SOC 49-9012 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $58,680. The 10th percentile is $48,000 and the 90th percentile is $84,500. Employment is 620.

Median annual wage

$58,680

10th percentile
$48,000
25th percentile
$48,520
Median
$58,680
75th percentile
$75,000
90th percentile
$84,500
Mean
$64,810

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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An auto mechanic working on an engine. Photograph by Okpashira. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door, the published 10th percentile is $48,000 and the 90th percentile is $84,500. The difference is $36,500, which is 62.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $48,520 to the 75th at $75,000, covers $26,480.

The mean annual wage is $64,810, which sits above the median of $58,680. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 21.1% lower than the national median of $74,340 for Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,473, which is 25.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8% lower than the Colorado median of $63,770.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,680 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door at $55,473 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO ranks 6th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Colorado Springs, CO is 43 miles away, with a median of $83,300 and employment of 150. That median is 42% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,715, against $55,473 here.
  • Greeley, CO is 82 miles away, with a median of $68,990. That median is 17.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,869, against $55,473 here.
  • Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 90 miles away, with a median of $71,590 and employment of 50. That median is 22% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,791, against $55,473 here.

Employment share

Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (620 of 1,609,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (48,240 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.24 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $58,680. The 10th percentile is $48,000 and the 90th percentile is $84,500. Employment is 620.

How does that compare with the national median for Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door?

The local median is 21.1% lower than the national median of $74,340.

What is Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $58,680 is $55,473. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO compare with nearby metros for Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door?

Colorado Springs, CO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 43 miles away, at $83,300. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO ranks 6th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.