Pay distribution $34,320 10th $36,790 25th $44,980 75th $49,770 90th
Half of Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in the Chico metro area earn more than $40,820 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,790 and $44,980.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $34,320 $36,790 $40,820 $44,980 $49,770 Hourly $16.50 $17.69 $19.62 $21.63 $23.93
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Chico metro areathis metro area
$40,820 median for Chico metro area; middle half earns $36,790 to $44,980
$44,670 median for California; middle half earns $38,290 to $49,430
$39,630 median for United States; middle half earns $34,910 to $46,890
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −9% vs California overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $36,100 $50,360 $64,620 Aguadilla, PR — $21,840 Mayaguez, PR — $21,840 Ponce, PR — $21,840 Arecibo, PR — $22,880 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $25,200 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $27,420 Hot Springs, AR — $27,870 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $29,070 Laredo, TX — $29,080 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $29,560 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $30,460 Dothan, AL — $30,500 Cleveland, TN — $30,840 Valdosta, GA — $31,240 Casper, WY — $31,260 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $31,640 Altoona, PA — $31,820 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $31,870 College Station-Bryan, TX — $31,970 Springfield, MO — $31,980 El Paso, TX — $32,530 Albany, GA — $32,600 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $32,620 Columbus, GA-AL — $32,770 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $33,300 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $33,320 Jonesboro, AR — $33,350 Texarkana, TX-AR — $33,520 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $33,720 Abilene, TX — $33,780 Waco, TX — $34,030 Las Cruces, NM — $34,200 Owensboro, KY — $34,290 Amarillo, TX — $34,320 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $34,320 Tulsa, OK — $34,490 Hattiesburg, MS — $34,530 Tyler, TX — $34,610 Iowa City, IA — $34,650 Warner Robins, GA — $34,730 Wichita Falls, TX — $34,730 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $34,740 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $34,970 Johnson City, TN — $34,990 Elizabethtown, KY — $35,070 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $35,150 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $35,230 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,240 Terre Haute, IN — $35,320 Hammond, LA — $35,360 Lafayette, LA — $35,390 Longview, TX — $35,410 Monroe, LA — $35,540 Alexandria, LA — $35,550 San Angelo, TX — $35,560 Corpus Christi, TX — $35,620 Flint, MI — $35,630 Ocala, FL — $35,650 Lubbock, TX — $35,660 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $35,700 Jacksonville, NC — $35,740 Oklahoma City, OK — $35,770 Bangor, ME — $35,870 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $35,940 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $36,080 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $36,120 Killeen-Temple, TX — $36,140 Sherman-Denison, TX — $36,160 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $36,210 Victoria, TX — $36,240 Roanoke, VA — $36,380 Yuma, AZ — $36,390 Lynchburg, VA — $36,400 Lincoln, NE — $36,420 Charlottesville, VA — $36,480 Clarksville, TN-KY — $36,480 Bowling Green, KY — $36,500 Fort Wayne, IN — $36,500 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $36,520 Tuscaloosa, AL — $36,590 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $36,600 Reno, NV — $36,610 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $36,670 Topeka, KS — $36,680 Eau Claire, WI — $36,800 Gainesville, GA — $36,830 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,830 Jackson, MS — $36,850 Toledo, OH — $36,850 Omaha, NE-IA — $36,920 Evansville, IN — $36,950 Lake Charles, LA — $36,950 Missoula, MT — $36,950 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $36,950 Fond du Lac, WI — $36,980 Idaho Falls, ID — $37,030 Dalton, GA — $37,050 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $37,050 Montgomery, AL — $37,070 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $37,100 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $37,130 Tallahassee, FL — $37,130 Knoxville, TN — $37,190 Wilmington, NC — $37,200 Decatur, AL — $37,300 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,310 Fayetteville, NC — $37,330 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $37,340 Winchester, VA-WV — $37,360 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $37,370 Albuquerque, NM — $37,410 Birmingham, AL — $37,470 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,470 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,470 Pittsburgh, PA — $37,540 Worcester, MA — $37,550 Barnstable Town, MA — $37,620 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,640 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $37,700 Port St. Lucie, FL — $37,750 Greenville, NC — $37,780 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $37,810 Savannah, GA — $37,830 Baton Rouge, LA — $37,840 Florence, SC — $37,840 Sheboygan, WI — $37,910 Binghamton, NY — $38,010 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $38,030 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $38,030 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $38,030 Huntsville, AL — $38,040 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $38,050 Cedar Rapids, IA — $38,160 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $38,190 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $38,210 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $38,250 Mobile, AL — $38,280 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $38,370 Springfield, MA — $38,370 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $38,380 Williamsport, PA — $38,380 Green Bay, WI — $38,430 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $38,470 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,470 Akron, OH — $38,560 Vineland, NJ — $38,590 Tucson, AZ — $38,610 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,610 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $38,620 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $38,620 Santa Fe, NM — $38,650 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $38,670 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,670 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $38,680 Lancaster, PA — $38,720 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,730 Burlington, NC — $38,760 Homosassa Springs, FL — $38,760 Punta Gorda, FL — $38,760 Boise City, ID — $38,800 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $38,830 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,990 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $39,010 Erie, PA — $39,040 Richmond, VA — $39,050 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $39,080 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $39,120 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,130 Columbia, SC — $39,170 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $39,200 Kenosha, WI — $39,260 Redding, CA — $39,270 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $39,310 Dover, DE — $39,310 Pueblo, CO — $39,350 Winston-Salem, NC — $39,350 Medford, OR — $39,360 Billings, MT — $39,430 Jacksonville, FL — $39,430 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $39,510 Gainesville, FL — $39,550 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $39,550 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $39,560 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $39,580 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $39,670 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,700 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $39,720 Yakima, WA — $39,840 Salisbury, MD — $39,880 Jackson, TN — $39,920 Odessa, TX — $39,970 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $40,040 Canton-Massillon, OH — $40,110 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $40,290 Rockford, IL — $40,340 Asheville, NC — $40,420 Wichita, KS — $40,440 Ann Arbor, MI — $40,470 Harrisonburg, VA — $40,470 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,490 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $40,560 Chico, CA — $40,820 St. Louis, MO-IL — $40,840 Kansas City, MO-KS — $40,850 Morristown, TN — $40,960 Kingston, NY — $41,010 Midland, TX — $41,040 Visalia, CA — $41,040 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $41,060 Fargo, ND-MN — $41,430 Farmington, NM — $41,470 Colorado Springs, CO — $41,510 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $41,590 Grand Junction, CO — $41,600 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $41,600 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $41,630 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $41,630 Lexington Park, MD — $41,630 Cleveland, OH — $41,680 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $41,740 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $41,770 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $41,850 Greeley, CO — $41,930 Utica-Rome, NY — $41,930 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $42,080 Rochester, NY — $42,120 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $42,230 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $42,230 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $42,360 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $42,370 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,420 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $42,430 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $42,470 New Haven, CT — $42,630 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $42,630 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $42,630 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $42,670 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $42,680 Peoria, IL — $42,690 Glens Falls, NY — $42,790 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $42,800 Duluth, MN-WI — $42,860 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $42,930 Ogden, UT — $43,180 Bozeman, MT — $43,190 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $43,320 Niles, MI — $43,320 Modesto, CA — $43,360 Bend, OR — $43,390 Albany, OR — $43,470 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $43,580 Portland-South Portland, ME — $43,710 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $43,870 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $43,900 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $43,950 Columbus, OH — $44,050 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $44,050 Salinas, CA — $44,130 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $44,140 Fresno, CA — $44,320 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $44,340 York-Hanover, PA — $44,340 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $44,360 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $44,530 Salem, OR — $44,730 Fairbanks-College, AK — $44,760 Appleton, WI — $44,790 Reading, PA — $44,800 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $44,920 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $45,070 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $45,080 Spartanburg, SC — $45,110 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $45,190 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,240 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $45,260 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $45,260 Syracuse, NY — $45,270 Bellingham, WA — $45,560 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $45,600 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $45,680 Pittsfield, MA — $45,750 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $45,760 Urban Honolulu, HI — $45,790 Anchorage, AK — $45,810 Enid, OK — $45,940 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,010 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,060 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $46,190 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $46,200 Merced, CA — $46,220 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $46,320 Vallejo, CA — $46,730 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $46,820 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $46,840 Chambersburg, PA — $46,950 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $47,020 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $47,350 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $47,460 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $48,000 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $48,580 Napa, CA — $50,150 Madison, WI — $50,170 Longview-Kelso, WA — $50,230 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,000 Twin Falls, ID — $51,490 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $55,100 Wheeling, WV-OH — $64,620 Chico metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Chico metro area has the 106th-highest published median for this occupation among the 307 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Chico metro areathis page
$40,820 median for Chico metro area; middle half earns $36,790 to $44,980
$55,100 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $47,460 to $60,140
$50,150 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $43,420 to $54,330
$48,000 median for Santa Cruz metro area; middle half earns $41,600 to $59,920
$47,460 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $40,660 to $56,200
$47,350 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $45,320 to $52,040
$46,730 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $42,790 to $53,940
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General $52,040 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics $63,070 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $92,140 Industrial Machinery Mechanics $59,990 Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers $62,920 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other $41,360 Highest-paying metro areas for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Chico Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .