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Mechanical Door Repairers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$55,720
United States, 2025
Employment
27,120
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Install, service, or repair automatic door mechanisms and hydraulic doors. Includes garage door mechanics.
- O*NET code
- 49-9011.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.
- Complete required paperwork, such as work orders, according to services performed or required.
- Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.
- Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.
- Order replacement springs, sections, or slats.
- Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks to install spring systems.
- Install door frames, rails, steel rolling curtains, electronic-eye mechanisms, or electric door openers and closers, using power tools, hand tools, and electronic test equipment.
- Adjust doors to open or close with the correct amount of effort, or make simple adjustments to electric openers.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$38,490
25th percentile
$46,610
75th percentile
$65,630
90th percentile
$78,260
Most important skills
- Installation3.4
- Repairing3.3
- Critical Thinking3.3
- Quality Control Analysis3.3
- Complex Problem Solving3.1
- Operations Monitoring3.1
- Active Listening3.1
- Troubleshooting3.0
- Operation and Control3.0
- Speaking3.0
- Reading Comprehension3.0
- Active Learning3.0
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 14 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
14
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Installation | 3.4 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.3 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Repairing | 3.3 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.3 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Listening | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Operation and Control | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Speaking | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Monitoring | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Active Learning | 3.0 | 2.6 | Not selected | 2.6 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Mechanical Door RepairersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | $103,550 | — | 2025 |
| NJ | $67,150 | 1,290 | 2025 |
| Trenton, NJ | $67,090 | 70 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $66,890 | 1,770 | 2025 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $66,540 | — | 2025 |
| IL | $65,090 | 1,770 | 2025 |
| Chicago, IL | $65,090 | — | 2025 |
| UT | $64,660 | — | 2025 |
| South Bend, IN | $64,640 | 50 | 2025 |
| Lansing, MI | $64,400 | 50 | 2025 |
| Des Moines, IA | $64,260 | 120 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $63,960 | 340 | 2025 |
| Fort Collins, CO | $63,510 | 40 | 2025 |
| CO | $62,460 | 570 | 2025 |
| NH | $62,390 | 150 | 2025 |
| Manchester, NH | $62,300 | 50 | 2025 |
| Indianapolis, IN | $62,210 | 250 | 2025 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $62,020 | 70 | 2025 |
| Elkhart, IN | $61,210 | 40 | 2025 |
| Kalamazoo, MI | $61,190 | 60 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer and skills data: O*NET 31.0.
Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.