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Maintenance and Repair Workers in Texas

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Maintenance and Repair Workers in Texas

Considering a career as a Maintenance and Repair Worker in Texas?

17.7% Jobs Projection
$35,700 Median Salary
13,910 Job Openings

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

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

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

How Many Maintenance and Repair Workers Work in Texas?

In Texas, there were 112,020 people working as Maintenance and Repair Workers in the year 2018.

There were 108,470 Maintenance and Repair Workers employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 3,550 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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

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Job Projections for Texas

Jobs for Maintenance and Repair Workers in this state are growing at a rate of 17.7% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 7.9%.

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Texas Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 13,910 annual Maintenance and Repair Workers job openings in Texas, and 133,580 total jobs in the year 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 Texas?

In 2018 wages for Maintenance and Repair Workers ranged from $22,460 to $57,290 with $35,700 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $10.8 to $27.54. The median hourly rate was $17.16.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $16.58 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.58.

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

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Top Texas 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
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 31,300 $39,360
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 26,890 $37,580
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 9,210 $33,800
Austin-Round Rock, TX 8,840 $36,280
El Paso, TX 2,810 $27,740
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 2,150 $24,700
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 2,020 $23,430
Corpus Christi, TX 1,940 $31,320
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 1,860 $36,990
Killeen-Temple, TX 1,500 $30,630
Lubbock, TX 1,240 $33,100
Waco, TX 1,190 $31,780
Tyler, TX 1,100 $33,380
Amarillo, TX 1,020 $37,010
College Station-Bryan, TX 1,020 $32,840
Midland, TX 740 $37,480
Longview, TX 730 $33,560
Laredo, TX 630 $24,390
Odessa, TX 630 $31,850
Texarkana, TX-AR 630 $32,840
Abilene, TX 610 $30,200
San Angelo, TX 560 $29,270
Wichita Falls, TX 510 $28,200
Sherman-Denison, TX 470 $33,860
Victoria, TX 290 $36,200

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

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