Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
SOC 49-3092 · 2024-2034
Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $70,169per year
- Projected openings
- 1,660
- Projected change
- +8.3%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Equipment Maintenance
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Complex Problem Solving
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $69,310 | 80 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $68,570 | 180 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $68,067 | 60 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $61,662 | 360 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $59,328 | 340 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $58,229 | 60 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $49,922 | 740 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | Not reported | 180 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $39,424
- A quarter earn under
- $51,403
- Half earn under
- $70,169
- Three quarters earn under
- $76,709
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $80,596
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians | $64,092 | 1,350 | +7.7% |
| Motorcycle Mechanics | $58,653 | 1,890 | +5.3% |
| Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists | $76,041 | 20,390 | +5.1% |
| Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics | $52,226 | 2,610 | +3.7% |
| Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics | $66,817 | 66,070 | +4.1% |
| Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines | $80,771 | 18,430 | +6.8% |
Programs that train for this job — 3
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Allan Hancock College · Santa Maria · $1,098
Auto Tech: General Technician Tune Up Emission Control Specialist (Certificate of Achievement)
Allan Hancock College · Santa Maria · $2,110
Auto Body Technology (Associates in Science)
Allan Hancock College · Santa Maria · $3,506