# Tire Builders

> Operate machines to build tires.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/tire-builders
- SOC code: 51-9197.00
- Career family: Production
- Median annual pay: $57,390 (10th percentile $40,150, 90th percentile $74,680)
- Projected growth: Little or no change, +0.8%
- Openings a year: 1,900
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCI)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 100 |
| Investigative (I) | 21 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 2 |
| Enterprising (E) | 0 |
| Conventional (C) | 46 |

## What you'd do

- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 84/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 84/100)
- Controlling Machines and Processes (importance 80/100)
- Getting Information (importance 79/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 78/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 76/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 75/100)
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work (importance 70/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 70/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 70/100)

## Skills

Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Quality Control Analysis, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness

## Knowledge

Production and Processing, Administration and Management, Mechanical, English Language, Engineering and Technology, Public Safety and Security, Education and Training, Customer and Personal Service, Mathematics, Design

## Also called

Automobile Tire Builder (Auto Tire Builder), Automobile Tire Recapper (Auto Tire Recapper), Bead Builder, Belt Builder, Belt Machine Operator, Buffer, Cord Tire Builder, Injection Mold Technician, Injection Molder, Injection Molding Assembler

## Related careers

- [Tire Repairers and Changers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/tire-repairers-and-changers): $37,710 median pay
- [Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/molders-shapers-and-casters-except-metal-and-plastic): $46,170 median pay
- [Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/molding-coremaking-and-casting-machine-setters-operators-and-tenders-metal-and-plastic): $44,350 median pay
- [Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/fiberglass-laminators-and-fabricators): $46,880 median pay
- [Engine and Other Machine Assemblers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/engine-and-other-machine-assemblers): $53,710 median pay
- [Foundry Mold and Coremakers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/foundry-mold-and-coremakers): $48,110 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))

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. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.