DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Repair and replace tires.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2013

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	1,140	203	$13.43/hr	$0.48/hr	$9.64/hr	$10.72/hr	$12.63/hr	$15.18/hr	$19.09/hr
U S	96,880	2,034	$12.40/hr	$0.07/hr	$8.46/hr	$9.54/hr	$11.41/hr	$14.30/hr	$18.10/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Tire Repairers and Changers Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Trade, Transportation and Utilities 1,000 $12.64/hr

Other Regional Data For Tire Repairers and Changers Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change 2010 - 2020 Minnesota 1,140 $12.63/hr 15.6% Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN-WI MSA 740 $12.45/hr N/A Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 600 $12.90/hr 11.4% Central Minnesota 150 $11.62/hr 27.1% Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 80 $12.42/hr N/A Southeast Balance of State 80 $15.11/hr N/A Saint Cloud MN MSA 70 $11.49/hr N/A Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA 70 $12.91/hr N/A Southwest Minnesota 60 $10.77/hr 12.0% Southeast Minnesota 30 $15.63/hr 21.7% Mankato-North Mankato, MN MetroSA 30 $10.55/hr N/A Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA N/A $12.14/hr N/A Rochester MN MSA N/A $17.64/hr N/A Northeast Minnesota N/A $12.70/hr 5.2% Northeast Balance of State N/A $13.18/hr N/A Southwest Balance of State N/A $14.25/hr N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2010 - 2020
Packers and Packagers, Hand	11,230	$9.67/hr	7.3%
Parking Lot Attendants	1,820	$10.40/hr	1.2%
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	700	$14.86/hr	20.1%
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	180	$22.83/hr	23.8%
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	70	$30.67/hr	11.3%

• Remounts wheel onto vehicle.
• Locates puncture in tubeless tire by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tire in water bath and observing air bubbles.
• Seals puncture in tubeless tire by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plug into puncture, using hand tools.
• Removes wheel from vehicle by hand or by use of power hoist.
• Separates tubed tire from wheel, using rubber mallet and metal bar or mechanical tire changer.
• Patches tube with adhesive rubber patch or seals rubber patch to tube, using hot vulcanizing plate.
• Unbolts wheel, using lug wrench.
• Inflates inner tube and immerses it in water to locate leak.
• Glues boot (tire patch) over rupture in tire casing, using rubber cement.
• Cleans sides of white wall tires.
• Buffs defective area of inner tube, using scraper.
• Raises vehicle, using hydraulic jack.
• Hammers required counterweights onto rim of wheel.
• Rotates tires to different positions on vehicle, using hand tools.
• Places wheel on balancing machine to determine counterweights required to balance wheel.
• Reassembles tire onto wheel.
• Removes inner tube from tire and inspects tire casing for defects, such as holes and tears.