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What elevator mechanics make
Median
$109,910
Bottom tenth
$59,270
Top tenth
$158,890
The national median is $109,910 a year, the bottom tenth earn $59,270 or less and the top tenth $158,890 or more, in the 2025 federal wage survey. That is the highest median of the construction trades in the same survey: boilermakers, for example, have a median of $76,410 and electricians $63,190. You enter it straight from high school with no tuition.