SOC 49-9098 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers make in Arecibo, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Arecibo, PR is $22,880. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $28,350. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$22,880

10th percentile
$21,840
25th percentile
$21,840
Median
$22,880
75th percentile
$23,390
90th percentile
$28,350
Mean
$24,350

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $28,350. The difference is $6,510, which is 28.5% 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 $21,840 to the 75th at $23,390, covers $1,550.

The mean annual wage is $24,350, which sits above the median of $22,880. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 42.3% lower than the national median of $39,630 for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers.

It is 3.9% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $23,810.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers. Arecibo, PR ranks 2nd of 5 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).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 90. That median is 4.5% lower than the median here.
  • Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 110. That median is 4.5% lower than the median here.
  • Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 100. That median is 4.5% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (50 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (95,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.34 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers make in Arecibo, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Arecibo, PR is $22,880. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $28,350. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers?

The local median is 42.3% lower than the national median of $39,630.

How does Arecibo, PR compare with nearby metros for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $21,840. Arecibo, PR ranks 2nd of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.