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Skyline College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

San Bruno, California · Public · SOC 49-3031

Net price, per year
$1,738

Average paid after grant aid, across all first-time students at this institution.

Published tuition
$1,272 in-state · $9,956 out

Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.

Earnings, 10 years after starting
$55,702

Institution-wide and measured from entry, so it includes people who never finished. Not specific to this programme.

Credential
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma

Four years from now

This is a one-year program. Over four years you would pay $1,738 in net price.

We do not show what you would earn afterwards, because nobody publishes year-one earnings for a specific program. Guessing it would be the kind of number this site exists to avoid. The California median below is what the job pays across the whole state, for workers at every stage of a career.

What diesel techs earn in California

$73,950median, per year

Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $61,770.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · SOC 49-3031 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

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