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

How much do Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers make in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL?

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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL is $40,040. The 10th percentile is $31,600 and the 90th percentile is $57,830. Employment is 280.

Median annual wage

$40,040

10th percentile
$31,600
25th percentile
$36,840
Median
$40,040
75th percentile
$46,090
90th percentile
$57,830
Mean
$41,920

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, the published 10th percentile is $31,600 and the 90th percentile is $57,830. The difference is $26,230, which is 65.5% 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 $36,840 to the 75th at $46,090, covers $9,250.

The mean annual wage is $41,920, which sits above the median of $40,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL median is 1% higher than the national median of $39,630 for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,121, which is 1.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% higher than the Florida median of $38,710.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL is 102.349, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers at $39,121 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL ranks 1st of 14 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).).

  • Punta Gorda, FL is 24 miles away, with a median of $38,760 and employment of 50. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,558, against $39,121 here.
  • Naples-Marco Island, FL is 47 miles away, with a median of $39,720 and employment of 180. That median is 0.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,488, against $39,121 here.
  • North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL is 59 miles away, with a median of $38,670 and employment of 260. That median is 3.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,757, against $39,121 here.

Employment share

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL (280 of 304,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (95,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.49 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL · Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 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 Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers make in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL is $40,040. The 10th percentile is $31,600 and the 90th percentile is $57,830. Employment is 280.

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

The local median is 1% higher than the national median of $39,630.

What is Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers pay in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL is 102.349, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $40,040 is $39,121. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL compare with nearby metros for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers?

Punta Gorda, FL is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 24 miles away, at $38,760. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL ranks 1st of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.