Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations

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Total Workforce

4.51M

Average Age

41.7

Average Salary

$50,206

Average Male Salary

$50,521

Average Female Salary

$42,830

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 $50,206 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations by wage are Sales & related occupations, Protective service occupations, and Military specific occupations.

Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are part of the Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, along with 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 Minot City PUMA, ND. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, Craven County PUMA, NC, and Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA.

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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 Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers. Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are paid most in South of US-59, West of I-45 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Jacksonville City PUMA, NC.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$50,206

AVERAGE SALARY

± $396

In 2018, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations earned an average of $50,206, $3,683 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

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

0.322

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.322, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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, and Car Dealers.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations, by average wage, are Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, Miscellaneous petroleum & coal products, Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers, Miscellaneous petroleum & coal products, Electric & gas, and other combinations, and Oil & gas extraction.

Industries by Share

4.51M

2018 Workforce

± 51,340

0.142%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.61%

The number of people employed as Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations has been growing at a rate of 0.142%, from 4,502,391 people in 2017 to 4,508,781 people in 2018.

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 14.8%, followed by Construction with 11.6% and Car Dealers with 5.76%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the US. The average age of male Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations in the workforce is 41.8 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).

Gender Composition

4.32M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 50,309

185k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 10,549

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

67.1% of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 12.9% 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 Gender

41.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.161

40.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.794

The median age of Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations is 41.7, and Male employees are generally 1.35 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 degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors 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.