4 Comments

1. kim c says:
   November 30, 2009 at 8:21 am

   i seen an add for 30 dollars per hour
2. nothingtodoandnolife says:
   November 30, 2009 at 8:33 am

   depends how good you are, you can make $6 hr to $30+ depending on skill, exp, and what type of engine/aria you work on
3. TYP3 R says:
   November 30, 2009 at 9:01 am

   Depends on what area your going into. But generally get starting pay from 17 an hour to 1000 a day! But the biggest area where there is money is constuction. You travel all over to the world just to change an axle. Of course this is an exgeration, but thats the general Idea.
4. amoxi7 says:
   November 30, 2009 at 9:23 am

   Median (median is described as the number separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half) hourly earnings of bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists, including incentive pay, $18.11, more than the $17.65 median hourly earnings for all installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. The middle 50 percent earnes between $14.48 and $22.07 an hour. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $11.71, and the highest 10 percent earnes more than $26.50 an hour. Median hourly earnings in the industrie employing the largest numbers of bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists is around

   Local government $21.22
   Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers 18.27
   Automotive repair and maintenance 17.53
   General freight trucking 17.14
   Specialized freight trucking 16.15

   Because many experienced technicians employed by truck fleet dealers and independent repair shops receive a commission related to the labor cost charged to the customer, weekly earnings depend on the amount of work completed. Beginners usually earn from 50 to 75 percent of the rate of skilled workers and receive increases as they become more skilled.

   About 23 percent of diesel service technicians and mechanics are members of labor unions, including the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; the Amalgamated Transit Union; the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; the Transport Workers Union of America; the Sheet Metal Workers International Association; and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Labor unions may provide additional benefits for their members.