How much do auto mechanics make an hour in Gainesville, GA?

The median hourly wage is $26.60. The middle half earn between $18.13 and $32.71 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do entry-level auto mechanics make in Gainesville, GA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.94 an hour ($35,230 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.13.

Do auto mechanics make more in Gainesville or Savannah?

Gainesville pays more: the median is $55,330 in Gainesville and $52,230 in Savannah, a 6% difference.

How does Gainesville pay compare with the rest of Georgia?

The Gainesville median of $55,330 is 13% more than the Georgia median of $49,060.

Auto mechanic salary in Gainesville, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Auto mechanics in the Gainesville, GA area earn a median of $55,330 a year, or $26.60 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $80,080. Across all of Georgia, the median is $49,060, so Gainesville pays 13% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$55,330

Bottom 10% under$35,230Top 10% over$80,080

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.94/hr
Jobs in this area: 440
After cost of living: $57,180
Median hourly pay: $26.60/hr
vs U.S. median: +9%
vs Georgia median: +13%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 23580, Gainesville, GA). Excludes self-employed auto mechanics. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Entry-level to master auto mechanic pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$35,230–$37,700$16.94–$18.13/hr
Experienced technician	$55,330$26.60/hr
Master / top earners	$68,030–$80,080$32.71–$38.50/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Gainesville, GA compares

Gainesville has the highest auto mechanic median of the 15 Georgia metro areas with published pay.
Auto mechanics hold about the same share of jobs in the Gainesville area as nationally: 4.2 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $80,080, is 2.3 times the 10th-percentile wage, $35,230: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Georgia metro areas

Other trades in Gainesville, GA

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Questions

How much do auto mechanics make in Gainesville, GA?: Auto mechanics in the Gainesville, GA area earn a median of $55,330 a year, or $26.60 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $80,080.
How much do auto mechanics make an hour in Gainesville, GA?: The median hourly wage is $26.60. The middle half earn between $18.13 and $32.71 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do entry-level auto mechanics make in Gainesville, GA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $16.94 an hour ($35,230 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $18.13.
Do auto mechanics make more in Gainesville or Savannah?: Gainesville pays more: the median is $55,330 in Gainesville and $52,230 in Savannah, a 6% difference.
How does Gainesville pay compare with the rest of Georgia?: The Gainesville median of $55,330 is 13% more than the Georgia median of $49,060.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 49-3023 (Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics), area code 23580 (Gainesville, GA). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed auto mechanics and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (96.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures