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Auto mechanic salary in Twin Falls, ID

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Auto mechanics in the Twin Falls, ID area earn a median of $46,990 a year, or $22.59 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $74,610. That's 3% less than the Idaho median of $48,420.

Median yearly pay$46,990
Bottom 10% under$31,510Top 10% over$74,610
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$15.15/hr
Jobs in this area
360
After cost of living
$51,020
Median hourly pay
$22.59/hr
vs U.S. median
−7%
vs Idaho median
−3%
Mean (average) pay
$51,360 a year · $24.69 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 46300, Twin Falls, ID). 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 Twin Falls, ID 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$15.15$31,510
25th percentile$18.01$37,470
Median (50th)$22.59$46,990
75th percentile$29.52$61,400
90th percentile$35.87$74,610

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

How Twin Falls, ID compares

  • Twin Falls ranks 5th of 7 Idaho metro areas for auto mechanic pay.
  • Auto mechanics are more concentrated in the Twin Falls area than nationally: 7.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.6 times the U.S. share.

Other Idaho metro areas

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Questions

Do auto mechanics make more in Twin Falls or Coeur d'Alene?
Coeur d'Alene pays more: the median is $46,990 in Twin Falls and $50,910 in Coeur d'Alene, a 8% 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 46300 (Twin Falls, ID). 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 (92.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures