How much do elevator mechanics make an hour in Seattle, WA?

The median hourly wage is $66.77. The middle half earn between $48.42 and $76.72 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice elevator mechanics make in Seattle, WA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $36.82 an hour ($76,590 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $48.42.

Do elevator mechanics make more in Seattle or Portland?

Pay is about the same: the median is $138,880 in Seattle and $138,600 in Portland.

How does Seattle pay compare with the rest of Washington?

The Seattle median of $138,880 is 1% more than the Washington median of $137,180.

Elevator mechanic salary in Seattle, WA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Elevator mechanics in the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA area earn a median of $138,880 a year, or $66.77 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $162,920 a year. Across all of Washington, the median is $137,180, so Seattle pays 1% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$138,880

Bottom 10% under$76,590Top 10% over$162,920

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $36.82/hr
Jobs in this area: 290
After cost of living: $124,970
Median hourly pay: $66.77/hr
vs U.S. median: +26%
vs Washington median: +1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 42660, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA). 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.

Apprentice to top elevator mechanic pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$76,590–$100,710$36.82–$48.42/hr
Mechanic	$138,880$66.77/hr
Top earners	$159,580–$162,920$76.72–$78.33/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Seattle, WA compares

Seattle has the highest elevator mechanic median of the 3 Washington metro areas with published pay.
Elevator mechanics hold about the same share of jobs in the Seattle area as nationally: 0.1 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $162,920, is 2.1 times the 10th-percentile wage, $76,590: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Washington metro areas

Other trades in Seattle, WA

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Questions

How much do elevator mechanics make in Seattle, WA?: Elevator mechanics in the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA area earn a median of $138,880 a year, or $66.77 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $162,920 a year.
How much do elevator mechanics make an hour in Seattle, WA?: The median hourly wage is $66.77. The middle half earn between $48.42 and $76.72 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice elevator mechanics make in Seattle, WA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $36.82 an hour ($76,590 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $48.42.
Do elevator mechanics make more in Seattle or Portland?: Pay is about the same: the median is $138,880 in Seattle and $138,600 in Portland.
How does Seattle pay compare with the rest of Washington?: The Seattle median of $138,880 is 1% more than the Washington median of $137,180.

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 42660 (Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA). 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 (111.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures