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Employment Percentage
11.43270622
SOC ID
49-3052
SOC Title
Motorcycle Mechanics
ONET ID
49-3052.00
ONET Concat ID
49305200
Median Salary
30795.53
Ed Level High School
25.73
Ed Level Certificate
59.580002
Ed Level Some College
0
Ed Level Associates
3.95
Ed Level Bachelors
9.47
Ed Level Masters
1.27
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a certificate
Career Description
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
Core Tasks
  • Mount, balance, change, or check condition or pressure of tires.
  • Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools.
  • Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators.
  • Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, or other engine performance indicators.
  • Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage.
  • Repair or replace other parts, such as headlights, horns, handlebar controls, gasoline or oil tanks, starters, or mufflers.
  • Disassemble subassembly units and examine condition, movement, or alignment of parts, visually or using gauges.
  • Repair or adjust motorcycle subassemblies, such as forks, transmissions, brakes, or drive chains, according to specifications.
  • Reassemble frames and reinstall engines after repairs.
  • Install motorcycle accessories.
  • Remove cylinder heads and grind valves to scrape off carbon and replace defective valves, pistons, cylinders, or rings, using hand and power tools.
  • Reassemble and test subassembly units.
Start Annual Earnings
25757.27
Top Annual Earnings
60829.76
EMSI Career Title Slug
motorcycle-mechanic