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Auto mechanic salary in Savannah, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Auto mechanics in the Savannah, GA area earn a median of $52,230 a year, or $25.11 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $93,970. Across all of Georgia, the median is $49,060, so Savannah pays 6% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$52,230
Bottom 10% under$34,040Top 10% over$93,970
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$16.37/hr
Jobs in this area
1,000
After cost of living
$54,860
Median hourly pay
$25.11/hr
vs U.S. median
+3%
vs Georgia median
+6%
Mean (average) pay
$58,510 a year · $28.13 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 42340, Savannah, 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 Savannah, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$16.37$34,040
25th percentile$18.41$38,280
Median (50th)$25.11$52,230
75th percentile$35.41$73,660
90th percentile$45.18$93,970

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

How Savannah, GA compares

  • Savannah ranks 2nd of 15 Georgia metro areas for auto mechanic pay.
  • Auto mechanics are more concentrated in the Savannah area than nationally: 5.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.

Other Georgia metro areas

Other trades in Savannah, GA

Questions

Do auto mechanics make more in Savannah or Atlanta?
Savannah pays more: the median is $52,230 in Savannah and $51,450 in Atlanta, a 2% 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 42340 (Savannah, 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 (95.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures