SOC 49-9099 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $46,860. The 10th percentile is $34,410 and the 90th percentile is $72,610. Employment is 4,350.

Median annual wage

$46,860

10th percentile
$34,410
25th percentile
$38,810
Median
$46,860
75th percentile
$58,260
90th percentile
$72,610
Mean
$50,610

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $34,410 and the 90th percentile is $72,610. The difference is $38,200, which is 81.5% 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 $38,810 to the 75th at $58,260, covers $19,450.

The mean annual wage is $50,610, which sits above the median of $46,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 4.8% lower than the national median of $49,230 for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,511, which is 3.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.3% higher than the Texas median of $45,360.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,860 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other at $47,511 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 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 6th 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).).

  • Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 71 miles away, with a median of $44,310 and employment of 270. That median is 5.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,208, against $47,511 here.
  • College Station-Bryan, TX is 95 miles away, with a median of $44,670 and employment of 170. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,114, against $47,511 here.
  • Lake Charles, LA is 130 miles away, with a median of $55,940 and employment of 410. That median is 19.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,159, against $47,511 here.

Employment share

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other accounts for 0.13% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (4,350 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (176,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.17 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other 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 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $46,860. The 10th percentile is $34,410 and the 90th percentile is $72,610. Employment is 4,350.

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

The local median is 4.8% lower than the national median of $49,230.

What is Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $46,860 is $47,511. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX compare with nearby metros for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other?

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 71 miles away, at $44,310. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 6th of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.