Maintenance and Repair Workers, General (49-9071)

Occupation description:  Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; boiler making; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs. Excludes "Maintenance Workers, Machinery" (49-9043).

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2012 Wages

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
3,548	516	14.5	55.3	40.5

2011 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	249
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	76
UI claimants previously working in occupation	402

2011 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	3,604
Number of job position postings	346
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	10.4

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