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Elevator mechanic salary in Orlando, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Elevator mechanics in the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL area earn a median of $104,860 a year, or $50.42 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $122,730. That's about the same as the Florida median of $104,730.

Median yearly pay$104,860
Bottom 10% under$58,440Top 10% over$122,730
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$28.10/hr
Jobs in this area
360
After cost of living
$103,390
Median hourly pay
$50.42/hr
vs U.S. median
−5%
vs Florida median
0%
Mean (average) pay
$94,960 a year · $45.65 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36740, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL). Excludes self-employed elevator mechanics. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What elevator mechanics in Orlando, FL 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$28.10$58,440
25th percentile$35.28$73,390
Median (50th)$50.42$104,860
75th percentile$53.52$111,320
90th percentile$59.00$122,730

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Orlando, FL compares

  • Orlando ranks 3rd of 6 Florida metro areas for elevator mechanic pay.
  • Elevator mechanics are more concentrated in the Orlando area than nationally: 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.

Other Florida metro areas

Other trades in Orlando, FL

Questions

Do elevator mechanics make more in Orlando or Miami?
Miami pays more: the median is $104,860 in Orlando and $108,170 in Miami, a 3% difference.

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), area code 36740 (Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed elevator mechanics and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (101.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures