Also called: Tire Changer, Jackman
Changes tires, fuels, and adjusts race cars in pit stops lasting just seconds.
NASCAR pit crews are athletes: many played college football. They train with coaches, lift weights, and practice pit stops hundreds of times so they can change four tires in about 10 seconds.
Estimate; top NASCAR Cup pit crews earn six figures.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. Often former college athletes; trained through team pit crew programs.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Kinesiology, Motorsports Management.
Growing slowly. Few positions.
Low risk for 10 years. Changing four tires in seconds is physical teamwork; teams recruit athletes and train them.
Classes: Weight training PE, Auto tech CTE, Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2099.
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