Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers professionals earn a national median of $109,910 per year according to BLS OEWS May 2025 data, positioned in the Construction and Extraction Occupations occupational family under SOC code 47-4021. OEWS estimates approximately 23,790 jobs in covered establishments nationwide. The full percentile range stretches from $59,270 at the 10th percentile to $158,890 at the 90th. The distribution combines differences in experience, specialization, employer type, industry, schedule, and geography; OEWS does not isolate any one factor's effect.

BLS Employment Projections expect the occupation to change by +5% between 2024 and 2034 - about as fast as average relative to the all-occupations baseline of 3.1%. BLS projects roughly 2,000 annual openings from growth, occupational transfers, and labor-force exits. BLS assigns High school diploma or equivalent as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.

The highest published state median in this ranking is Maine at $143,690 for this occupation. The table records the differences but does not establish their causes. Before treating this median as a personal benchmark, compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area and keep employer-provided benefits, which OEWS excludes, separate.