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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other

All installation, maintenance, and repair workers not listed separately.

Also called: Geothermal Service Technician, I and C Technician (Instrument and Controls Technician), I and E Technician (Instrumentation and Electrical Technician), I C and E Technician (Instrumentation, Control, and Electrical Technician), Operations and Maintenance Technician (O and M Technician), Operations Technician

Median pay in Greater Boston
$60,230
$28.96/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
950
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+3.1%
180 openings a year
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
$42,990$48,640$60,230$74,170$96,520

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

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 exposure27 of 100

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

  • AIOE 17
  • Language-model AIOE 13
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 50

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

This is a catch-all group, so the work varies by job. AI exposure is lower and observed AI use is little or none. AI tools may help with looking up repair information and recording work, but fixing and installing equipment still needs a person on site.

Likely to change

  • Looking up repair and service information
  • Recording test results and repairs

Still relies on people

  • Hands-on repair and installation work
  • Diagnosing problems on site

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

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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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