Bicycle repair is measured differently across labor statistics, service surveys, market profiles and economic models. The figures below distinguish observed employment and wages from forecasts, self-reported survey results and modeled European estimates.
Key Bicycle Repair Statistics
The most useful headline figures are:
- In 2025, 12,200 bicycle repairers were estimated to work in the United States.
- In May 2025, the U.S. median annual wage for bicycle repairers was $42,780.
- From 2025 to 2035, BLS projects 700 fewer U.S. bicycle-repairer jobs, a forecast decline of 6%.
- In May 2023, California employed 2,800 bicycle repairers.
- In May 2023, Minnesota had 3.61 times the national concentration of bicycle-repairer jobs, measured by location quotient.
- In May 2023, Vermont had 0.41 bicycle-repairer jobs per 1,000 jobs.
- In May 2023, the Los Angeles metropolitan area employed 880 bicycle repairers.
- In May 2023, the Minneapolis metropolitan area had a $35,110 mean annual wage for bicycle repairers.
- Among UK Fix Your Bike applicants, 63% of voucher users had previously paid for cycle servicing or repair.
- Among UK voucher users, 75% of regular cyclists had previously paid for repair or service, compared with 48% of occasional cyclists.
- Among UK voucher applicants, only 50% said they clearly understood what a repair or service should cost.
- The UK Fix Your Bike voucher covered up to £50 of repair or service work.
- Among UK voucher users, 87% thought the work improved cycle safety.
- In Ghana’s Upper West region, 74% of surveyed respondents owned bicycles.
- In Greater Accra, Ghana, 31% of surveyed respondents owned bicycles.
- A European Union 27 estimate put bicycle-repair turnover at €845.772 million.
- The same EU27 estimate put bicycle-repair employment at 12,147 full-time-equivalent jobs.
- In the EU report’s model, repair turnover equaled 15% of bicycle-sales turnover.
Contents
- U.S. bicycle repair workforce statistics
- Bicycle repair statistics by U.S. state
- Bicycle repair statistics in U.S. metropolitan areas
- UK bicycle servicing and repair statistics
- Bicycle repair access and ownership data in Ghana
- European bicycle repair turnover and employment estimates
U.S. Bicycle Repair Workforce Statistics
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated 12,200 bicycle repairers in 2025. This is an occupation-specific estimate: it does not count every person who performs an occasional repair, including cyclists, general mechanics or unpaid helpers. Data for Occupations Not Covered in Detail: Occupational Outlook Handbook
The May 2025 national median annual wage was $42,780. Because this is a median occupational wage, it should not be compared directly with the state and metropolitan figures below, which are means from May 2023.
The BLS outlook is a forecast rather than a measured outcome. It projects 700 fewer jobs between 2025 and 2035, equivalent to a 6% decline over that period.
Bicycle Repair Statistics by U.S. State
The May 2023 BLS state profile shows how employment size, occupational concentration and pay can point in different directions. A location quotient compares a state’s occupational mix with the national mix; it is not a repair-quality or demand score.
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 jobs | Location quotient | Mean wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,800 | 0.16 | 1.70 | $21.99/hour; $45,730/year |
| Minnesota | 960 | 0.33 | 3.61 | $16.35/hour; $34,010/year |
| Vermont | 120 | 0.41 | 4.41 | $19.87/hour; $41,340/year |
California had the largest employment count among these three examples, with 2,800 bicycle repairers, but its concentration was 0.16 jobs per 1,000 jobs and its location quotient was 1.70.
Minnesota’s 960 workers represented 0.33 jobs per 1,000 jobs, while Vermont’s 120 workers represented 0.41 per 1,000. Their location quotients were 3.61 and 4.41 respectively, indicating higher relative concentration in the BLS occupational mix despite smaller absolute workforces.
The reported wages are means, not medians. California’s mean was $21.99 per hour or $45,730 per year; Minnesota’s was $16.35 per hour or $34,010 per year; and Vermont’s was $19.87 per hour or $41,340 per year. Bicycle Repairers
Bicycle Repair Statistics in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
The May 2023 metropolitan estimates provide a more local view of the occupation. They also use mean wages and occupation-specific concentration measures, so they are not directly interchangeable with the national median wage.
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 jobs | Location quotient | Mean wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim | 880 | 0.14 | 1.54 | $21.54/hour; $44,790/year |
| Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington | 680 | 0.36 | 3.89 | $16.88/hour; $35,110/year |
Los Angeles employed 880 bicycle repairers, with 0.14 such jobs per 1,000 jobs and a location quotient of 1.54. The mean wage was $21.54 per hour, or $44,790 annually.
The Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington area employed 680 bicycle repairers.
Its 0.36 jobs per 1,000 jobs and 3.89 location quotient indicate a higher occupational concentration than Los Angeles in this comparison, while its mean wage was $16.88 per hour or $35,110 per year. Bicycle Repairers
UK Bicycle Servicing and Repair Statistics
The UK Fix Your Bike evaluation surveyed voucher applicants, including users and non-users. Its percentages describe this applicant population, not all UK cyclists, and the results are self-reported.
Prior paid servicing or repair was reported by 63% of voucher users and 61% of non-users. Among users, the rate was 75% for regular cyclists and 48% for occasional cyclists; among non-users, it was 71% and 47% respectively.
Other subgroup results show a narrower but consistent range. Prior paid service was reported by 57% of female respondents and 66% of male respondents; by 58% of those aged 17–24 and 57% of those aged 65 or older; and by 62% of those aged 25–44 and 65% of those aged 45–64.
Income and access were also associated with reported servicing history:
- Prior paid repair or servicing rose from 59% among households earning under £20,000 to 66% among households earning £50,000 or more.
- The rate was 59% among respondents not in employment and 64% among those in employment.
- Seventy-two percent of respondents without access to a car or van had previously paid for service or repair, compared with 62% who had access.
Only 50% of respondents said they had a clear sense of what a repair or service should cost. Among voucher non-users, 21% cited voucher expiry, 19% shop availability and 19% total cost as reasons for not using it; multiple responses were possible.
About 40% selected more time to redeem and about 40% selected more repair shops as factors that could encourage future use. The voucher covered up to £50 of repair or service work, with users paying any additional amount; this was a benefit ceiling, not an average repair price.
Reported outcomes were favorable but perceived rather than engineering-tested: 87% of users thought the work improved cycle safety, and 83% said it made the cycle more enjoyable to ride. Fix Your Bike Voucher Scheme Evaluation
Bicycle Repair Access and Ownership Data in Ghana
The Ghana Bicycle Market System Profile provides regional survey evidence about ownership and the population that may need bicycle services. These are ownership figures, not repair rates, and the report’s regional findings should not be treated as national estimates.
In the Upper West region, bicycle ownership was 74% among respondents. In Greater Accra, it was 31%, the lowest among the locations included in the BFG surveys.
Ownership also varied by age in the surveyed Ghanaian population:
| Age group | Bicycle ownership |
|---|---|
| 18–34 | 47% |
| 35–44 | 59% |
| 45 and over | 66% |
The age results describe surveyed respondents and indicate differences in bicycle ownership, not the frequency of maintenance, repair access or repair spending. USAID.GOV Ghana Bicycle Market System Profile
European Bicycle Repair Turnover and Employment Estimates
The European report uses modeled relationships within the bicycle retail economy, so its figures are estimates rather than direct registers of repair receipts or headcount. Its EU27 repair estimate was €845.772 million in turnover and 12,147 full-time-equivalent jobs.
The model set repair turnover at 15% of bicycle-sales turnover. That is an explicit modeling assumption, not a directly observed share of all repair transactions.
For context, the same report estimated total EU27 bike retail at €8.45772 billion in turnover and 80,587 FTE jobs. Those broader totals include sales, accessories and repair, so they should not be labeled as repair-only measures.
The report also modeled a growth scenario in which doubling bicycle modal share would create 4,224 additional FTE bicycle-service jobs, reaching 8,448 total bicycle-service FTE jobs. This is a scenario for bicycle services more broadly than repair and should be read as a forecast model, not a measured employment outcome. Cycling Works: Jobs and Job Creation in the Cycling Economy