Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2023 Workforce
4.78M
Average Age
42
Average Salary
$60,584
Average Male Salary
$61,065
Average Female Salary
$49,310

About

Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are most often employed by the Automotive repair & maintenance industry. The average yearly wage for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations was $60,584 in 2023.

The locations that employ the most Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are Onslow County (South)--Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, San Diego County (Northwest)--Oceanside City & Camp Pendleton PUMA, CA, and Kings County--Hanford City PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are Kings County--Hanford City PUMA, CA, Onslow County (South)--Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, and Norfolk City (North) PUMA, VA.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce in 2023 was 4,782,726 people, of which 4.09% were women and 95.9% were men. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are paid most in South Montgomery County--South Bethesda & Chevy Chase PUMA, MD but are relatively concentrated in Kings County--Hanford City PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
4,587,118
Male Workforce
± 51.8k
195,608
Female Workforce
± 10.9k

The Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce in 2023 was 4,782,726 people (4.09% women and 95.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 6.82% between 2014 (4,477,292) and 2023 (4,782,726).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($75,355), Washington ($70,612), and Massachusetts ($69,442).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$60,584
AVERAGE WAGE
#7 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations earned an average of $60,584, $7,143 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.324
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.324, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations and on wages for those in the field. Automotive repair & maintenance is the industry that employs the most Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, by average wage, is Electric & gas, and other combinations ($108,761).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
4.78M
2023 Workforce
± 52,849
0.513%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.56%

This graphic shows the share of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations employed by various industries. Automotive repair & maintenance employs the largest share of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations at 34.2%, followed by Construction with 28.2% and uninformed with 25.6%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the US. The workforce of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in 2023 was 4,782,726 people, with 4.09% woman, and 95.9% men. The average age of male Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the workforce is 42.1 and of female Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations is 40.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in 2023 was 4,782,726 people, with 4.09% woman, and 95.9% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (559,101 people), 25 to 29 years (554,148  people), and 35 to 39 years (522,005 people). Among them they concentrated 34.2% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 20.7% of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workers were Hispanic and 79.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (58.7%), Puerto Rican (11.8)%, and Cuban (4.75)%

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Races

In 2023, 70.2% of the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce were White, of which 3.64% were women and 96.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (10.3%) and Black (8.06%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Mechanical Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, Equipment Maintenance stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations need more than the average amount of Installation.

Majors

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (83,696 people), Engineering (64,802 people), and Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (28,558 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (1,957,877 people), Some college (1,298,070 people), and Associates Degree (660,261 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations need many skills, but most especially Equipment Maintenance, Operations Monitoring, Repairing.

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