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AI for auto repair shops in New York

The New York metro area had 4,780 auto repair shops in 2022, the most of all 387 US metros and 6% of all in the country. They employed 17,608 people at an average of $47,680 a year. 94% have fewer than 10 staff, so the same few people answer the phone, book, follow up and do the paperwork. Those are the jobs AI tools take on today.

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Auto repair shops in New York vs the US

New York metroUnited States
Businesses4,78084,101
People employed17,608385,539
Average staff per business3.74.6
Average yearly pay per employee$47,680$49,829
Share with fewer than 10 staff94%91%

Pay here is 4% lower than the national average for auto repair shops, so every hour of staff time costs less to spend on admin. The average auto repair shop here has 3.7 people on payroll, 20% lower than the US figure of 4.6.

How big auto repair shops in New York are

Fewer than 5 staff3,744 (78%) US 67%
5 to 9741 (16%) US 24%
10 to 19213 (4%) US 7%
20 to 4969 (1%) US 2%
50 or more13 (0%) US 0%

Businesses with paid employees, by number of employees, March 2022.

Auto repair shops by county in the New York area

Suffolk County has the most, with 657 of the metro's 4,780 (14%). Among the 10 big metros on this page, New York ranks 9th for average pay and 2nd for the share of small firms.

CountyBusinessesEmployeesAvg pay
Suffolk County6572,396$45,561
Queens County4941,811$43,151
Nassau County4831,486$46,530
Kings County4281,857$54,877
Westchester County3211,081$50,579
Bergen County270824$47,926
Middlesex County239970$55,159
Essex County228804$48,949
Bronx County227821$30,771
Union County194764$51,932
Morris County175725$55,154
Monmouth County164705$50,055

10 smaller counties not shown. Census withholds pay where few firms would make it identifiable.

Where AI helps a auto repair shop first

Start with the phone and the follow-up. A service advisor under a car cannot answer “is my car ready?”, and the repairs a customer declined last month rarely get a second ask. AI can answer routine calls, send status updates and keep a list of deferred work to follow up on. Your advisors and technicians stay in charge of diagnosis and approvals.

What your team's admin hours cost in New York

Change any number. The starting values are the New York averages above; the hours and the share are yours to set.

Those hours cost you$36,800 a year

The share you would hand off$11,040 a year

Hours your team gets back480 a year

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Guides for auto repair shops, one job each

Auto repair shops in other big metros

MetroBusinessesAvg payRank of 387
Los Angeles3,088$54,7172nd
Chicago2,901$53,7693rd
Miami1,520$43,0446th
Dallas1,659$53,6525th
Houston1,459$53,5947th
Atlanta1,297$54,6469th
Washington1,298$57,2938th
Philadelphia1,894$51,4224th
Boston1,248$53,83710th

Where these numbers come from

From the U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (released 2024), industry code NAICS 811111 (General automotive repair), for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (22 counties). It counts businesses with paid employees in March 2022, so solo owners with no payroll are not in it. Average pay is total yearly payroll divided by employees. The calculator uses 50 working weeks and 2,080 hours a year. Page checked 2026-11-12.

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