Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2022 Workforce

4.75M

Average Age

Average Salary

$58,597

Average Male Salary

$59,044

Average Female Salary

$48,017

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 $58,597 in 2022.

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

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce in 2022 was 4,750,249 people, of which 4.05% were women and 96% were men. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are paid most in Atlanta Regional Commission (Central)--Fulton County (South)--East Point & Union City PUMA, GA but are relatively concentrated in Onslow County (South)--Jacksonville City PUMA, NC.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

4,557,936

Male Workforce

± 51.6k

192,313

Female Workforce

± 10.8k

The Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce in 2022 was 4,750,249 people (4.05% women and 96% men). This implies an average annual growth of 6.1% between 2014 (4,477,292) and 2022 (4,750,249).

Employment by Location

Level

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

During 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($72,523), Washington ($67,379), and New Jersey ($67,231).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$58,597

AVERAGE WAGE

#7 in the ranking (2022)

$64,683

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations earned an average of $58,597, $6,085 less than the average national salary of $64,683

The graph shows the ranking of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2022.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.324

WAGE GINI

In 2022, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.324, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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 Software publishing ($125,399).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

4.75M

2022 Workforce

± 52,668

1.14%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.55%

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 46.1%, followed by Construction with 37.4% and Car Dealers with 16.5%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the US. The workforce of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in 2022 was 4,750,249 people, with 4.05% woman, and 96% men. The average age of male Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the workforce is 42 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 2022 was 4,750,249 people, with 4.05% woman, and 96% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (554,892 people), 30 to 34 years (548,858 people), and 35 to 39 years (519,091 people). Among them they concentrated 34.2% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2022, 20.3% of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workers were Hispanic and 79.7% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (78%), Puerto Rican (15.8)%, and Cuban (6.2)%

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Races

In 2022, 72.8% of the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce were White, of which 3.61% were women and 96.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (8.29%) and Black (8.19%).

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 2022 were Mechanical Technologies.

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

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (82,862 people), Engineering (63,967 people), and Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (27,409 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 (1,930,329 people), Some college (1,313,305 people), and Associates Degree (652,302 people).

The graphic shows the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

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 Repairing, Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance.