Maintenance and Repair Workers, General · SOC 49-9071
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Maintenance and Repair Workers, Generals
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for maintenance and repair workers, general. 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 393 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $63,980 | 1,350 | 18.3 |
| 2 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $63,630 | 18,550 | 7.8 |
| 3 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $63,220 | 7,750 | 6.8 |
| 4 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $62,520 | 380 | 10.4 |
| 5 | Sheboygan, WI | $62,410 | 760 | 12.6 |
| 6 | Napa, CA | $61,860 | 830 | 10.7 |
| 7 | Vallejo, CA | $61,400 | 1,190 | 8.3 |
| 8 | Decatur, IL | $61,380 | 1,350 | 29.7 |
| 9 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $60,760 | 17,790 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $60,470 | 18,090 | 9.3 |
| 11 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $60,150 | 560 | 10.6 |
| 12 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $59,670 | 21,030 | 7.8 |
| 13 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $59,670 | 760 | 8.1 |
| 14 | Modesto, CA | $59,650 | 1,660 | 8.5 |
| 15 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $59,590 | 2,740 | 9.5 |
| 16 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $59,550 | 108,700 | 11.5 |
| 17 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA | $59,200 | 520 | 10.7 |
| 18 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $58,980 | 1,130 | 8.7 |
| 19 | Duluth, MN-WI | $58,900 | 1,820 | 14.6 |
| 20 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $58,760 | 8,860 | 7.3 |
| 21 | Kenosha, WI | $58,740 | 840 | 11.1 |
| 22 | New Haven, CT | $58,740 | 2,330 | 8.3 |
| 23 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $58,690 | 1,130 | 8.8 |
| 24 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $58,670 | 4,020 | 6.7 |
| 25 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $58,470 | 990 | 10.6 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 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.