Maintenance and Repair Workers, General salary

What Maintenance and Repair Workers, General earn across the United States and in the largest metro areas — the official BLS OEWS May 2025 figures.

National wages — United States

Nationally, BLS estimates 1,529,700 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs — 1.0% of all US employment. The national median wage is $49,590 a year ($23.84 an hour) and the mean is $53,780 a year, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026.

Wage level	Hourly	Annual
Mean	$25.86	$53,780
10th percentile	$17.00	$35,350
25th percentile	$19.64	$40,840
Median (50th percentile)	$23.84	$49,590
75th percentile	$30.10	$62,620
90th percentile	$37.11	$77,180

Median pay by metro area

Metro area	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment	vs US median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$63,630	$30.59	18,550	+28.3%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$60,760	$29.21	17,790	+22.5%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$60,470	$29.07	18,090	+21.9%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$59,670	$28.69	21,030	+20.3%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$59,550	$28.63	108,700	+20.1%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$58,760	$28.25	8,860	+18.5%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$58,020	$27.90	45,710	+17.0%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$57,240	$27.52	23,100	+15.4%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$56,520	$27.17	47,890	+14.0%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$54,530	$26.22	12,350	+10.0%
St. Louis, MO-IL	$53,930	$25.93	13,170	+8.8%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$53,560	$25.75	13,720	+8.0%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$52,450	$25.21	11,510	+5.8%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$52,100	$25.05	11,250	+5.1%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$51,000	$24.52	11,460	+2.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$50,200	$24.14	22,470	+1.2%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$49,630	$23.86	25,190	+0.1%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$48,930	$23.52	26,350	-1.3%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$48,860	$23.49	39,740	-1.5%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$48,730	$23.43	12,430	-1.7%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$48,380	$23.26	16,190	-2.4%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$46,710	$22.46	32,050	-5.8%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$46,290	$22.26	31,890	-6.7%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$46,060	$22.15	16,380	-7.1%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$46,020	$22.12	14,380	-7.2%

Each metro page carries the full OEWS wage distribution, the employment figures, and the estimated take-home pay on that metro's median under 2026 tax rules.

Sources

Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026 — bls.gov/oes. Take-home estimates are computed by this site's paycheck engine with 2026 rules.