Installation & Repair

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

SOC 49-9071

Handle the wide mix of repairs a building or plant needs.

Median pay

$50k

$41k to $63k typical range

Outlook

Growing

160k openings / yr

Education

High school

AI exposure

18%

modeled estimate · 23th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

62/100

Key skills

Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Speaking

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.