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Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics pay in Colorado and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics is $61,280 per year in Colorado. It is $68,660 per year in District of Columbia. Colorado is 10.7% below District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3023 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 12,300 wage and salary jobs in Colorado and 310 in District of Columbia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.