Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers · SOC 47-4021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for elevator and escalator installers and repairers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 57 metro areas

Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$173,920	70	0.1
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$168,270	370	0.2
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$150,120	Not published	Not published
4	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$146,580	850	0.2
5	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$141,920	410	0.4
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$140,600	850	0.1
7	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$140,250	170	0.1
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$138,880	290	0.1
9	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$138,600	240	0.2
10	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$138,100	60	0.2
11	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$136,000	3,270	0.3
12	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$133,080	80	0.1
13	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$132,640	540	0.2
14	Springfield, MO	$132,130	40	0.2
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$128,020	380	0.2
16	Syracuse, NY	$126,630	130	0.4
17	Fresno, CA	$126,110	50	0.1
18	Roanoke, VA	$125,680	30	0.2
19	Glens Falls, NY	$124,580	Not published	Not published
20	Kansas City, MO-KS	$124,120	200	0.2
21	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$123,360	450	0.3
22	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$122,690	400	0.3
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$122,260	400	0.1
24	Pittsburgh, PA	$121,920	140	0.1
25	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$121,470	90	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 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.