Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2021 Workforce

4.67M

Average Age

42.1

Average Salary

$54,535

Average Male Salary

$54,912

Average Female Salary

$45,683

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 $54,535 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA, Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, and North Charleston City PUMA, SC. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, Hanford City PUMA, CA, and Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce in 2021 was 4,667,029 people, of which 4.09% were women and 95.9% were men. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are paid most in Fulton County (Central)Atlanta City (North) PUMA, GA but are relatively concentrated in Jacksonville City PUMA, NC.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

4,476,374

Male Workforce

± 51.2k

190,655

Female Workforce

± 10.7k

The Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce in 2021 was 4,667,029 people (4.09% women and 95.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 5.02% between 2014 (4,443,777) and 2021 (4,667,029).

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 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($67,225), New Jersey ($63,006), and Connecticut ($62,717).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$54,535

AVERAGE WAGE

#7 in the ranking (2021)

$59,596

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations earned an average of $54,535, $5,061 less than the average national salary of $59,596

The graph shows the ranking of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2021.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.322

WAGE GINI

In 2021, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.322, 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 ($109,930).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

4.67M

2021 Workforce

± 52,206

1.25%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.57%

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%, followed by Construction with 37.2% and Car Dealers with 16.8%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the US. The workforce of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in 2021 was 4,667,029 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 40.5, 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 2021 was 4,667,029 people, with 4.09% woman, and 95.9% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (553,108 people), 30 to 34 years (537,369 people), and 35 to 39 years (511,546 people). Among them they concentrated 34.3% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 19.4% of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workers were Hispanic and 80.6% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (81%), Puerto Rican (12.5)%, and Cuban (6.48)%

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Races

In 2021, 75.5% 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 Black (8.16%) and Two or More Races (6.23%).

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 2021 were Mechanical Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, Troubleshooting 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 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (78,748 people), Engineering (64,359 people), and Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (27,615 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 (1,889,763 people), Some college (1,303,166 people), and Associates Degree (633,514 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 Troubleshooting, Operation Monitoring, Repairing.