Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $85K, rent takes 20% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,066/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new elevator and escalator installers and repairers typically earn — is $50K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,973/month. At HUD’s $1,066/month FMR, rent would take 36% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Local pay runs 23% below the national median — $85K here vs. $110K nationally. Cost of living is 10% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Kansas pays $85K median vs. the U.S. average of $110K — that’s -23%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.54), the purchasing-power equivalent is $95K — below the national median.

The median is $84,760 a year, that works out to about $41 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $49,550, and experienced elevator and escalator installers and repairers can clear $143,430. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,320/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,066/month, which eats 20% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Kansas has a Regional Price Parity of 89.54 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median elevator and escalator installers and repairers salary is worth about $94,662 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.