Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2020 Workforce

4.61M

Average Age

41.8

Average Salary

$51,735

Average Male Salary

$52,057

Average Female Salary

$44,118

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 $51,735 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations by wage are Sales & related occupations, Military specific occupations, and Protective service occupations.

Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are part of the Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations, along with Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations, Construction & Extraction Occupations, and Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA, Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, and Oceanside City & Camp Pendleton PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA, and Hanford City PUMA, CA.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations and on wages and locations 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. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are paid most in North Beach & Chinatown PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Jacksonville City PUMA, NC.

Yearly Wage

$51,735

AVERAGE SALARY

± $399

In 2020, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations earned an average of $51,735, $4,219 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Protective service occupations make somewhat more than Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations while Sales & related occupations make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.321

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.321, which is lower than 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, by number of employees, are Automotive repair & maintenance, Construction, Car Dealers, Wired telecommunications carriers, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Services incidental to transportation, Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance, Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, Lessors of real estate, and offices of real estate agents and brokers, National security & international affairs, and Investigation & security services.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, by average wage, are Software publishing, Electric & gas, and other combinations, and Other information services, except libraries & archives, & internet publishing & broadcasting & web search portals.

Industries by Share

4.61M

2020 Workforce

± 51,884

0.704%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.58%

The number of people employed as Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations has been growing at a rate of 0.704%, from 4,577,080 people in 2019 to 4,609,312 people in 2020.

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 14.6%, followed by Construction with 11.6% and Car Dealers with 5.39%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the US. The average age of male Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the workforce is 41.9 and of female Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations is 40.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

4.42M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 50,855

187k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 10,605

95.9% of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

67.3% of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 10.8% of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations.

Age by Sex

41.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.16

40.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.794

The median age of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations is 41.8, and Male employees are generally 1.36 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations hold a major in Mechanical Technologies.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations need more than the average amount of Installation, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.