Elevator mechanic salary in Missouri
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Elevator mechanics in Missouri earn a median of $126,750 a year, or $60.94 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $150,590. That's 15% more than the national median of $109,910, 11th of 37 states and DC.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $37.01/hr
- Jobs in Missouri
- 450
- After cost of living
- $139,570
- Median hourly pay
- $60.94/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +15%
- Rank among states
- 11th of 37
- Mean (average) pay
- $123,640 a year · $59.44 an hour
Pay by percentile
What elevator mechanics in Missouri 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 | $37.01 | $76,980 |
| 25th percentile | $59.68 | $124,120 |
| Median (50th) | $60.94 | $126,750 |
| 75th percentile | $64.82 | $134,820 |
| 90th percentile | $72.40 | $150,590 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Missouri compares
- Elevator mechanics hold about the same share of jobs in Missouri as nationally: 0.2 of every 1,000 jobs.
Pay by metro area
- Springfield$132,130
- Kansas City$124,120
Other trades in Missouri
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Missouri list what contractors must pay elevator mechanics on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.
Questions
- Where in Missouri do elevator mechanics earn the most?
- Among Missouri metro areas, Springfield has the highest median at $132,130 a year, and Kansas City the lowest at $124,120.
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 29. 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 (90.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures