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Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Salary in Grand Rapids, MI

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers in Grand Rapids, MI have a median annual salary of $133,080, with 80 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $48,140 at the 10th percentile to $152,240 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$133,080

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$63.98

Employment

80

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$48,140
10th
$76,060
25th
$133,080
Median
$137,100
75th
$152,240
90th

Local compared with national

Grand Rapids, MI

$133,080

Median annual · 2025

United States

$109,910

Median annual · 2025

The Grand Rapids, MI median is 21.1% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $23,170).

Top skills

  1. 1.Equipment MaintenanceImportance 4.0
  2. 2.TroubleshootingImportance 4.0
  3. 3.RepairingImportance 4.0
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.6
  5. 5.Operations MonitoringImportance 3.6
  6. 6.InstallationImportance 3.5
  7. 7.Quality Control AnalysisImportance 3.5
  8. 8.Active ListeningImportance 3.4
  9. 9.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.4
  10. 10.Equipment SelectionImportance 3.4
  11. 11.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.4
  12. 12.Operation and ControlImportance 3.3

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
  • Elevator Controls INTERACT
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Scheduling software
  • Troubleshooting software
  • WORLD Electronics Freedomware

Common tasks

  • Participate in additional training to keep skills up to date.
  • Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors.
  • Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
  • Assemble, install, repair, and maintain elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and dumbwaiters, using hand and power tools, and testing devices such as test lamps, ammeters, and voltmeters.
  • Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.
  • Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.
  • Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
  • Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.
  • Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.
  • Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables.

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