Skilled Trades
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.
Median salary (BLS)
$109,910
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$59k – $159k
Job outlook
+5% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $70,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
Education
Typical entry: No degree (trade/license)
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
Entry / Junior
$59,270
~2 yrs to advance
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
Established
$109,910
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
Senior
$134,400
Key skills
A typical day
- •Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
- •Assemble, install, repair, and maintain elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and dumbwaiters, using hand and power tools, and testing devices such as test lamps, ammeters, and voltmeters.
- •Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.
- •Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.
- •Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.