Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations

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2019 Workforce

4.73M

Average Age

41.9

Average Salary

$51,378

Average Male Salary

$51,822

Average Female Salary

$41,438

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 $51,378 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, North Charleston City PUMA, SC, and Virginia Beach City (Central) PUMA, VA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are Hanford City PUMA, CA, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray, Clinton & Caldwell Counties PUMA, MO, and Jacksonville City PUMA, NC.

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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 Nondepository credit & related activities. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are paid most in Fulton County (South)Union & Fairburn Cities PUMA, GA but are relatively concentrated in Hanford City PUMA, CA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$51,378

AVERAGE SALARY

± $398

In 2019, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations earned an average of $51,378, $4,146 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

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

0.324

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.324, 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.

Industries

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, Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, Services incidental to transportation, Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance, Lessors of real estate, and offices of real estate agents and brokers, Automotive parts, accessories, & tire stores , and Elementary & secondary schools.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, by average wage, are Nondepository credit & related activities, Oil & gas extraction, and Petroleum refining.

Industries by Share

4.73M

2019 Workforce

± 52,563

4.93%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.52%

The number of people employed as Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations has been growing at a rate of 4.93%, from 4,508,781 people in 2018 to 4,731,160 people in 2019.

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 14.7%, followed by Construction with 11.7% and Car Dealers with 5.33%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the US. 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 (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

4.53M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 51,462

202k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 11,034

95.7% 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)

67.4% of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 12.6% 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

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.161

40.3

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.781

The median age of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations is 41.9, and Male employees are generally 1.73 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.