Skilled Trades
Tire Repairers and Changers
Repair and replace tires.
Median salary
$37,120
Typical range
$30k – $49k
Job outlook
+6% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Tire Repairers and Changers
Education
Typical entry: No degree required
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Tire Repairers and Changers
Entry / Junior
$29,880
~2 yrs to advance
Tire Repairers and Changers
Established
$37,120
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Tire Repairers and Changers
Senior
$43,010
Key skills
A typical day
- •Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.
- •Remount wheels onto vehicles.
- •Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.
- •Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
- •Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.