Also called: Helpers--Maintenance and Repair Workers
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers build equipment maintenance, repairing and troubleshooting skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Helpers--Electricians (92%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helpers--Electricians | 92% | $42,670 | +8% | None |
| 2 | Helpers--Extraction Workers | 87% | $47,730 | +20% | None |
| 3 | Engine and Other Machine Assemblers | 85% | $53,710 | +36% | None |
| 4 | Helpers--Carpenters | 85% | $43,780 | +10% | None |
| 5 | Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | 84% | $42,360 | +7% | None |
| 6 | Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers | 83% | $56,210 | +42% | Certificate or associate |
| 7 | Boilermakers | 83% | $76,410 | +93% | None |
| 8 | Rail Car Repairers | 81% | $67,530 | +70% | None |
| 9 | Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters | 81% | $47,550 | +20% | None |
| 10 | Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers | 80% | $65,380 | +65% | None |
Compared with Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, median $39,630. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
92% skill match · $42,670 · +8% pay
Installation · Management of Material Resources · Complex Problem Solving
87% skill match · $47,730 · +20% pay
Management of Personnel Resources · Management of Material Resources · Management of Financial Resources
85% skill match · $53,710 · +36% pay
Management of Material Resources · Management of Financial Resources · Programming
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Helpers--Electricians (92% skill match, median $42,670), Helpers--Extraction Workers (87% skill match, median $47,730) and Engine and Other Machine Assemblers (85% skill match, median $53,710), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 25 pay more than helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers at the median. The biggest increases: Boilermakers (+93%, $76,410), Pile Driver Operators (+85%, $73,300) and Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators (+77%, $70,070).
22 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.