Tire Repairers and Changers
What Tire Repairers and Changers Do
Repair and replace tires.
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Career Outlook
National employment outlook, 2024–2034.
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
- Self-employed
- 5%
Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.
How Much Preparation Does This Take?
Job Zone 2 of 5Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Experience
- Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience.
- Education
- Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- Job training
- Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.
Source: O*NET Job Zones.
Key Knowledge Areas
Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.
- Mechanicalimportance 4.0/5
- Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.6/5
- Administration and Managementimportance 3.2/5
- Sales and Marketingimportance 3.0/5
- English Languageimportance 2.9/5
- Public Safety and Securityimportance 2.9/5
- Production and Processingimportance 2.8/5
- Transportationimportance 2.7/5
Work Environment
What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls4.8/5
- Spend Time Standing4.7/5
- Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled4.6/5
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.6/5
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate4.5/5
- Contact With Others4.5/5
Careers With Similar Skills
Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.
- Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants93% skill match
- Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners93% skill match
- Sailors and Marine Oilers92% skill match
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas91% skill match
- Roof Bolters, Mining90% skill match
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals90% skill match
- Motorboat Operators90% skill match
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders90% skill match
Transferable Skills
Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.
- Service Orientationimportance 3.0/5
- Time Managementimportance 3.0/5
- Operations Monitoringimportance 2.9/5
- Troubleshootingimportance 2.9/5
- Repairingimportance 2.9/5
- Quality Control Analysisimportance 2.9/5
- Social Perceptivenessimportance 2.8/5
- Coordinationimportance 2.8/5
Software & Technologies
Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.
Hot Technologies
Other Software Used
- Project estimation software
- Recordkeeping software
Work Style
Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cautiousness
- Stress Tolerance
- Integrity
- Perseverance
- Cooperation
Career Interests
This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.
- RealisticHigh
- ConventionalMedium
- InvestigativeLow
- SocialLow
- EnterprisingLow
- ArtisticLow
This page includes information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Where This Career Is Most Concentrated
Metro areas where tire repairers and changers make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).
- 1Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI4.01× national avg
- 2Farmington, NM3.90× national avg
- 3Victoria, TX3.50× national avg
- 4Fairbanks-College, AK3.43× national avg
- 5Odessa, TX3.37× national avg
Possible Career Moves
A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.
- Automotive Body and Related RepairersLateral Move
- Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersCareer Change
- Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsCareer Change
- Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and HostlersCareer Change