Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Salary — Houston, Texas

The average Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Houston, Texas earns $51,160 a year.

$51,160 / year, mean
↓ 5.6% below national average 85th percentile in Texas

Houston pays well above most of Texas for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for maintenance and repair workers, general — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
32,050
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.4%
Cost of living 99 #69 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $308,306 #99 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,458 #49 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Houston ranks #69 for cost of living and #99 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $69,440 San Francisco $69,420 Vallejo $65,110 Napa $64,900 Seattle $64,140 Decatur $63,570 Kennewick $62,270 Bremerton $62,170 Stockton $61,810 Mount Vernon $61,640 Santa Rosa $61,330 Modesto $61,030 New York $60,860 Olympia $60,360 Portland $60,150 Bellingham $59,830 Hanford $59,060 Chicago $58,910 Los Angeles $58,390 San Diego $58,010 Elkhart $57,660 Columbus $57,650 Sacramento $57,580 Oxnard $57,560 Riverside $57,510 Walla Walla $57,450 Lafayette $57,300 Trenton $57,250 Bakersfield $57,240 Merced $57,240 Wenatchee $57,210 Longview $57,100 Santa Maria $57,030 Kankakee $56,970 Spokane $56,900 Chico $56,820 Yuba City $56,560 Albany $56,480 Kiryas Joel $56,480 Syracuse $56,150 Salinas $56,090 Vineland $55,950 Bend $55,880 Rockford $55,820 Allentown $55,750 Santa Cruz $55,660 Salem $55,510 Chambersburg $55,140 Champaign $55,070 Reading $55,010 San Luis Obispo $54,980 York $54,890 Fresno $54,790 Philadelphia $54,640 Baltimore $54,550 Visalia $54,420 Yakima $54,290 Harrisonburg $54,220 Buffalo $54,210 Peoria $54,160 Lebanon $54,040 Louisville $53,910 Albany $53,880 Corvallis $53,860 Rochester $53,850 Medford $53,790 Redding $53,620 Lexington Park $53,570 Kingston $53,490 El Centro $53,330 Springfield $53,230 Scranton $53,220 Ithaca $53,200 Indianapolis $53,110 Atlantic City $53,050 Staunton $53,040 Glens Falls $52,900 Harrisburg $52,830 Lancaster $52,820 Elmira $52,760 Eugene $52,740 Fort Wayne $52,690 Richmond $52,520 Ann Arbor $52,510 Roanoke $52,430 Homosassa Springs $52,420 Dallas $52,350 Grants Pass $52,280 Austin $52,170 Grand Rapids $52,100 Binghamton $52,090 Midland $52,080 Lynchburg $52,000 Pittsburgh $52,000 Bloomington $51,940 Watertown $51,940 Detroit $51,830 Winchester $51,740 Evansville $51,660 Sarasota $51,610 Kokomo $51,540 Blacksburg $51,530 Sherman $51,480 Battle Creek $51,240 Houston $51,160 Jacksonville $51,100 Longview $50,960 Naples $50,880 Virginia Beach $50,850 Michigan City $50,770 Gettysburg $50,640 Terre Haute $50,500 Salisbury $50,440 Bloomington $50,320 Odessa $50,290 Utica $50,160 Hagerstown $50,070 South Bend $50,060 Lansing $50,030 Charlottesville $49,900 Dover $49,820 Jackson $49,740 Miami $49,670 Lakeland $49,560 Kalamazoo $49,410 Pensacola $49,410 Wheeling $49,300 Bowling Green $49,240 Saginaw $49,120 Weirton $48,950 Flint $48,800 Palm Bay $48,770 Waco $48,690 Williamsport $48,580 Gainesville $48,550 Paducah $48,510 Traverse City $48,510 Tampa $48,460 Owensboro $48,400 Elizabethtown $48,380 State College $48,320 Lexington $48,310 Monroe $48,310 San Antonio $48,220 Fort Myers $48,170 Muskegon $48,110 Crestview $47,810 Orlando $47,760 Midland $47,600 Muncie $47,220 Beaumont $47,180 Port St. Lucie $47,080 Niles $47,020 Erie $46,970 Victoria $46,950 Killeen $46,900 Wildwood $46,760 Bay City $46,400 Sebastian $46,260 Altoona $46,120 Johnstown $46,120 Amarillo $45,950 Abilene $45,780 Ocala $45,580 Tyler $45,540 Deltona $45,450 Punta Gorda $45,340 Wichita Falls $45,330 Huntington $45,140 Corpus Christi $45,030 Tallahassee $44,920 Parkersburg $44,820 San Angelo $44,590 Panama City $44,550 College Station $44,370 Charleston $44,220 Texarkana $43,940 Lubbock $43,840 El Paso $43,260 Sebring $41,870 Morgantown $41,750 McAllen $40,960 Beckley $40,330 Laredo $39,320 Brownsville $39,140 Eagle Pass $39,040
CityMean salaryvs. Houston
Abilene, Texas$45,780-10.5%
Albany, Oregon$56,480+10.4%
Albany, New York$53,880+5.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$55,750+9.0%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$46,120-9.9%
Amarillo, Texas$45,950-10.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$52,510+2.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$53,050+3.7%
Austin, Texas$52,170+2.0%
Bakersfield, California$57,240+11.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$54,550+6.6%
Battle Creek, Michigan$51,240+0.2%
Bay City, Michigan$46,400-9.3%
Beaumont, Texas$47,180-7.8%
Beckley, West Virginia$40,330-21.2%
Bellingham, Washington$59,830+16.9%
Bend, Oregon$55,880+9.2%
Binghamton, New York$52,090+1.8%
Blacksburg, Virginia$51,530+0.7%
Bloomington, Illinois$51,940+1.5%
Bloomington, Indiana$50,320-1.6%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$49,240-3.8%
Bremerton, Washington$62,170+21.5%
Brownsville, Texas$39,140-23.5%
Buffalo, New York$54,210+6.0%
Fort Myers, Florida$48,170-5.8%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$55,140+7.8%
Champaign, Illinois$55,070+7.6%
Charleston, West Virginia$44,220-13.6%
Charlottesville, Virginia$49,900-2.5%
Chicago, Illinois$58,910+15.1%
Chico, California$56,820+11.1%
College Station, Texas$44,370-13.3%
Columbus, Indiana$57,650+12.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$45,030-12.0%
Corvallis, Oregon$53,860+5.3%
Crestview, Florida$47,810-6.5%
Dallas, Texas$52,350+2.3%
Decatur, Illinois$63,570+24.3%
Deltona, Florida$45,450-11.2%
Detroit, Michigan$51,830+1.3%
Dover, Delaware$49,820-2.6%
Eagle Pass, Texas$39,040-23.7%
El Centro, California$53,330+4.2%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$48,380-5.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$57,660+12.7%
Elmira, New York$52,760+3.1%
El Paso, Texas$43,260-15.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$46,970-8.2%
Eugene, Oregon$52,740+3.1%
Evansville, Indiana$51,660+1.0%
Flint, Michigan$48,800-4.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$52,690+3.0%
Fresno, California$54,790+7.1%
Gainesville, Florida$48,550-5.1%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$50,640-1.0%
Glens Falls, New York$52,900+3.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$52,100+1.8%
Grants Pass, Oregon$52,280+2.2%
Hagerstown, Maryland$50,070-2.1%
Hanford, California$59,060+15.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$52,830+3.3%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$54,220+6.0%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$52,420+2.5%
Huntington, West Virginia$45,140-11.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$53,110+3.8%
Ithaca, New York$53,200+4.0%
Jackson, Michigan$49,740-2.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$51,100-0.1%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$46,120-9.9%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$49,410-3.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$56,970+11.4%
Kennewick, Washington$62,270+21.7%
Killeen, Texas$46,900-8.3%
Kingston, New York$53,490+4.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$56,480+10.4%
Kokomo, Indiana$51,540+0.7%
Lafayette, Indiana$57,300+12.0%
Lakeland, Florida$49,560-3.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$52,820+3.2%
Lansing, Michigan$50,030-2.2%
Laredo, Texas$39,320-23.1%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$54,040+5.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$48,310-5.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$53,570+4.7%
Longview, Texas$50,960-0.4%
Longview, Washington$57,100+11.6%
Los Angeles, California$58,390+14.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$53,910+5.4%
Lubbock, Texas$43,840-14.3%
Lynchburg, Virginia$52,000+1.6%
McAllen, Texas$40,960-19.9%
Medford, Oregon$53,790+5.1%
Merced, California$57,240+11.9%
Miami, Florida$49,670-2.9%
Michigan City, Indiana$50,770-0.8%
Midland, Michigan$47,600-7.0%
Midland, Texas$52,080+1.8%
Modesto, California$61,030+19.3%
Monroe, Michigan$48,310-5.6%
Morgantown, West Virginia$41,750-18.4%
Mount Vernon, Washington$61,640+20.5%
Muncie, Indiana$47,220-7.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$48,110-6.0%
Napa, California$64,900+26.9%
Naples, Florida$50,880-0.5%
New York, New York$60,860+19.0%
Niles, Michigan$47,020-8.1%
Sarasota, Florida$51,610+0.9%
Ocala, Florida$45,580-10.9%
Odessa, Texas$50,290-1.7%
Olympia, Washington$60,360+18.0%
Orlando, Florida$47,760-6.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$48,400-5.4%
Oxnard, California$57,560+12.5%
Paducah, Kentucky$48,510-5.2%
Palm Bay, Florida$48,770-4.7%
Panama City, Florida$44,550-12.9%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$44,820-12.4%
Pensacola, Florida$49,410-3.4%
Peoria, Illinois$54,160+5.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$54,640+6.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$52,000+1.6%
Portland, Oregon$60,150+17.6%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$47,080-8.0%
Punta Gorda, Florida$45,340-11.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$55,010+7.5%
Redding, California$53,620+4.8%
Richmond, Virginia$52,520+2.7%
Riverside, California$57,510+12.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$52,430+2.5%
Rochester, New York$53,850+5.3%
Rockford, Illinois$55,820+9.1%
Sacramento, California$57,580+12.5%
Saginaw, Michigan$49,120-4.0%
Salem, Oregon$55,510+8.5%
Salinas, California$56,090+9.6%
Salisbury, Maryland$50,440-1.4%
San Angelo, Texas$44,590-12.8%
San Antonio, Texas$48,220-5.7%
San Diego, California$58,010+13.4%
San Francisco, California$69,420+35.7%
San Jose, California$69,440+35.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$54,980+7.5%
Santa Cruz, California$55,660+8.8%
Santa Maria, California$57,030+11.5%
Santa Rosa, California$61,330+19.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$53,220+4.0%
Seattle, Washington$64,140+25.4%
Sebastian, Florida$46,260-9.6%
Sebring, Florida$41,870-18.2%
Sherman, Texas$51,480+0.6%
South Bend, Indiana$50,060-2.2%
Spokane, Washington$56,900+11.2%
Springfield, Illinois$53,230+4.0%
State College, Pennsylvania$48,320-5.6%
Staunton, Virginia$53,040+3.7%
Stockton, California$61,810+20.8%
Syracuse, New York$56,150+9.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$44,920-12.2%
Tampa, Florida$48,460-5.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$50,500-1.3%
Texarkana, Texas$43,940-14.1%
Traverse City, Michigan$48,510-5.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$57,250+11.9%
Tyler, Texas$45,540-11.0%
Utica, New York$50,160-2.0%
Vallejo, California$65,110+27.3%
Victoria, Texas$46,950-8.2%
Vineland, New Jersey$55,950+9.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$50,850-0.6%
Visalia, California$54,420+6.4%
Waco, Texas$48,690-4.8%
Walla Walla, Washington$57,450+12.3%
Watertown, New York$51,940+1.5%
Weirton, West Virginia$48,950-4.3%
Wenatchee, Washington$57,210+11.8%
Wheeling, West Virginia$49,300-3.6%
Wichita Falls, Texas$45,330-11.4%
Wildwood, Florida$46,760-8.6%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$48,580-5.0%
Winchester, Virginia$51,740+1.1%
Yakima, Washington$54,290+6.1%
York, Pennsylvania$54,890+7.3%
Yuba City, California$56,560+10.6%
Gross salary
51,160/yr
Estimated take-home
43,287/yr
Est. total withheld
15.4%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 49-9071 SOC code
Official area Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 26420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
PasadenaThe Woodlands
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
7,274,714