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

How much do Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers make in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is $39,510. The 10th percentile is $24,510 and the 90th percentile is $51,410. Employment is 1,130.

Median annual wage

$39,510

10th percentile
$24,510
25th percentile
$33,810
Median
$39,510
75th percentile
$47,360
90th percentile
$51,410
Mean
$40,060

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, the published 10th percentile is $24,510 and the 90th percentile is $51,410. The difference is $26,900, which is 68.1% 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 $33,810 to the 75th at $47,360, covers $13,550.

The mean annual wage is $40,060, which sits above the median of $39,510. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX median is 0.3% lower than the national median of $39,630 for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,289, which is 1.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.8% higher than the Texas median of $37,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,510 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers at $40,289 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 1st of 11 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).).

  • Killeen-Temple, TX is 66 miles away, with a median of $36,140 and employment of 200. That median is 8.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,657, against $40,289 here.
  • College Station-Bryan, TX is 77 miles away, with a median of $31,970 and employment of 170. That median is 19.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,151, against $40,289 here.
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 80 miles away, with a median of $36,830 and employment of 1,440. That median is 6.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,885, against $40,289 here.

Employment share

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (1,130 of 1,293,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (95,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.42 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is $39,510. The 10th percentile is $24,510 and the 90th percentile is $51,410. Employment is 1,130.

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

The local median is 0.3% lower than the national median of $39,630.

What is Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 98.066, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,510 is $40,289. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX compare with nearby metros for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers?

Killeen-Temple, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 66 miles away, at $36,140. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks 1st of 11 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.