Elevator mechanic salary in Tulsa, OK
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Elevator mechanics in the Tulsa, OK area earn a median of $107,440 a year, or $51.65 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $122,350 a year. Across all of Oklahoma, the median is $105,430, so Tulsa pays 2% more than the state as a whole.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $18.53/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 90
- After cost of living
- $120,430
- Median hourly pay
- $51.65/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −2%
- vs Oklahoma median
- +2%
Apprentice to top elevator mechanic pay
| Stage | Yearly pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | $38,530–$66,520$18.53–$31.98/hr | |
| Mechanic | $107,440$51.65/hr | |
| Top earners | $122,310–$122,350$58.80–$58.82/hr |
Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.
How Tulsa, OK compares
- Elevator mechanics are more concentrated in the Tulsa area than nationally: 0.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.
- The 90th-percentile wage, $122,350, is 3.2 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,530: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.
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Questions
- How much do elevator mechanics make in Tulsa, OK?
- Elevator mechanics in the Tulsa, OK area earn a median of $107,440 a year, or $51.65 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $122,350 a year.
- How much do elevator mechanics make an hour in Tulsa, OK?
- The median hourly wage is $51.65. The middle half earn between $31.98 and $58.80 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
- What do apprentice elevator mechanics make in Tulsa, OK?
- BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.53 an hour ($38,530 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $31.98.
- How does Tulsa pay compare with the rest of Oklahoma?
- The Tulsa median of $107,440 is 2% more than the Oklahoma median of $105,430.
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 46140 (Tulsa, OK). 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 (89.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures