Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    4.79M
    Average Age
    41.9
    Average Salary
    $61,910
    Average Male Salary
    $62,404
    Average Female Salary
    $50,390

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    Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are most often employed by the Automotive repair & maintenance industry. The average yearly wage for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations was $61,910 in 2024.

    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 Rural Nevada PUMA, NV. 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 2024 was 4,787,801 people, of which 4.11% 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
    4,590,928
    Male Workforce
    ± 51.8k
    196,873
    Female Workforce
    ± 10.9k

    The Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce in 2024 was 4,787,801 people (4.11% women and 95.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 6.94% between 2014 (4,477,292) and 2024 (4,787,801).

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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 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($78,901), Washington ($71,980), and Massachusetts ($71,605).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $61,910
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #6 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations earned an average of $61,910, $7,968 less than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2014.

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.323
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.323, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. 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 Software publishers ($120,009).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    4.79M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 52,885
    0.106%
    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 41.9%, followed by Construction with 35.1% and Car Dealers with 14.2%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the US. The workforce of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in 2024 was 4,787,801 people, with 4.11% woman, and 95.9% men. The average age of male Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the workforce is 42 and of female Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations is 40.1, 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 2024 was 4,787,801 people, with 4.11% woman, and 95.9% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (569,256 people), 25 to 29 years (555,807  people), and 35 to 39 years (521,794 people). Among them they concentrated 34.4% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 21.3% of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workers were Hispanic and 78.7% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (58.3%), Puerto Rican (11.5)%, and Cuban (4.83)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 67.2% of the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations workforce were White, of which 3.68% were women and 96.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (12.5%) and Black (8.07%).

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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 2024 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.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (86,065 people), Engineering (65,780 people), and Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (30,146 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 (1,968,734 people), Some college (1,280,320 people), and Associates Degree (661,245 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 Repairing, Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance.

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