SOC Code 49-9043 - Maintenance Workers, Machinery

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Maintenance Workers, Machinery (SOC 49-9043) is a 2018 SOC detailed occupation with about 72,890 U.S. jobs and a mean annual wage of $49,450 (May 2025 OEWS).

Key facts for SOC 49-9043

Code
49-9043
O*NET® code
49-9043.00
Level
Detailed occupation, 2018 SOC
Official title
Maintenance Workers, Machinery
Employment
72,890 in the United States
Hourly wage
$23.77 average
Annual wage
$49,450 average
Extended SOC
1 O*NET® occupation
Source
BLS, 2018 SOC. Wages and employment: May 2025 OEWS

Description

Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018 Standard Occupational Classification.

Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

Classification scope for SOC 49-9043

Included examples, work this classification places in another SOC code.

Included examples

Bureau of Labor Statistics illustrative examples for this SOC code.

  • Crane Oiler

Classified elsewhere

Bureau of Labor Statistics exclusions. This work belongs in another SOC code.

Where SOC 49-9043 sits in the hierarchy

Extended SOC (O*NET®-SOC 31.0)

1 occupation

O*NET® child pages of this detailed SOC code. A suffix of .00 is the O*NET® occupation for this code. A higher suffix is a finer breakout. These are not additional official SOC codes.

Other detailed occupations (3)

Career video for Maintenance Workers, Machinery

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Using SOC 49-9043

Use SOC 49-9043, Maintenance Workers, Machinery, when that is the work performed. A more specific O*NET® occupation, when listed, is an Extended SOC code inside this SOC code.

What do Maintenance Workers, Machinery do?

Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

How much do Maintenance Workers, Machinery earn?

May 2025 OEWS reports a mean annual wage of $49,450 and a mean hourly wage of $23.77 for this occupation.

How many people work as Maintenance Workers, Machinery in the U.S.?

May 2025 OEWS estimates 72,890 U.S. jobs in SOC 49-9043, Maintenance Workers, Machinery.

Is SOC 49-9043 the same as an O*NET® code?

The official code is the six-digit SOC code 49-9043. Each O*NET® occupation is a child page of that code. 49-9043.00 Maintenance Workers, Machinery is the .00 O*NET® child page for this SOC code.

Sources for SOC 49-9043

  • Official classification source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2018 Standard Occupational Classification. BLS SOC page
  • Extended SOC source This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. SICCODE.com has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
  • Wage and employment data U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. BLS OEWS

Published by SICCODE.com. The title, description, and exclusions are the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018 SOC text. Wage and employment figures, when shown, are U.S. national estimates from the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

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