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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Mechanical Door Repairers

Install, service, or repair automatic door mechanisms and hydraulic doors. Includes garage door mechanics.

Also called: Commercial Door Installer, Commercial Installer, Door Installer, Door Serviceman, Garage Door Installer, Garage Door Technician (Garage Door Tech)

Median pay in Greater Boston
$59,290
$28.50/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
Not published
Massachusetts 2024–2034
Not published
Typical U.S. entry requirement
High school diploma or equivalent
plus Moderate-term on-the-job training

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$50,850$50,850$59,290$68,940$81,580

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.
  • Complete required paperwork, such as work orders, according to services performed or required.
  • Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.
  • Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.
  • Order replacement springs, sections, or slats.
  • Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks to install spring systems.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Lower exposure10 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 6
  • Language-model AIOE 7
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 17

Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for this job is low, and observed AI use is little or none. AI tools could help with paperwork like work orders, or with ordering replacement parts. Winding springs, replacing broken parts, and fastening hangers to ceilings and tracks are hands-on tasks that AI tools do not touch.

Likely to change

  • Completing work orders and paperwork
  • Ordering replacement springs and door parts

Still relies on people

  • Winding springs and repairing worn door parts
  • Fastening hangers and tracks on site

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

Next steps from here

Related jobs that build on what you already do.

  • Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

    You already use welding equipment and hand tools to fasten and repair parts. Welding builds on that and also involves checking work for defects.

    Pay difference
    +$4,480 median
    AI exposure
    Lower
    MA growth
    +4.2%
    To get started
    High school diploma or equivalent

  • Glaziers

    Installing and fitting parts to tracks and frames carries over. Glazing is an apprenticeship trade with much higher Boston median pay.

    Pay difference
    +$48,320 median
    AI exposure
    Lower
    MA growth
    +4.9%
    To get started
    High school diploma or equivalent

  • Structural Iron and Steel Workers

    Fastening and welding steel skills carry over. This apprenticeship-based trade has a much higher Boston median pay and 6.1% projected growth.

    Pay difference
    +$61,550 median
    AI exposure
    Lower
    MA growth
    +6.1%
    To get started
    High school diploma or equivalent

Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

No college programs near Boston map to this job. Many people enter through on-the-job training or apprenticeship.

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