Maintenance and Repair Workers in Kentucky

Get the information you need to know about working as a Maintenance and Repair Worker.

You’re in luck! Jobs for Maintenance and Repair Workers in Kentucky are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

• Projected employment for Maintenance and Repair Workers in Kentucky is growing faster than average.

• Maintenance and Repair Workers in Kentucky earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

What Major Will Prepare You For a Maintenance and Repair Worker Career?

• Construction Trades
• Building Management & Inspection
• Building/Property Maintenance

How Many Maintenance and Repair Workers Work in Kentucky?

In Kentucky, there were 21,550 people working as Maintenance and Repair Workers in the year 2018.

There were 21,040 Maintenance and Repair Workers employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 510 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

The typical state has 15,870 Maintenance and Repair Workers working in it, which means Kentucky has more Maintenance and Repair Workers than average.

Job Projections for Kentucky

Jobs for Maintenance and Repair Workers in this state are growing at a rate of 8.7% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 7.9%.

Kentucky Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 2,150 annual job openings, and a total of 21,380 jobs for Kentucky Maintenance and Repair Workers in 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 154,700 annual jobs and 1,545,100 total jobs in 2026.

What do Maintenance and Repair Workers Make in Kentucky?

In 2018 wages for Maintenance and Repair Workers ranged from $21,660 to $60,900 with $37,040 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $10.41 to $29.28. The median hourly rate was $17.81.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $17.56 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.25.

The median salary in Kentucky is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Kentucky Metros for Maintenance and Repair Workers

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Maintenance and Repair Workers.

Metro	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	10,640	$40,110
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	6,290	$39,450
Lexington-Fayette, KY	2,920	$36,040
Evansville, IN-KY	1,950	$38,740
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	1,180	$31,530
Clarksville, TN-KY	1,010	$42,660
Bowling Green, KY	920	$36,490
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY	810	$36,010
Owensboro, KY	700	$45,370

Top States for Maintenance and Repair Workers Employment

View the list below to see where most Maintenance and Repair Workers work.

State	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
California	128,560	$42,530
Texas	112,020	$35,700
New York	108,050	$43,430
Florida	89,870	$33,600
Illinois	63,350	$41,410
Pennsylvania	59,920	$38,400
Ohio	54,960	$39,830
North Carolina	43,960	$37,890
Georgia	43,500	$35,590
Michigan	40,080	$35,360
Washington	35,400	$42,610
Indiana	34,840	$38,800
Wisconsin	34,600	$40,700
Virginia	32,260	$39,080
New Jersey	31,190	$42,800
Tennessee	28,790	$36,780
Arizona	28,410	$35,360
Missouri	28,150	$36,160
South Carolina	27,750	$34,630
Minnesota	24,320	$43,180

Below are the states where Maintenance and Repair Workers get paid the most:

State	Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia	$50,770
Alaska	$48,640
Connecticut	$46,340
Hawaii	$45,650
Massachusetts	$45,270
Rhode Island	$43,890
New York	$43,430
Minnesota	$43,180
Nevada	$42,940
New Jersey	$42,800

References

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.