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

Percentile spread

For Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $25,580. The difference is $3,740, which is 17.1% 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 $21,840 to the 75th at $24,980, covers $3,140.

The mean annual wage is $23,670, which sits above the median of $21,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mayaguez, PR median is 44.9% lower than the national median of $39,630 for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers.

It is 8.3% 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 Mayaguez, 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. Mayaguez, PR ranks 3rd 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 26 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 90. That median is about the same as the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 110. That median is about the same as the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $22,880 and employment of 50. That median is 4.8% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (100 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (95,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.12 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.