Maintenance Technician salary
What a maintenance technician actually earns, from 817 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 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see maintenance technician pay in the 3 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 47,935 dollars, with the typical middle running from 38,773 dollars to 58,936 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 48,620 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 24 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is plumber, 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.
- Maintenance TechnicianContinental · Clinton, USJul 20
- Range Maintenance Technician (Motor Vehicle Operator)United States Army Installation Management Command · Fort Stewart, Georgia$58k–$68kJul 20
- Field Service Engineer (Automotive)Samsara · Remote - MexicoRemoteJul 17
- Medical Equipment and Device Service Technician/Engineer (m/f/x) - Berlin, GermanyGenoray EU GmbH · BerlinJul 16
- Maintenance Technician - Night shift (6:45pm - 7:00am)Continental · Sumter, USJul 16
- Environmental Service TechnicianVeterans Health Administration · Cincinnati, Ohio$38k–$44kJul 15
By country
- United Kingdom$51,085 – $65,873 · median $55,790
- United States$38,773 – $58,936 · median $47,935
- Canada$37,831 – $51,925 · median $45,292
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washingtonmedian $57,910
- Coloradomedian $51,130
- Oregonmedian $51,120
- Ohiomedian $50,520
- Delawaremedian $49,130
- Michiganmedian $47,170
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Quick answers
How much does a maintenance technician make?
The blended US median is about 47,935 dollars, with a typical range from 38,773 dollars to 58,936 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 48,620 dollars.
Is maintenance technician a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 0% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a maintenance technician move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is plumber, 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 817 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.