The following is research conducted by WrenchWay’s Voice of Technician Survey and other industry resources.
WrenchWay dives into statistics surrounding diesel technicians and explores job satisfaction and employer expectations
Demographics
- 95% of diesel technicians are male (Zippia).
- The average age of diesel technicians is 42 years old (Zippia).
- 64% of diesel technicians are white/Caucasian, followed by Hispanic or Latino (20%) (Zippia).
What Diesel Technicians Want in an Employer
- 92% of diesel technicians want paid training provided by the employer.
- 96% of diesel technicians want paid vacation time.
- 78% of diesel technicians want thorough and consistent performance reviews.
- 80% of diesel technicians agree that a well-documented career path is important.
- 58% of diesel technicians don’t want to work weekends.
- 57% of diesel technicians want to work for a shop that provides an adequate tool allowance.
- 43% of diesel technicians would prefer to be paid hourly while 41% would prefer to be paid hourly with a production bonus.
Diesel Technician Job Satisfaction
- 68% of diesel technicians believe their shop provides adequate paid training.
- 68% of diesel technicians think their employer provides fair compensation.
- 70% of diesel technicians think their employer provides good benefits.
- 56% of diesel technicians feel respected by management.
- Less than half (43%) of diesel technicians think their shop management communicates well.
- 56% of diesel technicians think their shop has a well laid out career path.
Diesel Industry
- 45% of diesel technicians have considered leaving the industry.
- 44% of diesel technicians believe in order to fix the technician shortage, we should start by having shops pay for tools or provide an adequate tool allowance.
- 20% of diesel technicians said they would be very likely to recommend their profession to a friend.
- Employment of diesel technicians is projected to show little or no change from 2022 to 2032 (BLS).
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