Career
Motorcycle mechanics
Repair motorcycles.
$48,580
Median pay
+2.1%
Job growth, 2025–35
1,400
Openings a year
Postsecondary nondegree award
Typical education
Under 2 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Mount, balance, change, or check condition or pressure of tires.
- Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools.
- Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators.
- Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, or other engine performance indicators.
- Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on objects & tools, then information & systems?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Mount, balance, change, or check condition or pressure of tires.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Repairing, Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance, Quality Control Analysis.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
Under 2 years of education after high school (postsecondary nondegree award), for a median of $48,580 a year and 1,400 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Motorcycle Maintenance and Repair Technology/TechnicianCIP 47.0611
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Bicycle Repairers$42,780 · -5.7%
- Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$57,550 · +4.9%
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$50,620 · +5.0%
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$47,880 · +2.3%
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$61,770 · +3.6%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.