Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
All installation, maintenance, and repair workers not listed separately.
What it pays
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other earn a median of $23.67/hr — about $49,000 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $17.35/hr; the top 10% earn $37.04/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other earn a median of $23.67/hr — about $49,000 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $17.35/hr; the top 10% earn $37.04/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
What you'd actually do
- Monitor and adjust operations of geothermal power plant equipment or systems.
- Prepare and maintain logs, reports, or other documentation of work performed.
- Identify and correct malfunctions of geothermal plant equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, or controls.
- Collect and record data associated with operating geothermal power plants or well fields.
- Determine whether emergency or auxiliary systems will be needed to keep properties heated or cooled in extreme weather conditions.
- Perform pre- and post-installation pressure, flow, and related tests of vertical and horizontal geothermal loop piping.
How you get there
Typical entry-level education: High school diploma. Overall preparation: some preparation (Job Zone 2 of 5).
The feel of the work
Much of the work happens outdoors. (Compared against the other 818 careers in the guide.)
Working for yourself
About 15.4% of installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other are self-employed.
Who it tends to fit
This work tends to fit people who are hands-on, organized and detail-focused and analytical.
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Quick questions
- How much does a installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other make?
- The median pay is $23.67 per hour — roughly $49,000 a year, with the real range running from about $17.35/hr (10th percentile) to $37.04/hr (90th percentile). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Do you need a degree to be a installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other?
- The typical entry-level education is: High school diploma. Overall preparation level: some preparation (Job Zone 2 of 5).
- What does a installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other actually do all day?
- Monitor and adjust operations of geothermal power plant equipment or systems. Prepare and maintain logs, reports, or other documentation of work performed. Identify and correct malfunctions of geothermal plant equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, or controls.
Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS. Tasks & interests: O*NET. Career pathways shown in the app are draft archetypes — verify before relying on them. Trailhead is a free career guide for students — honest numbers, no hype.
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Trailhead is operated by FLEXVermont LLC. It is intended for high-school students age 13 and older, and the educators and families who support them, and is not directed to children under 13. Trailhead is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It does not offer professional, financial, or career advice, and its wage figures and pathways are estimates that may not fit your situation — they should not be relied on as the sole basis for any decision.