How much do maintenance managers make in 2026?
Maintenance managers are counted in the BLS facilities managers series, where OEWS May 2025 reports a national median of $106,660 a year ($51.28 an hour) for SOC 11-3013, a bottom 10% near $64,480 and a top 10% at $176,120 across 156,180 workers. The code pools the whole facilities ladder and this site publishes several records against it, so it is not a maintenance-specific figure. What distinguishes this role from general facilities management is that it is asset-facing rather than space-facing: the maintenance manager owns equipment condition, the maintenance strategy applied to it, the technicians who execute that strategy and the spare parts inventory behind it. Pay within the band tracks a single distinction more than any other. Managers who run a reactive repair function — responding when something fails, measuring success by response time — sit around or below the median. Managers who run a reliability programme — criticality-ranked assets, condition monitoring, planned and predictive maintenance, wrench-time measurement, failure analysis that changes the plan — sit well above it, because they demonstrably reduce downtime and capital spend rather than only restoring service. In manufacturing and process environments, where downtime is measured in lost production, that difference is worth a great deal. Employment is projected to grow 3.8% through 2034 with roughly 13,200 openings a year. → Full maintenance manager career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $106,660 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Maintenance Managers earn a national median $106,660/yr ($51.28/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 11-3013); the P10 to P90 range is $64,480 to $176,120.
- The decisive distinction is reactive repair management versus a reliability programme — criticality ranking, condition monitoring, planned maintenance and failure analysis — and it is worth a substantial part of this band.
- The role is asset-facing rather than space-facing: equipment condition, maintenance strategy, technicians and spares inventory rather than buildings and occupants.
- Manufacturing and process environments pay best, because downtime there is measured in lost production rather than in inconvenience.
US Maintenance Manager Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do maintenance managers earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 11-3013; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 11-3013, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a maintenance manager earn at each career stage?
Maintenance management pay follows asset criticality and whether the programme is planned or reactive. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 11-3013.
By State
Which states pay maintenance managers the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates — the national facilities manager median scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index — not BLS state observations. Maintenance management pay follows the value of the assets maintained, so states with concentrated manufacturing, process or energy operations support higher pay than their general wage index implies.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($122,660), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay maintenance managers the most?
Modeled metro estimates: the national median scaled by the state wage index and then by that state's published metro index. They estimate local wage levels and are not BLS metropolitan-area observations. Industrial corridors carry the highest-paid maintenance management roles, frequently outside the largest metros entirely.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a maintenance manager’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does maintenance manager pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Maintenance Managers sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify maintenance manager wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a maintenance manager actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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