep turning and burning. SO MANY VARIABLES! I can go on and on. Think I’m gonna write a BOOK on this .
Excellent points and explanations couldn’t be more true everything you said. I’m leaving a job now that has us top 2 top techs (1%ers and I don’t mean that in a condescending way) doing all the $hit work and 50% of what we do is come backs from the B techs that turn and burn all day and have no idea their car even came back. Just keep feeding the B tech machine while the other 2 A techs put out fires all day. What does that look like when they look at just numbers? B techs, repeat failures guessers, dart boarders…whatever you want to call them look like cash registers when you look at the bottom line every month
@saabman484 dealer tech as well
A few years ago I was making good money because we only had like 5 guys in the shop and I was the only one that liked working on diesels. Now we have 10 guys and the volume hasnt changed and I get less and less of what I was good at. I feel like 50% of my week is LOFR's and recall reprogramming, which was supposed to have been the job of the new guys and not us master techs. We also seem to attract customers that can't afford dealership rates and parts markups - which I don't blame them.
Another good point is I’ve seen where crap shops with a bad reputation among techs will offer big money for certified techs because no one familiar with the place wants to work there due to the bad reputation
I hear we've got a local Dodge dealer that's gone through some major ownership/management changes recently offering up to 80 an hour. I'm told it's so awful to work there right now that people last less than 3 months.
@@JMKady76 Before leaving the industry, the dealership I was at would lose a new guy on average every 3 weeks. Not because of the work but because they were trying to pay them $14/hour, that's less than fast food offers.
60% being the best diagnostician and be an ace at beating repair times but also 40% management being able to feed you work effectively and not getting in your way...
For what its worth, get into a union. I work for a electrical union as a diesel fleet mechanic working on bucket trucks. Hourly pay. At top tier it’s $125k base. With OT alot of guys making $150k-200k. The industry is a broad horizon with many opportunities.
Absolutely. Never hear of union electricians starving from corrupt pay policy, being broke from tool debt etc... (Flat rate/warrant pay) Gotta be nuts to think about getting to this dying trade.
If you are an A level technician in a major city and not making 100k you need to quit. 100k a year was pretty good in 2018, it's common now. 50+ flat rate is not that difficult to find. 50 x 40 = 2000. 52 weeks in a year. That's over 100k at 40 billed hours a week. Go get your certifications, and ask for what your worth. These shops are charging 170 to 200 an hour labor where I'm located. Add to that the parts mark up and it's very easy to see how not only can these shops afford to pay techs, but absolutely have to pay well if they want good ones. No need to kill yourself trying to bill 60+ a week, just negotiate a pay rate that is fair. Plenty of shops out there still think they can pay someone 35 or 40 bucks an hour. Do not work for those shops. I've met technicians that have a high skill level and have been working at the same shop for 10 or 15 years and they do not realize how badly they are getting ripped off. If you are not earning over 50 bucks flatrate, then the problem is you.
Literally no one is making $50/hour in automotive repair. The average A-tech makes $32/hour on flat rate. Industry is a joke.
@@COBRO98 I'm not sure where you are located, but that is not uncommon at all around metro Atlanta. I know this for a fact. I have no idea about the rest of the country, but I imagine plenty of other places that are not rural pay similiar. I have a friend working for a gm dealership that only does fluids , brakes, and alignments. He makes $31.
Work for a fleet I make $58 an hour plus I get 20 hours overtime a week working nights I make 2500 after taxes every week
Lies
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@@dakotaalexander9292 yeah you big mad
100k isn't much in some locations, like California, where almost impossible in other locations. I figured this out after 34 years, I went mobile and only have to turn 21 hours per week to make over 100k. Mix in a few flips and 200k is possible. I only charge 90 an hour and have a service area 10 times bigger than any shop. Overhead is gas and I charge for that so basically no overhead. Good luck
Yeah that is what I have been telling people. I do mobile and work from my garage at home in the evening and weekends. I have a big stack of 20's and 100's from this weekend! I am getting ready to raise my mechanical rates to $95 from $85 because everything I use is getting more expensive. I charge $150 for electrical and module replacements. People are realizing every day that shops are a rip-off.
How do you get health insurance?
The back breaking and the greed is not worth the time and investment of tools you need to get going. Face the facts and don’t get involved with this trade. Pull wire and learn a better trade and make real money.
Unless you own the shop, it's not worth it. The 24 year old service writer will make more than the master tech, a lot more.
I follow most of that videos. At shop I work at you’re working over time to catch up to the 100% efficient. Too much standing around waiting for answers parts get pulled off 10 times on every job
Sounds like we work in the same place
The biggest hurdel in this industry is the lack of progression with out being self employed i have fought this myself yes i kind of prefer hd diesel but it doesnt mean i cant do auto to. Now that i work for myself im a much happyer person yes im mobile to but t travel accross western ak from kodiak to kotzabue
Go into EPG or any other diesel speciality ….i made over 100k as my first year as an apprentice. Stop playing with cars killing yourself and go apply at your local CAT, Cummins, MTU dealer….you actually do rebuilds and work that made you want to become a technician. Not replacing ball joints on a Honda accord with 300k miles on it
Just be an electrician, easier job, pays a hell of a lot more, electrical wiring has not changed in the last 50 years so a lot less training is required and after your 4 years apprenticeship, you are on 100k plus. Stuff the automotive trade.
And to add to what he’s saying, eat a healthy diet and take care of yourself and exercise, and don’t overwork yourself to death.
I see people talking about making this kind of money and have no idea where they get it or how legitimate their work is. I've been a tech for about 20yrs, the last 10 has been at dealerships and have never broken 40k in a year. I've known guys who make alot but it's by cutting lots of corners and straight gunning everything together knowing they don't have to deal with the comebacks. Worst part is these are the guys the shops celebrate because of the amount of hours they pull in.
What good is making $100K a year when your body can't enjoy it?
Would not do this job for less than $100k a year. If you’re driven and smart you should be at $120k+. I do my fair share of programming and electronic diag. I wish I could just do that and make the same money. Unfortunately there are no shops around me big enough to support a full time diag guy. A guy I use to work with relocated to northern VA and does mobile programming for a company and makes $150k a year.
I wish I could do that
The best way to make a 100k is to become a politician.
It's very possible. I work with 2 or 3 guys that bill that a week at smith vw in delaware
Alot of people in the comments lying about how much they make ☠️
Always.
Yep! This video is bullshit! You have to be the best of the best, takes 5 to 10 years and in the right place. And it still may not last! People are not getting into the industry, their getting out! Even our Chrysler school shut down!
Just because you're not there yet doesn't mean those of us that have hit that low 6 figure mark are liars.
@@JMKady76 The average auto tech makes $33K/year. This is a fact. Less than 1% of techs will ever reach $80K and it won't be consistent.
@@COBRO98 average is 57k now man, that 33k number is from years ago. You would have to work part time to earn that little
Sometimes its just a shop problem, for the first time in my 7 year career i made 100% efficiency. I been busting my ass making as much hours as i can but its extremely hard to break over 30 hours as an indy tech. Whether its intermittents, bad parts, free inspections, etc. the blame is always put on you that you just have to produce more. But guess what im always the dude that has no cars left and im also the diagnostic guy nearly keeping up with the suspension/brakes tech.
So is it really the tech or a shop problem?
Here for the comments. These outta be good.
He isn't wrong at all. You got to find the right situation and not suck. Get gud scrub.
Depends on your cost of living.... In a high cost of living 100k is expected because your rent is really high
The only way your making over a100,000 a year at a dealer is being buddies with the service writers and your getting fed gravy jobs , and then you have a falling out with your buddy and then it’s all over. I had to bounce around every 3-4 years after every manager turn over. Started wrenching at 16 yo. And I did enjoy it a lot and it was a big part of my identity, The time I was 41 both my shoulders were wiped out. And when you go through shoulder surgery there never the same again Witch was very tragic for me. I couldn’t work at the same level. Luckily I found a job working on fleet equipment less strenuous and I now I make more money at an hourly rate then I ever did on flat rate by a long shot
Yeah equipment and truck shops or mobile makes lots of money
Yeah and like triple the size. Especially when a clutch job can go bad and you loose fingers. I been considering the field.
@ironcross420 I work in a municipal fleet, and do cars trucks and equipment mobile on the side, if I had any advice I'd say go be a forklift tech
there is a way to make 100k as a auto mechanic start your own mechanic business there is no doubt you could make 100k if you have enough customers and business you would be doing better than working at a shop and be able to make top dollar no doubt about it.
So far I'm at $77,132 and have the rest of the year to go. Last year I hit $48k.
That's also working normal hours and only my saturdays.
Here comes the diesel tech comments
I was a diesel tech. It’s great money if you have the knowledge and aren’t afraid of actual work. Problem is you can’t do that kind of heavy work for a lifetime.
LOL 😂 caught me red handed 100K+ diesel fleet technician
Hours have plummeted at my shop. Owner got in too big of a hurry to add more techs and now everyone is hurting. And I’m the one who gets stuck with all the heavy line plus the time wasters and headaches. Been kinda looking but can’t announce on LinkedIn because he’s a LinkedIn stalker. Interviewed at Simply True but I don’t like the idea of being my own parts guy plus having to sell the job to the customer. Still keeping an eye out.
You are talking USD not Pesos? LOL
YES shop setup is critical. We had 6 techs, 11 lifts, 2 tire changers, 2 balancers, and no supplies, weights, filters always out, fluids never on hand and expected 1hr job in 40min, hourly tech cut to 7hr/day to pull in 8+hr/shift cause of $$$ with new manager thats 27 lied on resume. We were pulling in $130,000 on good months but I believe that included gas sales.
and this is the whole issue in todays world!!! MONEY, to be efficient and hit your weekly targets etc so you can earn your bonuses, or bill 70 hours work in a week when you only worked 50 is what damages this trade, everything is on a time limit your forced to rush diagnostics & repairs for a bigger pay check, and then everyone wonders why jobs get "bodged" . best thing is to work for self were you can set the pace and price of your work. and the biggest thing to takeaway from this is, live within your means and stop being greedy. what's the point in being rich?????? what will you gain other than being able to "Show Off" materialistic things that no one else gives a toss about???? in my 35 years of existence not ONCE have i ever met a happy "RICH" Person. What does that tell you???
100 k in Automotive industry in repair shop no way
In 2024
I broke 100k two weeks ago. I been there for three years. Definitely possible
I'll be at 110-120 this year depending on how the rest of things shake out, I'm at 90 some right now I'd have to dig up a pay stub.
@@John_Rod good for you enjoy your gaming
@@JMKady76 keep that ball rolling
@ no idea what you’re talking bout but okay
Are u happy at ur new place you never said much?
Want to make $100k as an auto tech- here is how !?! Get a job at a quick lube and sell cocaine ( or meth depending on the area ) on the side.
Seriously though if you’re trying to pull $100k there’s way easier ways to do it than wrenching on passenger vehicles. It’s pretty much the only industry where even if you land in the less than 1% of hired techs that pull that kind of cash you still don’t really earn $100k. You gross $100k. By the time tools, clothes, edu, healthcare cost , etc get deducted a lot of that income is gone and if you go self employed the gross amount grows but so does the cost/headaches.
So unless you’re some trust fund kid that’s going to inherit a legacy shop and a lot of money (even then it’s an iffy career choice) go do something else with your life. Because it’s always an illusion when you think you’re making money in this field. Wished I’d figured this out sooner and didn’t waste so much of my life on this hellscape of an industry.
Working on Off Road Equipment . 1/2 headache1/2 the stress double the cash. Automotive is just making someone else rich . It’s a poor life style and living
Work 10 months
Be a USPS mechanic.
Not worth going into this industry then.
Skilled trades are so under appreciated. Should all be making 100k
You be awful lucky to make half of that
You want to make a100k a year stay off the tool trucks