Elevator mechanic salary in Spokane, WA
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Elevator mechanics in the Spokane–Spokane Valley, WA area earn a median of $138,100 a year, or $66.39 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $141,320. That's 1% more than the Washington median of $137,180.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $33.20/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 60
- After cost of living
- $137,620
- Median hourly pay
- $66.39/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +26%
- vs Washington median
- +1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $122,690 a year · $58.99 an hour
Pay by percentile
What elevator mechanics in Spokane, WA 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 | $33.20 | $69,050 |
| 25th percentile | $46.48 | $96,670 |
| Median (50th) | $66.39 | $138,100 |
| 75th percentile | $67.94 | $141,310 |
| 90th percentile | $67.94 | $141,320 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Spokane, WA compares
- Spokane has the lowest elevator mechanic median of the 3 Washington metro areas with published pay.
- Elevator mechanics are more concentrated in the Spokane area than nationally: 0.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
Other Washington metro areas
Other trades in Spokane, WA
Questions
- Do elevator mechanics make more in Spokane or Seattle?
- Seattle pays more: the median is $138,100 in Spokane and $138,880 in Seattle, a 1% 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 44060 (Spokane-Spokane Valley, 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 (100.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures