Arizona·Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations·SOC 49-9099

Best Installation programs in Arizona, ranked by enrollment

All installation, maintenance, and repair workers not listed.

2 schools in Arizona run programs that feed this job, graduating 3,062 people a year. The job pays a median of $49,990 in Arizona across about 4,010 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledPlant TechnicianOperations TechnicianOperations and Maintenance Technician (O and M Technician)I C and E Technician (Instrumentation, Control, and Electrical Technician)CooperArmorerBeltmanJet Man
Graduates / yr
3,062
in Arizona
Median pay · Arizona
$49,990
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
4,010
people employed
Schools
2
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
34%
across those schools
Median net price
$21,265
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Arizona that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Arizona that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Arizona (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Arizona page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 47.0402In Arizona
3,013
98.4%
2$30,986$16,687
2
CIP 47.0101In Arizona
49
1.6%
1$37,415$9,500

Top 2 schools in Arizona

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 2 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Sonoran Desert Institute
Tempe, AZ Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2,979Gunsmithing/Gunsmith$49,34933%$21,265
2Yavapai College
Prescott, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs
83Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair Technology/Technician, General34%

All 2 schools in Arizona

Every school in Arizona with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Arizona that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Sonoran Desert InstituteTempePrivate for-profit2,9791
Yavapai CollegePrescottPublic832

What installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other earn in Arizona

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Arizona
$49,990
Mean annual
$51,440
Jobs in state
4,010
What the range looks like
10th pct$38,940Median$49,99090th pct$62,610
Versus the national median
+1.5%

U.S. median $49,230. Arizona pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.09×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Arizona

Flagstaff, AZ
$46,820median
50 jobs
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
$51,060median
3,140 jobs
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
$43,990median
70 jobs
Yuma, AZ
$39,140median
90 jobs
Tucson, AZ
$48,040median
440 jobs
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
$43,950median
40 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.4%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
21,500
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
5,400
221,200 → 226,500
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Plus moderate-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other page.

How to become a Installation

Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Arizona

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 9 majors mapped to Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other7 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 47.0000Mechanics and Repairers, General
  • 47.0101Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair Technology/Technician, General
  • 47.0402Gunsmithing/Gunsmith
  • 47.0409Parts and Warehousing Operations and Maintenance Technology/Technician
  • 47.0701Energy Systems Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
  • 47.0703Solar Energy System Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
  • 47.0705Hydroelectric Energy System Installation and Repair Technology/Technician(no graduates reported)
  • 47.0706Geothermal Energy System Installation and Repair Technology/Technician(no graduates reported)
  • 47.0799Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Other

Common questions

Answers for people weighing installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other programs in Arizona.

What degree do you need to become an Installation?+

High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Gunsmithing/Gunsmith, which awarded 3,013 degrees in Arizona in 2024-25, 98.4% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Installation?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. Together they graduate about 3,062 people a year in Arizona.

How much do installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other earn in Arizona?+

The median is $49,990 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 1.5% above the U.S. median of $49,230. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +2.4% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 21,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Arizona?+

2 institutions in Arizona reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Plant Technician, Operations Technician, Operations and Maintenance Technician (O and M Technician), I C and E Technician (Instrumentation, Control, and Electrical Technician) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 49-9099.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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