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Career Information for Automotive Mechanics in Virginia

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Fast Facts for Automotive Mechanics in Virginia

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Winchester, Danville, and Blacksburg
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Virginia Beach, Lynchburg, and Roanoke
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Virginia Beach, Richmond, and Roanoke

Salaries for Automotive Mechanics in Virginia

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Charlottesville. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Automotive Mechanics in Virginia are listed below.

Selected Auto Mechanic Schools in Virginia

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Advanced Technology Institute
Virginia Beach

Offers training for automotive careers, and also HVAC/Refridgeration training. Based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

  • Programs: Automotive Technology
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Automotive Mechanics in Virginia

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Auto Mechanics
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Auto Mechanics
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Virginia Auto Mechanic Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Blue Ridge Community College Weyers CaveWeyers CaveAssociate4,084
Danville Community CollegeDanvilleAssociate4,016
Eastern Shore Community CollegeMelfaAssociate907
Josef's School of Hair DesignRichmondAssociate12,557
New River Community CollegeDublinAssociate4,586
Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandaleAssociate41,266
Patrick Henry Community CollegeMartinsvilleAssociate2,948
Southside Virginia Community CollegeAlbertaAssociate5,255
Thomas Nelson Community CollegeHamptonAssociate9,368
Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolkAssociate25,857

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Automotive Mechanics

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Virginia. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Automotive Mechanics

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Automotive Mechanics relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

VIRGINIA

   
Winchester350$32,0601.6
Danville220$27,6001.6
Blacksburg400$30,4701.5
Harrisonburg280$31,4701.2
Charlottesville480$37,9401.1
Richmond3,340$39,7201.1
Roanoke840$34,1301.1
Lynchburg510$35,7601.1
Virginia Beach4,010$39,4801.1
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