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 a building in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; HVAC maintenance; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs. Excludes ?Facilities Managers? (11-3013) and ?Maintenance Workers, Machinery? (49-9043).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Southwest Minnesota 1,800114$20.46/hr$0.30/hr$13.69/hr$16.43/hr$20.03/hr$24.31/hr$28.74/hr
Minnesota 22,750728$22.37/hr$0.16/hr$14.40/hr$17.48/hr$21.73/hr$26.97/hr$30.94/hr
U S 1,418,9905,676$20.47/hr$0.04/hr$12.01/hr$14.93/hr$19.07/hr$24.89/hr$30.81/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
Education and Health Services460$18.80/hr
Manufacturing390$22.54/hr
Public Administration300$22.51/hr
Financial Activities240$17.36/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities210$23.09/hr
Leisure and Hospitality120$15.64/hr
Professional and Business Services40$18.96/hr
Other Regional Data For Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2020 - 2030
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 12,820 $22.75/hr 4.1%
Central Minnesota 2,420 $21.46/hr 4.8%
Northwest Minnesota 2,160 $19.84/hr 7.0%
Southeast Minnesota 2,020 $21.13/hr 5.8%
Southwest Minnesota 1,800 $20.03/hr 3.8%
Northeast Minnesota 1,600 $20.41/hr 5.6%