How much do maintenance and repair workers, general make in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

What the Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median says in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA at $63,220 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 49-9071 and BLS area 41940.

BLS lists 7,750 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $69,440 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA's Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is 27.5% above the U.S. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $49,590 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 49-9071 with area 41940

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 49-9071 and area 41940. SOC 49-9071 names Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Area 41940 names San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 49-9071/41940 row has 7,750 wage and salary jobs. There are 6.83 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.69. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 49-9071/41940, the annual median is $63,220 per year, while the matching mean is $69,440 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 49-9071/41940 10th percentile: $46,680 per year.
• 49-9071/41940 25th percentile: $51,550 per year.
• 49-9071/41940 median: $63,220 per year.
• 49-9071/41940 75th percentile: $80,120 per year.
• 49-9071/41940 90th percentile: $99,430 per year.
• 49-9071/41940 employment RSE: 3.7%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.8%.
• 49-9071/41940 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 41940 facts behind this Maintenance and Repair Workers, General page

Area 41940 reports 1,134,970 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $119,230. Its annual median is $84,050. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 49-9071 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA runs from $41,590 at the 10th percentile to $224,240 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $49,800. The median is $84,050. The 75th percentile is $166,940. This is a place check, not a pay range for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 41940. They do not show related skills or a path into Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.

• 1. Software Developers. Area: 41940. SOC: 15-1252. Jobs: 87,350. Yearly median: $213,110. Jobs per 1,000: 76.96. Location quotient: 7.09.
• 2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 41940. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 49,610. Yearly median: $37,640. Jobs per 1,000: 43.71. Location quotient: 1.58.
• 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 41940. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 23,060. Yearly median: $44,570. Jobs per 1,000: 20.32. Location quotient: 0.82.
• 4. Registered Nurses. Area: 41940. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 22,930. Yearly median: $216,740. Jobs per 1,000: 20.21. Location quotient: 0.93.
• 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers. Area: 41940. SOC: 11-3021. Jobs: 19,070. Yearly median: $291,660. Jobs per 1,000: 16.81. Location quotient: 3.9.
• 6. Retail Salespersons. Area: 41940. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 18,340. Yearly median: $44,220. Jobs per 1,000: 16.16. Location quotient: 0.64.

Read the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA wage ladder for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

The 10th percentile is $46,680 per year. The 25th percentile is $51,550 per year. The median is $63,220 per year. The 75th percentile is $80,120 per year. The 90th percentile is $99,430 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $51,550 per year to $80,120 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $52,750. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA with its state and the U.S.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a annual median of $63,220 per year. California has $57,000 per year. The U.S. row has $49,590 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 10.9% above California on the same published median. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 27.5% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA sits for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ranks 3 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 3 of 393 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $63,980 per year. BLS estimates 1,350 jobs. The location quotient is 1.86.
• 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $63,630 per year. BLS estimates 18,550 jobs. The location quotient is 0.79.
• 4. Fairbanks-College, AK. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $62,520 per year. BLS estimates 380 jobs. The location quotient is 1.06.
• 5. Sheboygan, WI. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $62,410 per year. BLS estimates 760 jobs. The location quotient is 1.28.
• 6. Napa, CA. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $61,860 per year. BLS estimates 830 jobs. The location quotient is 1.09.

Where Maintenance and Repair Workers, General medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 49-9071, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has the highest published median in this set, at $63,980 per year. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA sits at $63,220 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $63,980 per year, or $760 above San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,350 jobs there, compared with 7,750 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 1.86.
• 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $63,630 per year, or $410 above San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 18,550 jobs there, compared with 7,750 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 0.79.
• 3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $63,220 per year, or $0 above San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 7,750 jobs there, compared with 7,750 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 0.69.
• 4. Fairbanks-College, AK has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $62,520 per year, or $700 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 380 jobs there, compared with 7,750 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 1.06.
• 5. Sheboygan, WI has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $62,410 per year, or $810 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 760 jobs there, compared with 7,750 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 1.28.
• 6. Napa, CA has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $61,860 per year, or $1,360 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 830 jobs there, compared with 7,750 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 1.09.
• 7. Vallejo, CA has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $61,400 per year, or $1,820 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,190 jobs there, compared with 7,750 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 0.84.
• 8. Decatur, IL has a Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $61,380 per year, or $1,840 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,350 jobs there, compared with 7,750 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. The location quotient is 3.02.

Where BLS counts the most Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in this same-source set, at 108,700 jobs. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has 7,750. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 108,700 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 100,950 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $59,550 per year, or $3,670 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 1.16.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 47,890 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 40,140 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $56,520 per year, or $6,700 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 0.78.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 45,710 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 37,960 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $58,020 per year, or $5,200 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 1.03.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 39,740 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 31,990 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $48,860 per year, or $14,360 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 1.
• 5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 32,050 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 24,300 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $46,710 per year, or $16,510 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 0.99.
• 6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 31,890 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 24,140 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $46,290 per year, or $16,930 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 1.15.
• 7. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ has 26,350 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 18,600 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $48,930 per year, or $14,290 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 1.13.
• 8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 25,190 estimated Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs, a gap of 17,440 jobs from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its median is $49,630 per year, or $13,590 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Its location quotient is 0.89.

Where Maintenance and Repair Workers, General takes the largest share of local jobs

Decatur, IL has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.02. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has 0.69. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Decatur, IL has a location quotient of 3.02, a gap of 2.33 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,350 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $61,380 per year, or $1,840 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 2. Guayama, PR has a location quotient of 2.54, a gap of 1.85 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 310 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $23,220 per year, or $40,000 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 3. Watertown-Fort Drum, NY has a location quotient of 1.97, a gap of 1.28 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 760 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $49,100 per year, or $14,120 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 4. Athens-Clarke County, GA has a location quotient of 1.94, a gap of 1.25 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,830 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $39,150 per year, or $24,070 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 5. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a location quotient of 1.86, a gap of 1.17 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,350 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $63,980 per year, or $760 above San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 6. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA has a location quotient of 1.77, a gap of 1.08 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,140 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $51,640 per year, or $11,580 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 7. Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL has a location quotient of 1.77, a gap of 1.08 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,580 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $39,540 per year, or $23,680 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
• 8. Ponce, PR has a location quotient of 1.72, a gap of 1.03 from San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. BLS lists 1,080 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs and a median of $22,330 per year, or $40,890 below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

How common Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

BLS lists 7,750 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It also lists 6.83 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 0.69. A value of 1 means Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General beside other roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

The all-occupations median in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is $84,050 per year. The Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median is $63,220 per year. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is 24.8% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $62,940 per year. BLS lists 7,970 jobs and a location quotient of 0.64.
• 2. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $60,480 per year. BLS lists 8,860 jobs and a location quotient of 0.47.
• 3. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $58,840 per year. BLS lists 13,470 jobs and a location quotient of 0.75.
• 4. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $47,170 per year. BLS lists 8,900 jobs and a location quotient of 0.86.
• 5. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $47,060 per year. BLS lists 11,830 jobs and a location quotient of 0.55.
• 6. Security Guards, SOC 33-9032, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $46,250 per year. BLS lists 11,800 jobs and a location quotient of 1.26.
• 7. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $44,970 per year. BLS lists 10,610 jobs and a location quotient of 0.51.
• 8. Fast Food and Counter Workers, SOC 35-3023, has a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median of $44,570 per year. BLS lists 23,060 jobs and a location quotient of 0.82.

The largest detailed roles in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Software Developers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA table, at 87,350 jobs. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has 7,750 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 1,134,970. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Maintenance and Repair Workers, General's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Software Developers has 87,350 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 79,600 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $213,110 per year, or $149,890 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 7.09.
• 2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 49,610 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 41,860 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $37,640 per year, or $25,580 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.58.
• 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 23,060 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 15,310 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $44,570 per year, or $18,650 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 0.82.
• 4. Registered Nurses has 22,930 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 15,180 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $216,740 per year, or $153,520 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 0.93.
• 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers has 19,070 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 11,320 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $291,660 per year, or $228,440 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 3.9.
• 6. Retail Salespersons has 18,340 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 10,590 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $44,220 per year, or $19,000 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 0.64.
• 7. General and Operations Managers has 17,230 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 9,480 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $163,860 per year, or $100,640 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 0.67.
• 8. Computer Occupations, All Other has 16,680 jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 8,930 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its median is $184,430 per year, or $121,210 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 5.25.

Published role medians around San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Computer and Information Systems Managers has the highest published median in the bounded San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA role table, at $291,660 per year. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has $63,220 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $84,050 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers has a median of $291,660 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $228,440 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 19,070 jobs, compared with 7,750 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 3.9.
• 2. Financial Managers has a median of $225,280 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $162,060 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 7,970 jobs, compared with 7,750 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 3. Managers, All Other has a median of $217,280 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $154,060 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 13,740 jobs, compared with 7,750 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 3.03.
• 4. Registered Nurses has a median of $216,740 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $153,520 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 22,930 jobs, compared with 7,750 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 0.93.
• 5. Software Developers has a median of $213,110 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $149,890 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 87,350 jobs, compared with 7,750 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 7.09.
• 6. Computer Hardware Engineers has a median of $209,860 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $146,640 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 7,940 jobs, compared with 7,750 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 14.19.
• 7. Sales Managers has a median of $201,780 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $138,560 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 8,940 jobs, compared with 7,750 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 1.92.
• 8. Computer Occupations, All Other has a median of $184,430 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, or $121,210 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 16,680 jobs, compared with 7,750 for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Its location quotient is 5.25.

Roles with the largest local share in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Computer Hardware Engineers has the highest location quotient in the bounded San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA role table, at 14.19. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has 0.69. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Maintenance and Repair Workers, General with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Computer Hardware Engineers has a location quotient of 14.19 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 13.50 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 7,940 jobs and a median of $209,860 per year, or $146,640 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 2. Software Developers has a location quotient of 7.09 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 6.40 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 87,350 jobs and a median of $213,110 per year, or $149,890 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 3. Computer Occupations, All Other has a location quotient of 5.25 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 4.56 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 16,680 jobs and a median of $184,430 per year, or $121,210 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers has a location quotient of 3.9 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 3.21 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 19,070 jobs and a median of $291,660 per year, or $228,440 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 5. Managers, All Other has a location quotient of 3.03 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 2.34 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 13,740 jobs and a median of $217,280 per year, or $154,060 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 6. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists has a location quotient of 1.94 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 1.25 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 12,710 jobs and a median of $141,960 per year, or $78,740 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 7. Sales Managers has a location quotient of 1.92 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 1.23 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 8,940 jobs and a median of $201,780 per year, or $138,560 above Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
• 8. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has a location quotient of 1.58 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, a gap of 0.89 from Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. BLS lists 49,610 jobs and a median of $37,640 per year, or $25,580 below Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.

What $63,220 may mean after the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 110.4. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 10.4% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $63,220 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median by 110.4 divided by 100. The result is $57,253 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 211.9. Goods are 105.2. Utilities are 156.7. Other services are 100.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA row

The employment RSE for this Maintenance and Repair Workers, General row is 3.7%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.8%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 7,750 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $69,440 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. It uses a San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $63,220 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Maintenance and Repair Workers, General row for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 7,750 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.69 is not a growth score. Rank 3 of 393 is not a place score. The 110.4 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 49-9071 in BLS area 41940. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.