May 2019 Occupational Employment and Wages — 2020-03-31

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations had employment of 5.7 million in May 2019, representing 3.9 percent of total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest installation, maintenance, and repair occupation was general maintenance and repair workers (1.4 million) and the highest paying installation, maintenance, and repair occupation was powerhouse, substation, and relay electrical and electronics repairers ($81,280). The annual mean wage across all installation, maintenance, and repair occupations was $50,130, compared with the U.S. average wage of $53,490. (See table 1.) The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program provides employment and wage estimates for nearly 800 occupations in the nation, states, and approximately 530 areas. National data are available by industry for approximately 415 industry classifications and by ownership across all industries, schools, and hospitals.