SOC 49-9071 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Maintenance and Repair Workers, General make in Wichita, KS?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Wichita, KS is $47,150. The 10th percentile is $32,240 and the 90th percentile is $64,710. Employment is 2,740.

Median annual wage

$47,150

10th percentile
$32,240
25th percentile
$38,630
Median
$47,150
75th percentile
$54,550
90th percentile
$64,710
Mean
$47,930

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, the published 10th percentile is $32,240 and the 90th percentile is $64,710. The difference is $32,470, which is 68.9% 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 $38,630 to the 75th at $54,550, covers $15,920.

The mean annual wage is $47,930, which sits above the median of $47,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wichita, KS median is 4.9% lower than the national median of $49,590 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. In 2024 national prices the local median is $53,010, which is 6.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% lower than the Kansas median of $47,210.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,150 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Maintenance and Repair Workers, General at $53,010 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Wichita, KS ranks 4th of 9 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).).

  • Enid, OK is 92 miles away, with a median of $44,740 and employment of 290. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,092, against $53,010 here.
  • Tulsa, OK is 112 miles away, with a median of $45,760 and employment of 4,340. That median is 2.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,292, against $53,010 here.
  • Manhattan, KS is 119 miles away, with a median of $46,370 and employment of 570. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,430, against $53,010 here.

Employment share

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General accounts for 0.89% of wage-and-salary employment in Wichita, KS (2,740 of 308,570). Nationally the occupation is 0.98% of employment (1,529,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.90 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 Wichita, KS · Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 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 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General make in Wichita, KS?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Wichita, KS is $47,150. The 10th percentile is $32,240 and the 90th percentile is $64,710. Employment is 2,740.

How does that compare with the national median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General?

The local median is 4.9% lower than the national median of $49,590.

What is Maintenance and Repair Workers, General pay in Wichita, KS after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,150 is $53,010. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Wichita, KS compare with nearby metros for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General?

Enid, OK is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 92 miles away, at $44,740. Wichita, KS ranks 4th of 9 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.