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Maintenance Technician Career Market Report 2026

4,974 active jobs. 851 companies. Median salary $48K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

4,974
Active Job Openings
851
Companies Hiring
$48K
Median Salary (US)
67%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Maintenance Technician market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 67% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $48K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $44K to $69K.

OSHA is the most-demanded skill at 19%

Supply Chain demand rose +6.7pp — fastest-growing skill

Greystar leads hiring with 344 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Lead (+$5K, +9%)

Salary increase: +$5K · Sample: Senior → Lead

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Mid-Level170$46K$52K$69K
Junior163$46K$50K$62K
Senior122$52K$57K$85K
Lead30$56K$62K$80K
Entry-Level13$37K$49K$62K
Staff3$31K$52K$68K

What jumps out

Senior → Lead: +$5K (9%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States745$48KUSD
Canada10$52KUSD
United Kingdom7$32KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.3%
Remote0.5%
Hybrid0.0%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

OSHA
19%
Environmental Compliance
19%
Property Management
16%
PLC Programming
12%
Residential Real Estate
9%
Supply Chain
7%
AI/LLM
7%
Robotics
6%
Forklift
5%
Logistics
4%

Skills on the Rise

Supply Chain ↑+6.7ppAI/LLM ↑+6.6ppRobotics ↑+6.1ppForklift ↑+5.2ppLogistics ↑+4.1pp

Declining in Demand

Painting ↓-26.4ppPlumbing ↓-25.8ppHVAC ↓-23.2ppJournalism ↓-17.9ppCarpentry ↓-17.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Greystar3446.9%
Cw1312.6%
rampartners681.4%
Uhaul621.2%
Avalonbay561.1%
Thesciongroup501.0%
Boschgroup450.9%
universitypartners450.9%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States2,574
United Kingdom94
Canada50
Malaysia39
China26
Mexico26
India24
Germany22

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree80.7%2,697
Master's Degree6.0%202
Bachelor's Degree2.2%75
High School / GED0.3%9
PhD / Doctorate0.0%1

Certifications

Forklift Certification (2%)CDL (1%)

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