Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
SOC 49-9098 · 2024-2034
Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $45,933per year
- Projected openings
- 10,870
- Projected change
- +2.2%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Troubleshooting
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
- Operations Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $52,765 | 520 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $47,682 | 120 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $47,231 | 670 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $47,231 | 340 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $46,491 | 120 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $46,480 | 90 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $46,480 | 160 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $46,234 | 70 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $46,172 | 50 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $45,197 | 50 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $44,663 | 1,630 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $44,437 | 130 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $44,149 | 80 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $43,964 | 830 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $43,194 | 130 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $42,951 | 1,200 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $42,783 | 70 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $42,455 | 190 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $41,621 | 2,730 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $41,602 | 910 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $41,335 | 120 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $40,914 | 350 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $40,791 | 40 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $40,760 | 70 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $40,000 | 250 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $39,240 | 210 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $39,035 | 50 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 70 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $36,915
- A quarter earn under
- $39,373
- Half earn under
- $45,933
- Three quarters earn under
- $50,828
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $61,460
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helpers--Production Workers | $44,973 | 23,600 | -9.5% |
| Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | $48,407 | 2,950 | +7.7% |
| Helpers--Electricians | $53,491 | 3,430 | +3.1% |
| Helpers--Carpenters | $51,242 | 3,040 | +7.4% |
| Helpers--Extraction Workers | $53,121 | 1,270 | 0% |
| Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons | $47,472 | 2,170 | +5% |
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