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Auto mechanic salary in Lexington Park, MD

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Auto mechanics in the Lexington Park, MD area earn a median of $56,560 a year, or $27.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $88,210 a year. That's 2% less than the Maryland median of $57,520.

Median yearly pay$56,560
Bottom 10% under$33,030Top 10% over$88,210
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$15.88/hr
Jobs in this area
440
After cost of living
$56,130
Median hourly pay
$27.19/hr
vs U.S. median
+12%
vs Maryland median
−2%
Mean (average) pay
$58,400 a year · $28.08 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 30500, Lexington Park, MD). 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 Lexington Park, MD 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$15.88$33,030
25th percentile$17.47$36,330
Median (50th)$27.19$56,560
75th percentile$37.14$77,250
90th percentile$42.41$88,210

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

How Lexington Park, MD compares

  • Lexington Park ranks 4th of 6 Maryland metro areas for auto mechanic pay.
  • Auto mechanics are more concentrated in the Lexington Park area than nationally: 6.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do auto mechanics make more in Lexington Park or Washington?
Washington pays more: the median is $56,560 in Lexington Park and $61,860 in Washington, 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 30500 (Lexington Park, MD). 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 (100.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures