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Auto mechanic salary in Vineland, NJ

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Auto mechanics in the Vineland, NJ area earn a median of $48,670 a year, or $23.40 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $75,500. Across all of New Jersey, the median is $56,610, so Vineland pays 14% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,670
Bottom 10% under$35,380Top 10% over$75,500
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$17.01/hr
Jobs in this area
330
After cost of living
$50,710
Median hourly pay
$23.40/hr
vs U.S. median
−4%
vs New Jersey median
−14%
Mean (average) pay
$53,330 a year · $25.64 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 47220, Vineland, NJ). 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 Vineland, NJ 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$17.01$35,380
25th percentile$18.53$38,550
Median (50th)$23.40$48,670
75th percentile$29.68$61,730
90th percentile$36.30$75,500

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

How Vineland, NJ compares

  • Vineland has the lowest auto mechanic median of the 6 New Jersey metro areas with published pay.
  • Auto mechanics are more concentrated in the Vineland area than nationally: 5.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.

Other New Jersey metro areas

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Questions

Do auto mechanics make more in Vineland or Philadelphia?
Philadelphia pays more: the median is $48,670 in Vineland and $58,460 in Philadelphia, a 17% 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 47220 (Vineland, NJ). 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 (96.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures