First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $79K, rent takes 40.6% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $2,044/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $1,500/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers typically earn — is $46K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,767/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $79K locally vs. $80K nationally, a 1% difference.

Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area pays $79K median vs. the U.S. average of $80K — that’s -1%.

The median is $78,850 a year, that works out to about $38 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $46,110, and experienced first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers can clear $123,990. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,032/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $2,044/month, which eats 40.6% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers salary is worth about $78,850 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.