Oklahoma·Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations·SOC 49-9071

Best Maintenance programs in Oklahoma, ranked by enrollment

Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a building in repair.

9 schools in Oklahoma run programs that feed this job, graduating 70 people a year. The job pays a median of $42,750 in Oklahoma across about 18,670 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledMaintenance EngineerMaintenance MechanicFacilities TechnicianMaintenance TechnicianHandymanHandy ManMaintenance ManPool Technician
Graduates / yr
70
in Oklahoma
Median pay · Oklahoma
$42,750
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
18,670
people employed
Schools
9
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
83%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Oklahoma that lead to this job

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

1 programs in Oklahoma that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Oklahoma (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 Oklahoma page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 46.0401In Oklahoma
70
100.0%
9$31,641$9,500

Top 9 schools in Oklahoma

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 9 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Indian Capital Technology Center - Muskogee
Muskogee, OK Public · 1 feeder programs
29Building/Property Maintenance100%
2Moore Norman Technology Center
Norman, OK Public · 1 feeder programs
9Building/Property Maintenance91%
3Central Technology Center
Drumright, OK Public · 1 feeder programs
8Building/Property Maintenance85%
4Mid - America Technology Center
Wayne, OK Public · 1 feeder programs
8Building/Property Maintenance100%
5Wes Watkins Technology Center
Wetumka, OK Public · 1 feeder programs
5Building/Property Maintenance98%
6Canadian Valley Technology Center
El Reno, OK Public · 1 feeder programs
4Building/Property Maintenance71%
7Western Technology Center
Burns Flat, OK Public · 1 feeder programs
3Building/Property Maintenance74%
8Francis Tuttle Technology Center
Oklahoma City, OK Public · 1 feeder programs
2Building/Property Maintenance52%
9High Plains Technology Center
Woodward, OK Public · 1 feeder programs
2Building/Property Maintenance80%

All 9 schools in Oklahoma

Every school in Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Indian Capital Technology Center - MuskogeeMuskogeePublic291
Moore Norman Technology CenterNormanPublic91
Central Technology CenterDrumrightPublic81
Mid - America Technology CenterWaynePublic81
Wes Watkins Technology CenterWetumkaPublic51
Canadian Valley Technology CenterEl RenoPublic41
Western Technology CenterBurns FlatPublic31
Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma CityPublic21
High Plains Technology CenterWoodwardPublic21

What maintenance and repair workers, general earn in Oklahoma

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

Median annual in Oklahoma
$42,750
Mean annual
$45,870
Jobs in state
18,670
What the range looks like
10th pct$29,380Median$42,75090th pct$65,940
Versus the national median
-13.8%

U.S. median $49,590. Oklahoma pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.11×

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

Metro areas in Oklahoma

Tulsa, OK
$45,760median
4,340 jobs
Oklahoma City, OK
$43,760median
6,480 jobs
Enid, OK
$44,740median
290 jobs
Lawton, OK
$43,550median
510 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+3.8%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
159,800
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
62,400
1,629,700 → 1,692,100
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 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General page.

How to become a Maintenance

Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

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 Oklahoma

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Maintenance and Repair Workers, General1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 46.0401Building/Property Maintenance

Common questions

Answers for people weighing maintenance and repair workers, general programs in Oklahoma.

What degree do you need to become a Maintenance?+

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 Building/Property Maintenance, which awarded 70 degrees in Oklahoma in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Maintenance?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Building/Construction Finishing. Together they graduate about 70 people a year in Oklahoma.

How much do maintenance and repair workers, general earn in Oklahoma?+

The median is $42,750 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 13.8% below the U.S. median of $49,590. 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 maintenance and repair workers, general growing?+

BLS projects a +3.8% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 159,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

9 institutions in Oklahoma reported graduates from at least one of the 1 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 maintenance and repair workers, general work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Mechanic, Facilities Technician, Maintenance Technician among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 49-9071.

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in other statesNorth CarolinaIllinoisVirginiaTexasLouisianaKansasNew JerseyTennessee
Programs in OklahomaBuilding/Property Maintenance

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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