San Antonio, TX (population: 1,402,013) has eleven appliance repair schools within a 500-mile radius of its city center. School of Automotive Machinists, the highest ranked school in this group with an appliance repair program, has a total student population of 96. It is the 707th highest ranked school in the USA and the 35th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Appliance Repair students from San Antonio schools who go on to become appliance technicians, appliance repairers, machine repairmen, refrigeration mechanics, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 34,670 people working as home appliance repairers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $35,590. Also, Firstline supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers make on average $60,630 per year and there are about 427,560 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the San Antonio area alone, there are 2,790 employed firstline supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers earning an average salary of $54,850. Home appliance repairers in this area earn $37,320/yr and there are ** employed.
San Antonio lies in Bexar county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the San Antonio area has 837,030 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $18.25/hr average worker wage, and a $37,970 average annual salary. Thus, about ** out of every 1000 jobs in San Antonio are held by home appliance repairers, and 3.328/1000 are held by firstline supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers.
Of the 11 appliance repair schools with a 500-mile radius of San Antonio, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, School of Automotive Machinists comes out as the most expensive ($46,386/yr) for appliance repair students, with Moore Norman Technology Center as the lowest, reported at only $3,192/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Antonio |
| Seguin | TX | - | 2 | 43.9208 | 52 | 33.7 miles |
| Kerrville | TX | - | 2 | 41.881 | 56 | 55.5 miles |
| Austin | TX | 792,778 | 27 | 18.4164 | 459 | 74.4 miles |
| Cedar Park | TX | 72,258 | 0 | - | 0 | 83.3 miles |
| Pflugerville | TX | 43,849 | 1 | 21.9644 | 4 | 86.3 miles |
| Georgetown | TX | 55,998 | 3 | 24.3873 | 208 | 95.8 miles |