Mechanical Door Repairers Career, Salary and Skills
Mechanical Door Repairers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $55,720 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 27,120. Wage data is published for 130 locations.
Occupation description
Install, service, or repair automatic door mechanisms and hydraulic doors. Includes garage door mechanics.
O*NET code
49-9011.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$55,720
Hourly median
$26.79
Employment
27,120
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$38,490
10th
$46,610
25th
$55,720
Median
$65,630
75th
$78,260
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Installation | 3.38 | 3.38 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.25 | 3.38 |
| Repairing | 3.25 | 3.12 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.25 | 3.12 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Active Listening | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.00 | 2.88 |
| Coordination | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Monitoring | 3.00 | 2.88 |
Typical tasks
- 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.
- Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.
Technology
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Windows
- Route mapping software
- Web browser software
- Work order software
Mechanical Door Repairers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in CAMedian $59,560 · Employment 2,680
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in TXMedian $48,190 · Employment 2,010
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in FLMedian $50,020 · Employment 1,770
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in New York, NYMedian $66,890 · Employment 1,770
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in ILMedian $65,090 · Employment 1,770
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in AZMedian $51,760 · Employment 1,540
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in NYMedian $60,560 · Employment 1,360
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in NJMedian $67,150 · Employment 1,290
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in Phoenix, AZMedian $54,330 · Employment 1,260
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in OHMedian $58,250 · Employment 1,190
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in PAMedian $54,360 · Employment 1,040
- Mechanical Door Repairers Salary in GAMedian $51,510 · Employment 970
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.