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Maintenance Workers, Machinery
Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.
What a maintenance worker, machinery does
Become a maintenance worker, machinery
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good maintenance worker, machinery
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
- Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $37 per hour with a typical salary of $82,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $27 and $44 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $17,700 and $82,900 per year.
- 47% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $27 per hour with a typical salary of $31,300 per year.
- 32.7% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Maintenance Worker, Machinery job outlook
- There are 433 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 96 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 18% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.