Auto mechanic salary in Eau Claire, WI
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Auto mechanics in the Eau Claire, WI area earn a median of $50,280 a year, or $24.18 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $75,800 a year. Statewide, auto mechanics earn a median of $54,350; Eau Claire is 7% below it.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $17.53/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 370
- After cost of living
- $54,180
- Median hourly pay
- $24.18/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −1%
- vs Wisconsin median
- −7%
- Mean (average) pay
- $54,330 a year · $26.12 an hour
Pay by percentile
What auto mechanics in Eau Claire, WI 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 | $17.53 | $36,450 |
| 25th percentile | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| Median (50th) | $24.18 | $50,280 |
| 75th percentile | $29.99 | $62,380 |
| 90th percentile | $36.44 | $75,800 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Eau Claire, WI compares
- Eau Claire ranks 14th of 15 Wisconsin metro areas for auto mechanic pay.
- Auto mechanics hold about the same share of jobs in the Eau Claire area as nationally: 4.3 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Wisconsin metro areas
Other trades in Eau Claire, WI
Questions
- Do auto mechanics make more in Eau Claire or Milwaukee?
- Milwaukee pays more: the median is $50,280 in Eau Claire and $62,530 in Milwaukee, a 20% 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 20740 (Eau Claire, WI). 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 (92.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures