Do auto mechanics make more in Rome or Savannah?

Savannah pays more: the median is $47,460 in Rome and $52,230 in Savannah, a 9% difference.

Auto mechanic salary in Rome, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Auto mechanics in the Rome, GA area earn a median of $47,460 a year, or $22.82 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $72,970 a year. That's 3% less than the Georgia median of $49,060.

Median yearly pay$47,460

Bottom 10% under$33,900Top 10% over$72,970

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $16.30/hr
Jobs in this area: 210
After cost of living: $52,640
Median hourly pay: $22.82/hr
vs U.S. median: −6%
vs Georgia median: −3%
Mean (average) pay: $50,250 a year · $24.16 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 40660, Rome, 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.

Pay by percentile

What auto mechanics in Rome, GA earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$16.30	$33,900
25th percentile	$17.54	$36,490
Median (50th)	$22.82	$47,460
75th percentile	$29.00	$60,320
90th percentile	$35.08	$72,970

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Rome, GA compares

Rome ranks 13th of 15 Georgia metro areas for auto mechanic pay.
Auto mechanics hold about the same share of jobs in the Rome area as nationally: 4.7 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Georgia metro areas

Other trades in Rome, GA

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Questions

Do auto mechanics make more in Rome or Savannah?: Savannah pays more: the median is $47,460 in Rome and $52,230 in Savannah, a 9% difference.

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 40660 (Rome, 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 (90.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures