Occupational employment / Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3,570 $14.77 $30,730
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 7,290 $13.92 $28,950
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6,180 $13.29 $27,630
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4,960 $11.79 $24,520
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 4,770 $13.61 $28,300
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 4,270 $14.11 $29,350
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 3,920 $11.94 $24,830
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,200 $11.46 $23,840
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 3,120 $15.35 $31,930
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3,070 $13.87 $28,840
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,790 $15.26 $31,740
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 2,780 $15.62 $32,500
Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,620 $12.60 $26,210
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,530 $10.89 $22,640
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,130 $14.25 $29,630
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,080 $11.86 $24,660
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,880 $14.46 $30,070
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 1,870 $10.09 $20,980
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,770 $13.12 $27,300
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1,770 $13.74 $28,570
San Antonio, TX 1,680 $10.49 $21,810
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,640 $11.05 $22,990
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,560 $11.77 $24,480
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,540 $11.93 $24,810
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,500 $13.51 $28,110
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,440 $13.00 $27,040
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,410 $9.61 $19,990
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,410 $12.20 $25,380
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,360 $12.27 $25,520
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,320 $13.37 $27,800
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,270 $13.19 $27,440
Pittsburgh, PA 1,220 $13.52 $28,120
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,170 $13.74 $28,570
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,140 $10.80 $22,460
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,110 $10.72 $22,290
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,090 $11.10 $23,100
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,080 $14.44 $30,030
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 1,070 $13.69 $28,470
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,050 $12.88 $26,800
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,040 $11.70 $24,330
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,030 $12.00 $24,960
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,020 $12.96 $26,950
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 970 $12.92 $26,870
Austin-Round Rock, TX 950 $11.69 $24,320
Oklahoma City, OK 910 $13.56 $28,200
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 910 $12.74 $26,510
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 890 $14.35 $29,840
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 870 $16.23 $33,760
Richmond, VA 850 $11.64 $24,220
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 840 $12.13 $25,230
Baton Rouge, LA 820 $12.31 $25,600
Columbia, SC 790 $9.99 $20,780
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 790 $14.48 $30,120
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 790 $13.05 $27,150
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 770 $10.54 $21,920
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 770 $13.06 $27,170
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 760 $16.50 $34,320
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 760 $12.13 $25,240
Salt Lake City, UT 730 $11.59 $24,110
Raleigh-Cary, NC 730 $11.83 $24,610
Denver-Aurora, CO 690 $15.26 $31,750
Greensboro-High Point, NC 680 $12.73 $26,480
Kansas City, MO-KS 680 $13.57 $28,220
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 670 $13.32 $27,710
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 670 $15.90 $33,070
St. Louis, MO-IL 670 $13.86 $28,830
Tucson, AZ 630 $13.84 $28,800
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 620 $11.48 $23,880
El Paso, TX 610 $10.05 $20,900
Lafayette, LA 600 $11.66 $24,240
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 590 $12.85 $26,730
Columbus, OH 580 $13.27 $27,590
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 580 $10.91 $22,690
Mobile, AL 530 $10.58 $22,010
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 530 $12.49 $25,980
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 520 $12.23 $25,430
Honolulu, HI 510 $14.13 $29,390
Albuquerque, NM 500 $11.46 $23,850
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 490 $13.56 $28,200
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 490 $12.69 $26,400
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 490 $10.93 $22,730
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 470 $12.17 $25,310
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 450 $10.50 $21,840
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 450 $12.40 $25,800
Tulsa, OK 450 $11.11 $23,110
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 440 $13.35 $27,760
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 440 $12.52 $26,050
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 440 $13.99 $29,100
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 420 Not available Not available
Syracuse, NY 420 $13.11 $27,270
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 420 $12.73 $26,470
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 420 $10.92 $22,710
Knoxville, TN 410 $13.60 $28,290
Corpus Christi, TX 400 $10.73 $22,310
Winston-Salem, NC 380 $11.60 $24,130
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 380 $13.62 $28,340
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 370 $9.93 $20,650
Jacksonville, FL 360 $11.17 $23,230
York-Hanover, PA 360 $13.24 $27,540
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 360 $12.68 $26,380
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 350 $8.44 $17,550
Springfield, MA-CT 340 $12.97 $26,980
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 330 $10.87 $22,610
Fayetteville, NC 330 $12.81 $26,650
Lancaster, PA 330 $12.02 $24,990
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 320 $13.19 $27,440
Rochester, NY 310 $11.70 $24,340
Bakersfield, CA 300 $13.36 $27,800
Durham, NC 300 $11.09 $23,070
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 300 $13.20 $27,450
Reading, PA 300 $12.28 $25,540
Fresno, CA 280 $10.30 $21,420
Huntsville, AL 280 $9.81 $20,410
Jackson, MS 270 $11.84 $24,640
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 260 $12.00 $24,960
Dayton, OH 260 $11.65 $24,240
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 260 $10.02 $20,850
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 260 $11.62 $24,160
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 260 $12.36 $25,710
New Haven, CT 260 $15.51 $32,260
Tuscaloosa, AL 250 $9.53 $19,820
Chattanooga, TN-GA 250 $12.29 $25,570
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 250 $11.13 $23,160
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 250 $10.99 $22,850
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 250 $14.97 $31,140
Wichita, KS 240 $10.68 $22,210
Fort Wayne, IN 240 $9.88 $20,540
Lakeland, FL 240 $10.88 $22,620
Colorado Springs, CO 240 $16.27 $33,840
Lubbock, TX 230 $9.19 $19,120
Reno-Sparks, NV 230 $16.61 $34,560
Greenville, SC 230 $11.03 $22,930
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 220 $9.78 $20,340
Columbus, GA-AL 220 $10.82 $22,510
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 220 $11.19 $23,270
Stockton, CA 220 $10.48 $21,790
Anchorage, AK 210 $19.42 $40,390
Roanoke, VA 210 $11.80 $24,530
Boise City-Nampa, ID 200 $10.29 $21,400
Abilene, TX 200 $10.89 $22,660
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 200 $8.09 $16,830
San Angelo, TX 200 $9.76 $20,300
Spokane, WA 200 $10.25 $21,320
Farmington, NM 200 $11.77 $24,490
Alexandria, LA 200 $10.93 $22,730
Worcester, MA-CT 200 $15.03 $31,260
Duluth, MN-WI 200 $11.83 $24,610
Asheville, NC 200 $10.34 $21,500
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 200 $11.77 $24,480
Macon, GA 200 $12.66 $26,340
Savannah, GA 200 $10.37 $21,560
Montgomery, AL 200 $11.10 $23,090
Amarillo, TX 190 $10.74 $22,340
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 190 $12.92 $26,870
Odessa, TX 190 $11.92 $24,790
Wichita Falls, TX 190 $9.53 $19,810
Wilmington, NC 190 $12.03 $25,030
Spartanburg, SC 180 $12.31 $25,610
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 180 $12.78 $26,580
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 170 Not available Not available
Fort Smith, AR-OK 170 $10.42 $21,670
Eugene-Springfield, OR 170 $12.33 $25,640
Tallahassee, FL 170 $11.03 $22,950
Bellingham, WA 170 $12.65 $26,300
Waco, TX 170 $10.42 $21,660
Modesto, CA 170 $12.63 $26,260
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 160 $13.44 $27,960
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 160 $13.93 $28,980
Burlington, NC 160 $10.28 $21,380
Florence, SC 160 $10.27 $21,370
Yakima, WA 160 $10.97 $22,810
Evansville, IN-KY 160 $12.39 $25,780
Fargo, ND-MN 150 $11.95 $24,860
Jacksonville, NC 150 $10.74 $22,330
Gainesville, FL 150 $10.35 $21,520
Madison, WI 150 $12.52 $26,040
Toledo, OH 150 $10.61 $22,080
Green Bay, WI 150 $11.84 $24,620
Mayaguez, PR 140 $7.32 $15,220
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 140 $13.75 $28,610
Longview, TX 140 $10.70 $22,250
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 140 $14.96 $31,110
Anderson, SC 140 $9.40 $19,540
Salinas, CA 140 $12.18 $25,340
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 140 $13.59 $28,270
Akron, OH 140 $10.62 $22,090
Lexington-Fayette, KY 140 $10.87 $22,600
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 140 $15.66 $32,580
Charleston, WV 130 $10.02 $20,850
Appleton, WI 130 $12.33 $25,640
Canton-Massillon, OH 130 $10.52 $21,880
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 130 $11.97 $24,900
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 130 $11.92 $24,800
Visalia-Porterville, CA 130 $10.24 $21,300
Olympia, WA 130 $11.84 $24,630
St. Cloud, MN 130 $9.74 $20,260
Las Cruces, NM 130 $9.48 $19,710
Binghamton, NY 130 $13.30 $27,670
Utica-Rome, NY 130 $13.29 $27,630
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 120 $10.63 $22,100
Flint, MI 120 $11.19 $23,270
Lake Charles, LA 120 $11.63 $24,190
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 120 $9.67 $20,100
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 120 $11.18 $23,260
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 120 $11.52 $23,960
Peoria, IL 120 $13.89 $28,890
College Station-Bryan, TX 120 $10.86 $22,590
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 110 $10.47 $21,780
Fairbanks, AK 110 $15.61 $32,480
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 110 $12.05 $25,060
Prescott, AZ 110 $11.48 $23,870
Victoria, TX 110 $9.60 $19,960
Provo-Orem, UT 110 $11.04 $22,950
La Crosse, WI-MN 110 $9.40 $19,550
Champaign-Urbana, IL 110 $11.68 $24,300
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 110 $12.18 $25,340
Gainesville, GA 110 $12.32 $25,630
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 110 $12.00 $24,970
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 100 $13.85 $28,810
Monroe, LA 100 $10.19 $21,190
Santa Fe, NM 100 $10.05 $20,900
Atlantic City, NJ 100 $12.98 $27,010
Springfield, MO 100 $11.95 $24,860
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 100 $12.09 $25,160
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 100 $11.01 $22,900
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 100 $11.77 $24,490
Albany, GA 100 $10.89 $22,650
Brunswick, GA 100 $9.49 $19,740
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 100 $14.38 $29,910
Bloomington-Normal, IL 100 $16.00 $33,280
Rockford, IL 100 $11.95 $24,860
Charlottesville, VA 100 $11.96 $24,880
Laredo, TX 100 $8.79 $18,290
Ponce, PR 100 $7.91 $16,450
Wausau, WI 90 $12.36 $25,720
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 90 $11.63 $24,200
Salisbury, MD 90 $10.89 $22,650
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 90 $11.08 $23,060
Ocean City, NJ 90 $14.00 $29,110
Winchester, VA-WV 90 $9.94 $20,660
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 90 $14.71 $30,590
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 90 $12.90 $26,830
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 90 $12.87 $26,770
Pascagoula, MS 90 $11.89 $24,720
Boulder, CO 90 $13.19 $27,440
Hattiesburg, MS 90 $11.71 $24,360
Anniston-Oxford, AL 90 $8.65 $17,990
Rochester, MN 90 $12.61 $26,220
Rocky Mount, NC 90 $14.13 $29,390
Decatur, AL 80 $10.35 $21,520
Greenville, NC 80 $9.56 $19,890
Dalton, GA 80 $11.95 $24,870
Flagstaff, AZ 80 $11.96 $24,880
Dover, DE 80 $12.69 $26,400
Goldsboro, NC 80 $10.95 $22,780
Idaho Falls, ID 80 $11.09 $23,070
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 80 $12.67 $26,360
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 80 $9.70 $20,180
Harrisonburg, VA 80 $11.81 $24,560
El Centro, CA 80 $11.07 $23,030
Manchester, NH 80 $13.72 $28,540
Erie, PA 80 $10.80 $22,470
Clarksville, TN-KY 70 $10.58 $22,010
Wenatchee, WA 70 $13.07 $27,190
Valdosta, GA 70 $9.73 $20,240
Warner Robins, GA 70 $8.71 $18,110
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 70 $11.78 $24,500
Yuma, AZ 70 $11.79 $24,520
Danville, VA 70 Not available Not available
Joplin, MO 70 $11.45 $23,820
Racine, WI 70 $11.70 $24,330
Johnstown, PA 70 $9.06 $18,840
Casper, WY 70 $12.19 $25,350
Midland, TX 70 $10.14 $21,090
Ann Arbor, MI 70 $13.03 $27,110
Altoona, PA 70 $12.42 $25,840
Johnson City, TN 60 $11.67 $24,270
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 60 $7.36 $15,300
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 60 $9.42 $19,580
Grand Junction, CO 60 $11.07 $23,020
Pine Bluff, AR 60 $8.73 $18,150
Cheyenne, WY 60 $9.11 $18,960
Jonesboro, AR 60 $9.12 $18,970
Muncie, IN 60 $10.71 $22,290
Bay City, MI 60 $9.01 $18,750
Chico, CA 60 $11.49 $23,890
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 60 $13.30 $27,660
Grand Forks, ND-MN 60 $11.19 $23,280
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 60 $16.75 $34,840
Dothan, AL 60 $10.66 $22,170
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 60 $12.66 $26,330
Topeka, KS 50 $10.18 $21,170
Waterbury, CT 50 $14.96 $31,110
Longview, WA 50 $11.84 $24,630
Athens-Clarke County, GA 50 $10.67 $22,200
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 50 $10.43 $21,690
Fond du Lac, WI 50 $13.55 $28,180
State College, PA 50 $10.51 $21,860
Portsmouth, NH-ME 50 $9.67 $20,120
Bloomington, IN 50 $10.57 $21,990
Logan, UT-ID 50 $10.14 $21,090
Monroe, MI 50 $12.87 $26,770
Jackson, MI 50 $12.10 $25,170
Carson City, NV 50 $13.67 $28,430
Bangor, ME 50 $9.12 $18,980
Sumter, SC 50 $9.35 $19,450
Gadsden, AL 50 $9.65 $20,060
Glens Falls, NY 50 $10.02 $20,840
Terre Haute, IN 50 $12.31 $25,610
New Bedford, MA 50 $16.45 $34,210
Hot Springs, AR 50 $13.85 $28,810
Wheeling, WV-OH 50 $9.26 $19,260
Napa, CA 50 $16.09 $33,470
Barnstable Town, MA 50 $15.32 $31,870
Sheboygan, WI 50 $12.74 $26,510
Springfield, OH 50 $14.22 $29,580
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 50 $13.78 $28,660
Janesville, WI 50 $10.48 $21,810
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 50 $12.75 $26,520
Medford, OR 50 $13.66 $28,420
Bismarck, ND 50 $9.18 $19,100
Greeley, CO 40 $15.17 $31,550
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 40 $8.86 $18,440
Redding, CA 40 $11.29 $23,480
Eau Claire, WI 40 $15.56 $32,350
Lincoln, NE 40 $13.70 $28,500
Owensboro, KY 40 $16.19 $33,670
Fajardo, PR 40 $6.94 $14,440
Ithaca, NY 40 $13.31 $27,680
Auburn-Opelika, AL 40 $7.86 $16,350
Springfield, IL 40 $10.56 $21,960
Madera, CA 40 $9.43 $19,620
Merced, CA 40 $12.15 $25,270
Punta Gorda, FL 40 $8.53 $17,750
Columbia, MO 40 $11.39 $23,680
Williamsport, PA 40 $10.25 $21,320
Columbus, IN 40 $13.00 $27,040
Naples-Marco Island, FL 40 $11.90 $24,750
Kingston, NY 30 $14.77 $30,720
Elmira, NY 30 $12.53 $26,070
Mansfield, OH 30 $12.15 $25,280
Lafayette, IN 30 $10.20 $21,210
Lebanon, PA 30 $11.87 $24,700
Anderson, IN 30 $12.26 $25,510
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 30 $12.49 $25,980
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 30 $11.24 $23,390
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 30 $9.92 $20,630
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Not available $10.62 $22,090
Salem, OR Not available $10.84 $22,560
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Not available $11.55 $24,020
Elizabethtown, KY Not available $10.93 $22,720
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX Not available $9.94 $20,670
Lynchburg, VA Not available $10.61 $22,060
Bend, OR Not available $11.06 $23,010
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA Not available $11.14 $23,170
Ocala, FL Not available $10.81 $22,490
Jefferson City, MO Not available $10.55 $21,940
Danbury, CT Not available $16.30 $33,910
Cedar Rapids, IA Not available $12.19 $25,350
Tyler, TX Not available $10.45 $21,740
Billings, MT Not available $11.30 $23,500
Burlington-South Burlington, VT Not available $12.57 $26,150
Morgantown, WV Not available $8.75 $18,210
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Not available $11.47 $23,860
Kokomo, IN Not available $11.91 $24,770
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division Not available $14.06 $29,250
Elkhart-Goshen, IN Not available $11.15 $23,190
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