Automotive Technician apprenticeships in Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX is the 29th-most populous metro in the US. Here is what working as an automotive technician looks like locally.
KEY FACTS — AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK-GEORGETOWN, TX
Austin: ~321 of 4.9K (~6.5%) · market pressure 55/100 — Moderate pressure.
Confidence: medium. Annual labor earnings (W-2 wages + self-employment), not OEWS hourly-wage extrapolations.
Source: Census ACS 2024 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).
Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance.
Source: BLS OEWS.
Confidence: low. Composite of projected annual openings, projected growth, and current $100K+ earnings rate. Not a direct vacancy count.
Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.
Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.
A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.
Numerator: ACS PUMS $100K+ annual earners.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX is one of Texas's largest labor markets for automotive technicians. It is the 29th-largest metro area in the United States by population. This page collects what adults switching into a career as an automotive technician inside the Austin metro need first: how local pay compares to the state, what the available labor-market data says about six-figure work, and which statewide programs and licensing rules apply locally.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX automotive technicians earn a median of $50,380 (BLS OEWS Austin MSA, May 2024). For Texas context, statewide pay runs from $15/hr at entry to $25/hr at the state median and $36/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $52K avg salary. The Austin metro is a top-50 U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.
In the Austin metro, estimated six-figure automotive technician jobs: ~201 of 4.9K (~4.1%). Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance. ACS 2024 5-year PUMS estimates ~321 $100K+ annual earners (~6.5% of employed automotive technicians, ACS PUMS WAGP+SEMP). Projections Central long-term pressure score: 55/100 (Moderate, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 757K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: Texas shows ~2.1K of 67K (~3.1%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.
Statewide automotive technician programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Texas programs page; none are flagged as metro-exclusive. Metro program and association references are inherited from sourced state pages unless a metro-exclusive entity is explicitly sourced. Treat them as orientation, not a complete local inventory, and verify current intake details with the statewide source or sponsor before relying. Licensing is set at the state level: Texas rules apply in the Austin metro unless a local authority says otherwise. Metro pages use state-level licensing and program context unless a city, county, or sponsor rule is explicitly sourced. Verify current licensing, local add-ons, and sponsor requirements with the official state or local authority before relying. automotive technician apprenticeship sites cluster within a 45-60 minute drive of the Austin core; smaller employers may sponsor at the regional level when no in-metro slot is open.
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN PAY SNAPSHOT — AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK-GEORGETOWN, TX
$50,380 (OEWS MSA-level median)
Source: BLS OEWS MSA cross-industry estimates. Where MSA-level data is suppressed or unpublished we fall back to the state median and label it explicitly.
Programs across Texas
We list automotive technician apprenticeships, schools, and locals statewide.
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN IN NEARBY METROS
Get Automotive Technician updates for Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
We will send new Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX-area pages, related content, and deeper guide updates for this trade.