Auto mechanic salary in Barnstable Town, MA
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Auto mechanics in the Barnstable Town, MA area earn a median of $60,650 a year, or $29.16 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $86,710 a year. Statewide, auto mechanics earn a median of $60,760; Barnstable Town is right at that level.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $19.00/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 430
- After cost of living
- $61,670
- Median hourly pay
- $29.16/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +20%
- vs Massachusetts median
- 0%
- Mean (average) pay
- $62,100 a year · $29.86 an hour
Pay by percentile
What auto mechanics in Barnstable Town, MA 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 | $19.00 | $39,520 |
| 25th percentile | $21.97 | $45,700 |
| Median (50th) | $29.16 | $60,650 |
| 75th percentile | $37.79 | $78,600 |
| 90th percentile | $41.69 | $86,710 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Barnstable Town, MA compares
- Barnstable Town ranks 2nd of 7 Massachusetts metro areas for auto mechanic pay.
- Auto mechanics hold about the same share of jobs in the Barnstable Town area as nationally: 4.6 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Massachusetts metro areas
Other trades in Barnstable Town, MA
Questions
- Do auto mechanics make more in Barnstable Town or Boston?
- Boston pays more: the median is $60,650 in Barnstable Town and $63,060 in Boston, a 4% 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 12700 (Barnstable Town, MA). 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 (98.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures