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Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers pay in Colorado and Maine
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers is $123,360 per year in Colorado. It is $143,690 per year in Maine. Colorado is 14.1% below Maine on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-4021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 530 wage and salary jobs in Colorado and 110 in Maine. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings