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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
First Quarter 2024

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	29,000	609	$27.08/hr	$17.76/hr	$22.19/hr	$25.73/hr	$31.46/hr	$37.57/hr
U S	1,503,150	12,025	$24.85/hr	$15.45/hr	$18.60/hr	$23.37/hr	$29.85/hr	$36.78/hr

Leading Industries for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Natural Resources and Mining	250	$39.03/hr
Construction	500	$29.87/hr
Manufacturing	5,250	$30.01/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	2,870	$28.33/hr
Information	190	$31.54/hr
Financial Activities	5,190	$25.52/hr
Professional and Business Services	2,780	$24.21/hr
Education and Health Services	4,310	$24.21/hr
Leisure and Hospitality	2,440	$19.94/hr
Other Services	590	$22.19/hr
Public Administration	4,630	$28.69/hr

Other Regional Data for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	650	$22.02/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	720	$24.91/hr	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	720	$23.69/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	800	$25.01/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	850	$23.67/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	1,000	$25.50/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	1,220	$23.86/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	1,490	$24.04/hr	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	1,640	$24.21/hr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	1,800	$25.52/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	2,050	$24.21/hr	2.8%
Southwest Minnesota	2,140	$24.91/hr	3.4%
Southeast Minnesota	2,270	$25.52/hr	5.0%
Northwest Balance of State	2,790	$24.04/hr	N/A
Central Minnesota	2,840	$25.25/hr	5.8%
Northwest Minnesota	3,050	$24.14/hr	5.6%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	15,810	$28.27/hr	3.9%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	17,460	$28.13/hr	N/A
Minnesota	29,000	$25.73/hr	4.2%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	1,790	$30.25/hr	12.7%
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	4,600	$32.94/hr	8.1%
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	410	$23.65/hr	18.6%

Task for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Perform general cleaning of buildings or properties.
Repair machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches, or equipment such as precision measuring instruments or electrical or electronic testing devices.
Paint or repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, or other parts of building structures.
Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
Test and treat water supply.
Perform routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions.
Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.
Test and treat water supply.
Maintain or repair specialized equipment or machinery located in cafeterias, laundries, hospitals, stores, offices, or factories.
Adjust functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, or straightedges.