Maintenance Technician salary
What a maintenance technician actually earns, from 1,035 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see maintenance technician pay in the 5 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A maintenance technician earns a blended US median near 54,777 dollars, with the typical middle running from 45,149 dollars to 67,231 dollars. The official OEWS median is 48,620 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 24 percent since 2019. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is automotive technician, at 50 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open maintenance technician roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Hauswart/in oder Hauswartehepaar – Grenchen at Peter Kunz Bau und Finanz AGGrenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Service Techniker 100% - Zürich oder Schaffhausen at Frigoglass Switzerland AGAesch (Neftenbach), Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
Hauswart im immobilienbereich 100% at Workmanagement AGRapperswil SG, St. Gallen, Switzerland1d agoApply- Mitarbeiter*in Technischer Dienst 60-80% ab 1. Januar 2027 at Stiftung Alters- und Pflegeheim Hasle-RüegsauRüegsauschachen, Bern, Switzerland1d agoApply
Mitarbeiter:in Gartenunterhalt [#598] at PAUL WICKI PERSONAL AGRotkreuz, Zug, Switzerland1d agoApply- Teamleiter/in Betriebsunterhalt at Kantonale Verwaltung ZürichZürich, Zürich, Switzerland · Remote1d agoApply
By country
- United Kingdom$50,470$56,928$64,807
- United States$45,149$54,777$67,231
- Canada$39,731$47,892$55,361
- Australia$58,292$65,597$81,599
- Netherlands$50,457$53,701$61,074
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 6'394/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 72 Metallarbeiter, Mechaniker, Polymechaniker, Produktionsmechaniker und verwandte Berufe: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 76'728 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$57,910
- California$56,030
- Illinois$54,220
- Ohio$50,520
- Delaware$49,130
- Virginia$49,070
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a maintenance technician profile already covers.
- 272 open mechanical engineer roles$112,630 median · +$57,853 · 20% readiness
- 142 open industrial engineer roles$99,826 median · +$45,049 · 12% readiness
- 74 open facilities manager roles$92,230 median · +$37,453 · 29% readiness
- 600 open electrician roles$74,155 median · +$19,378 · 29% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a maintenance technician.
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Related salaries
- Automotive Technician salary$73,492 median
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- HVAC Technician salary$69,431 median
Quick answers
How much does a maintenance technician make?
The blended US median is about 54,777 dollars, with a typical range from 45,149 dollars to 67,231 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 48,620 dollars.
What can a maintenance technician move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is automotive technician, at 50 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 49-9071. Live corpus 1,035 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.