DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

49-9071  Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Occupational Description:
Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; boiler making; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs. Excludes “Maintenance Workers, Machinery" (49-9043).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to Third Quarter, 2012
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 1 - Northwest 25015$17.78/hr$0.37/hr$12.70/hr$14.73/hr$17.83/hr$21.12/hr$22.87/hr
Minnesota 17,320641$19.86/hr$0.16/hr$12.83/hr$15.85/hr$19.12/hr$23.43/hr$28.24/hr
U S 1,225,4504,902$18.14/hr$0.04/hr$10.23/hr$13.09/hr$17.21/hr$22.29/hr$27.90/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing80$18.94/hr
Public Administration60$18.38/hr
Education and Health Services50$18.64/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities20$15.10/hr
Other Regional Data For Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 10,130 $20.46/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 1,460 $18.79/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 1,150 $17.97/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 1,140 $18.47/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 810 $17.25/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 570 $17.56/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 480 $16.82/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 400 $19.31/hr N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest 360 $16.58/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central 350 $15.29/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest 250 $17.83/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters 240 $15.49/hr N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley 110 $16.04/hr N/A