New York City / Police Department / Auto Mechanic
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
183 employees hold this title in Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $117,016, above the department median of $91,862.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 183 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics — about 28,420 people — is $57,760. Police Department pays a median base salary of $102,367 for this role, 77% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics — about 704,640 people — is $50,620. Police Department’s median base salary is 102% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 175 of 183 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Police Department is $117,016, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Auto Mechanic is held in 11 New York City departments. In Police Department, the median of $117,016 ranks #4 of 11.
Median total compensation for the Auto Mechanic role in other New York Citydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $124,247 ranks #1 of 4. See Auto Mechanic across all of New York City →
Median total compensation for comparable Auto Mechanicroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Auto Mechanic/Police Department
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At Police Department, Hazrat Alli serves as a Auto Mechanic based in Queens. They have served since 2023 (about 2 years). Their 2025 pay totaled $91,264.
Auto Mechanic/Police Department
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At Police Department, Michael Mahon serves as a Auto Mechanic based in Queens. Their tenure dates to 2014, about 11 years. Their 2025 pay totaled $90,492.
Auto Mechanic/Police Department
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Junhao Cai works as a Auto Mechanic for Police Department based in Queens. Their tenure dates to 2021, about 4 years. Junhao earned $89,261 in 2025.
Auto Mechanic/Police Department
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Juan Ramirez is a Auto Mechanic at Police Department based in Queens. Hired in 2016, they have about 9 years of service. 2025 total compensation came to $87,134.
Auto Mechanic/Police Department
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Navindra Hansraj works as a Auto Mechanic for Police Department based in Queens. Their tenure dates to 2019, about 6 years. Navindra earned $86,712 in 2025.
Auto Mechanic/Police Department
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At Police Department, David Binyard serves as a Auto Mechanic based in Queens. Hired in 2002, they have about 23 years of service. Their 2025 pay totaled $85,933.