Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door · SOC 49-9012

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Doors

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 174 metro areas

Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Modesto, CA	$133,990	40	0.2
2	Fresno, CA	$132,360	100	0.2
3	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$131,120	330	0.3
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$130,800	580	0.2
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$115,460	160	0.1
6	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$108,940	80	0.2
7	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$105,800	100	0.4
8	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$105,450	120	0.2
9	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$104,840	490	0.3
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$103,780	3,110	0.3
11	Niles, MI	$103,580	60	1.0
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$102,870	210	0.1
13	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$102,660	260	0.6
14	Bay City, MI	$100,820	40	1.1
15	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$100,670	80	0.4
16	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$100,090	1,070	0.6
17	Glens Falls, NY	$99,820	40	0.8
18	Youngstown-Warren, OH	$99,170	30	0.2
19	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$99,010	250	0.2
20	Barnstable Town, MA	$98,690	50	0.6
21	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$97,920	40	0.2
22	Rapid City, SD	$97,170	40	0.5
23	Bend, OR	$97,110	30	0.3
24	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$96,670	30	0.2
25	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$96,610	110	0.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.