Question #1

What are the highest paying fields in auto mechanic? The highest paying fields in the auto mechanic industry depends on how fast and accurate you work. A website says that "A job as a diesel mechanic, repairing the engines that power transportation equipment like heavy trucks and buses, starts at $20 per hour in the South and pays even more in more expensive areas like New York." Another website says "most Mechanics are paid on what is called a flag hour scale based on an hourly rate. so if a say for instance a tune up,and a brake job with turning the rotors. calls for a total of 7 flag hours. And the Mechanic completes the entire Job in 3 hrs. Then they pay him for 7 hrs at what ever his hourly rate is. but if that same job takes him 10 hrs to complete then he only gets paid for 7 hrs.So a good mechanic who is fast and accurate can make as much as he wants in one day. So $200,000 a year is possible without working for BMW , Mercedes- Benz.Retired Mechanic for 35 years working the Flag rates." If you want to get good money you have to work fast and have to be very accurate with your work that you do so uyou wont mess up and have to redo the work again. Sources