--- title: "Jobs With Cars" description: "Careers designing, building, repairing and selling vehicles, from automotive engineers and EV technicians to body repair, motorsport and dealership…" canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/jobs-with-cars" last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z" --- # Jobs With Cars Careers designing, building, repairing and selling vehicles, from automotive engineers and EV technicians to body repair, motorsport and dealership roles. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages. 33 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry". | # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Autonomous Vehicle Software Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/autonomous-vehicle-software-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 2 | [Automotive Calibration Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-calibration-engineer) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's | | 3 | [Automotive Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-engineer) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's | | 4 | [Crash Test Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/crash-test-engineer) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's | | 5 | [Race Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/race-engineer) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's | | 6 | [Vehicle Dynamics Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/vehicle-dynamics-engineer) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's | | 7 | [Automotive Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-designer) | $83,910 | +2.4% | Bachelor's | | 8 | [Last-Mile Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/last-mile-operations-manager) | $82,320 | +17.6% | Bachelor's | | 9 | [Insurance Appraiser, Auto Damage](https://nuecareer.com/careers/insurance-appraiser-auto-damage) | $78,240 | -8.7% | Certificate | | 10 | [Automotive Engineering Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-engineering-technician) | $74,510 | +1.3% | Associate's | | 11 | [EV Charging Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ev-charging-technician) | $63,190 | +9.2% | High school | | 12 | [Tire Builder](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tire-builder) | $57,390 | +0.8% | High school | | 13 | [Automotive Clay Modeler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-clay-modeler) | $55,490 | -2.9% | Bachelor's | | 14 | [Automotive Body and Related Repairer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-body-and-related-repairer) | $54,890 | +3.7% | High school | | 15 | [Classic Car Restorer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/classic-car-restorer) | $54,890 | +3.7% | High school | | 16 | [Automotive Service Technician and Mechanic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-service-technician-and-mechanic) | $50,620 | +5.0% | Certificate | | 17 | [Electric Vehicle Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electric-vehicle-technician) | $50,620 | +5.0% | Certificate | | 18 | [Pit Crew Member](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pit-crew-member) | $50,620 | +5.0% | High school | | 19 | [Race Car Mechanic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/race-car-mechanic) | $50,620 | +5.0% | Certificate | | 20 | [Autonomous Vehicle Remote Assistance Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/autonomous-vehicle-remote-assistance-operator) | $50,340 | -0.7% | High school | | 21 | [Motorcycle Mechanic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/motorcycle-mechanic) | $48,580 | +2.1% | Certificate | | 22 | [Electronic Equipment Installer and Repairer, Motor Vehicles](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electronic-equipment-installer-and-repairer-motor-vehicles) | $48,420 | -14.5% | High school | | 23 | [Automotive Glass Installer and Repairer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-glass-installer-and-repairer) | $47,630 | +5.7% | High school | | 24 | [Autonomous Vehicle Test Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/autonomous-vehicle-test-operator) | $44,860 | +6.3% | High school | | 25 | [Parts Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/parts-salesperson) | $38,630 | +3.0% | No formal credential | | 26 | [Tire Repairer and Changer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tire-repairer-and-changer) | $37,710 | +3.4% | High school | | 27 | [Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-and-watercraft-service-attendant) | $35,670 | +3.8% | No formal credential | | 28 | [Autonomous Vehicle Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/autonomous-vehicle-research-scientist) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's | | 29 | [Computer Vision Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-vision-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 30 | [Embedded Software Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/embedded-software-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 31 | [Battery Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/battery-engineer) | $112,860 | +7.5% | Bachelor's | | 32 | [Traffic Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/traffic-engineer) | $100,840 | +6.4% | Bachelor's | | 33 | [Accident Reconstructionist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/accident-reconstructionist) | $76,210 | +3.5% | High school | Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}. --- This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology JSON representation of this page: https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/collections/jobs-with-cars