Elevator mechanic salary
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Elevator mechanics in the U.S. earn a median of $109,910 a year, or $52.84 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $158,890.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $28.49/hr
- Jobs nationwide
- 23,790
- Median hourly pay
- $52.84/hr
- Mean (average) pay
- $109,820 a year · $52.80 an hour
Pay by percentile
What elevator mechanics in the U.S. earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $28.49 | $59,270 |
| 25th percentile | $38.12 | $79,290 |
| Median (50th) | $52.84 | $109,910 |
| 75th percentile | $65.25 | $135,720 |
| 90th percentile | $76.39 | $158,890 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
Pay over time
The median elevator mechanic wage in the U.S. rose 12.3%, from $97,860 in May 2021 to $109,910 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it fell 5.9%.
| Year | Median a year | Median an hour |
|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | $97,860 | $47.05/hr |
| May 2022 | $99,000 | $47.60/hr |
| May 2023 | $102,420 | $49.24/hr |
| May 2024 | $106,580 | $51.24/hr |
| May 2025 | $109,910 | $52.84/hr |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, each May release; inflation from the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May of each year). BLS cautions against reading much into year-to-year changes, so we compare the first and last years. How we compare years
Elevator mechanic pay by state
- Maine$143,690
- Nevada$141,950
- California$141,180
- Oregon$138,600
- Massachusetts$138,420
- New Jersey$137,920
- Washington$137,180
- New York$135,720
- Illinois$133,690
- Minnesota$128,020
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- Missouri$126,750
- Colorado$123,360
- District of Columbia$122,570
- Maryland$122,260
- Nebraska$117,690
- Pennsylvania$117,250
- South Dakota$116,320
- Iowa$115,300
- Virginia$108,250
- North Carolina$107,700
- Oklahoma$105,430
- Ohio$105,020
- Florida$104,730
- Alabama$103,700
- Texas$102,140
- Tennessee$100,490
- Michigan$99,140
- Indiana$92,390
- South Carolina$90,860
- Montana$90,370
- Kansas$84,760
- Georgia$83,500
- Utah$81,060
- Wisconsin$77,640
- New Mexico$71,430
- Arkansas$61,530
- Kentucky$42,670
Top-paying metro areas
- San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa ClaraCA$173,920
- San Francisco–Oakland–FremontCA$168,270
- Chicago–Naperville–ElginIL-IN$146,580
- Las Vegas–Henderson–North Las VegasNV$141,920
- Los Angeles–Long Beach–AnaheimCA$140,600
- San Diego–Chula Vista–CarlsbadCA$140,250
- Seattle–Tacoma–BellevueWA$138,880
- Portland–Vancouver–HillsboroOR-WA$138,600
- Spokane–Spokane ValleyWA$138,100
- New York–Newark–Jersey CityNY-NJ$136,000
See the top 20
- Grand Rapids–Wyoming–KentwoodMI$133,080
- Philadelphia–Camden–WilmingtonPA-NJ-DE-MD$132,640
- Minneapolis–St. Paul–BloomingtonMN-WI$128,020
- SyracuseNY$126,630
- FresnoCA$126,110
- Kansas CityMO-KS$124,120
- Denver–Aurora–CentennialCO$123,360
- Baltimore–Columbia–TowsonMD$122,690
- Washington–Arlington–AlexandriaDC-VA-MD-WV$122,260
- PittsburghPA$121,920
Every metro area ranked by elevator mechanic pay after cost of living
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Questions
- Which state pays elevator mechanics the most?
- Maine, with a median of $143,690 a year, followed by Nevada ($141,950). Kentucky has the lowest median, $42,670.
- Which metro area pays elevator mechanics the most?
- The San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara, CA area, with a median of $173,920 a year.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-4021 (Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed elevator mechanics and business owners aren't included. Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures