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Auto mechanic salary in Kiryas Joel, NY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Auto mechanics in the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY area earn a median of $56,260 a year, or $27.05 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $80,300 a year. That's 4% more than the New York median of $54,120.

Median yearly pay$56,260
Bottom 10% under$37,260Top 10% over$80,300
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$17.91/hr
Jobs in this area
1,530
After cost of living
$51,420
Median hourly pay
$27.05/hr
vs U.S. median
+11%
vs New York median
+4%
Mean (average) pay
$58,820 a year · $28.28 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28880, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY). 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 Kiryas Joel, NY 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$17.91$37,260
25th percentile$22.34$46,480
Median (50th)$27.05$56,260
75th percentile$34.70$72,180
90th percentile$38.61$80,300

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

How Kiryas Joel, NY compares

  • Kiryas Joel ranks 3rd of 13 New York metro areas for auto mechanic pay.
  • Auto mechanics are more concentrated in the Kiryas Joel area than nationally: 5.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do auto mechanics make more in Kiryas Joel or Rochester?
Rochester pays more: the median is $56,260 in Kiryas Joel and $58,530 in Rochester, 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 28880 (Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY). 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 (109.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures