# Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants

> Service automobiles, buses, trucks, boats, and other automotive or marine vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and accessories. Collect payment for services and supplies. May lubricate vehicle, change motor oil, refill antifreeze, or replace lights or other accessories, such as windshield wiper blades or fan belts. May repair or replace tires.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/automotive-and-watercraft-service-attendants
- SOC code: 53-6031.00
- Career family: Transportation
- Median annual pay: $35,670 (10th percentile $28,630, 90th percentile $46,060)
- Projected growth: As fast as average, +3.8%
- Openings a year: 12,900
- Typical entry education: No formal credential
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 90 |
| Investigative (I) | 5 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 16 |
| Enterprising (E) | 19 |
| Conventional (C) | 56 |

## What you'd do

- Getting Information (importance 81/100)
- Controlling Machines and Processes (importance 77/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 72/100)
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment (importance 72/100)
- Communicating with People Outside the Organization (importance 71/100)
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 71/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 69/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 66/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 65/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 65/100)

## Skills

Active Listening, Operation and Control, Service Orientation, Speaking, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving, Coordination, Critical Thinking, Equipment Maintenance, Judgment and Decision Making

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, Mechanical, Sales and Marketing, Administration and Management, Mathematics, Administrative, Education and Training, Engineering and Technology, Chemistry, Computers and Electronics

## Also called

Attendant, Auto Garage Attendant, Auto Self Service Station Attendant, Auto Service Station Attendant, Auto Servicer, Automobile Self-Serve Service Station Attendant, Automobile Service Station Attendant, Automobile Technician, Automotive Service Advisor, Battery Charger

## Related careers

- [Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/automotive-service-technicians-and-mechanics): $50,620 median pay
- [Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/pump-operators-except-wellhead-pumpers): $61,770 median pay
- [Maintenance Workers, Machinery](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/maintenance-workers-machinery): $60,850 median pay
- [Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/cleaners-of-vehicles-and-equipment): $35,830 median pay
- [Home Appliance Repairers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/home-appliance-repairers): $50,990 median pay
- [Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/bus-and-truck-mechanics-and-diesel-engine-specialists): $61,770 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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