How much do Maintenance and Repair Workers, General make in Arecibo, PR?

Percentile spread

For Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $31,170. The difference is $9,330, which is 39.8% 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 $23,440 to the 75th at $25,730, covers $2,290.

The mean annual wage is $25,630, which sits above the median of $23,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 52.7% lower than the national median of $49,590 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.

It is 0.9% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $23,220.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Arecibo, PR ranks 2nd of 6 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 22 miles away, with a median of $22,600 and employment of 780. That median is 3.6% lower than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $22,330 and employment of 1,080. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $22,040 and employment of 620. That median is 6% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General accounts for 1.4% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (470 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.98% of employment (1,529,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.38 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.