Control & valve installers & repairers

Detailed Occupation

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2023 Workforce
25.7k
Average Age
41.6
Average Salary
$64,775
Average Male Salary
$64,773
Average Female Salary
$64,827

About

Control & valve installers & repairers are most often employed by the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution industry. The average yearly wage for Control & valve installers & repairers was $64,775 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Control & valve installers & repairers workforce. Control & valve installers & repairers workforce in 2023 was 25,688 people, of which 4.86% were women and 95.1% were men. Control & valve installers & repairers are paid most in Bradford, Tioga, Susquehanna & Sullivan Counties PUMA, PA but are relatively concentrated in Wayne County (Southwest) PUMA, MI.

Employment Over Time

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24,439
Male Workforce
± 3.84k
1,249
Female Workforce
± 868

The Control & valve installers & repairers workforce in 2023 was 25,688 people (4.86% women and 95.1% men). This implies an average annual growth of 29.5% between 2014 (19,832) and 2023 (25,688).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Control & valve installers & repairers.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($110,755), Connecticut ($107,571), and Idaho ($101,854).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$64,775
AVERAGE WAGE
#223 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Control & valve installers & repairers earned an average of $64,775, $2,952 less than the average national salary of $67,727

Wage Distribution

Gender
0.285
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Control & valve installers & repairers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.285, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Control & valve installers & repairers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Control & valve installers & repairers and on wages for those in the field. Electric power generation, transmission & distribution is the industry that employs the most Control & valve installers & repairers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Control & valve installers & repairers, by average wage, is Electric & gas, and other combinations ($93,199).

Occupations by Industries

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25.7k
2023 Workforce
± 3,935
1.64%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 21.4%

This graphic shows the share of Control & valve installers & repairers employed by various industries. Electric power generation, transmission & distribution employs the largest share of Control & valve installers & repairers at 30.7%, followed by Construction with 26.4% and Natural gas distribution with 25.6%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Control & valve installers & repairers in the US. The workforce of Control & valve installers & repairers in 2023 was 25,688 people, with 4.86% woman, and 95.1% men. The average age of male Control & valve installers & repairers in the workforce is 41.5 and of female Control & valve installers & repairers is 44.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Control & valve installers & repairers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Control & valve installers & repairers in 2023 was 25,688 people, with 4.86% woman, and 95.1% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (3,678 people), 30 to 34 years (3,475  people), and 25 to 29 years (3,248 people). Among them they concentrated 40.9% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 18.6% of Control & valve installers & repairers workers were Hispanic and 81.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (78.8%), Puerto Rican (14)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (7.16)%

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Races

In 2023, 72.4% of the Control & valve installers & repairers workforce were White, of which 4.63% were women and 95.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.2%) and Two or More Races (7.93%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Control & valve installers & repairers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Control & valve installers & repairers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Engineering Technologies.

Majors

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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Control & valve installers & repairers in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (697 people), Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (174 people), and Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (152 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Control & valve installers & repairers workers were High School or Equivalent (11,592 people), Some college (6,884 people), and Associates Degree (3,253 people).

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