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

How much do Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other make in Lexington-Fayette, KY?

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 Lexington-Fayette, KY is $47,330. The 10th percentile is $36,400 and the 90th percentile is $71,020. Employment is 120.

Median annual wage

$47,330

10th percentile
$36,400
25th percentile
$40,660
Median
$47,330
75th percentile
$62,000
90th percentile
$71,020
Mean
$52,730

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A welder working in a workshop
A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $36,400 and the 90th percentile is $71,020. The difference is $34,620, which is 73.1% 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 $40,660 to the 75th at $62,000, covers $21,340.

The mean annual wage is $52,730, which sits above the median of $47,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lexington-Fayette, KY median is 3.9% lower than the national median of $49,230 for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,953, which is 3.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7.8% lower than the Kentucky median of $51,310.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lexington-Fayette, KY is 92.889, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other at $50,953 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other. Lexington-Fayette, KY ranks 13th of 20 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).).

  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 67 miles away, with a median of $47,890 and employment of 770. That median is 1.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,215, against $50,953 here.
  • Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 69 miles away, with a median of $48,900 and employment of 420. That median is 3.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,539, against $50,953 here.
  • Elizabethtown, KY is 85 miles away, with a median of $63,170 and employment of 60. That median is 33.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,746, against $50,953 here.

Employment share

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Lexington-Fayette, KY (120 of 286,910). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (176,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.37 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY · 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other in Lexington-Fayette, KY is $47,330. The 10th percentile is $36,400 and the 90th percentile is $71,020. Employment is 120.

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

The local median is 3.9% lower than the national median of $49,230.

What is Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other pay in Lexington-Fayette, KY after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lexington-Fayette, KY is 92.889, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,330 is $50,953. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Lexington-Fayette, KY compare with nearby metros for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other?

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 67 miles away, at $47,890. Lexington-Fayette, KY ranks 13th of 20 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.