What Maintenance and Repair Workers, General earn in Clark County, WA
The median pay for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Clark County, WA is $58,760 per year, which works out to $28.25 per hour. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey for the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area, the labor market that Clark County, WA belongs to. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than the median and half earn less, which makes it a sturdier yardstick than an average that a few very high earners can pull upward.
The mean wage is $60,150, which is 2.4% above the median, so pay is spread fairly evenly. The survey counts about 8,860 people working in this occupation across the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Clark County, WA has roughly 516,959 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $41,720 a year ($20.06 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $83,430 or more ($40.11 an hour). That is a gap of $41,710 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $47,420 at the 25th percentile and $69,010 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 2.0 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Employers quote this occupation by the hour or by the year, so here are both: $28.25 an hour or $58,760 a year at the median for Clark County, WA. Before any deductions, that is $4,897 a month, $2,260 every two weeks and $1,130 each week. After taxes the same job pays $23.72 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Maintenance and Repair Workers, General this way: "Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a building in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; HVAC maintenance; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Assemble, install, or repair wiring, electrical or electronic components, pipe systems, plumbing, machinery, or equipment"; "Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary"; "Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions"; "Record type and cost of maintenance or repair work".
Job outlook for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 1,621,800 jobs in 2025 to 1,690,500 in 2035, a change of +4.2%, faster than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 148,700 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 9.2% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: high school diploma or equivalent. Typical on-the-job training to reach competency: moderate-term on-the-job training. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $49,590 for this occupation; the Clark County, WA median of $58,760 is 18.5% above it.
How pay in Clark County, WA compares
Compared with the Washington average
Pay for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Clark County, WA is in line with the statewide figure: $58,760 locally against an employment-weighted Washington average of $58,421, a difference of only $339 (0.6%). Within Washington, the highest median we track for this job is $60,760 in King County, WA.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is $51,159 across the contiguous United States. At $58,760, Clark County, WA pays $7,601 more, which is 14.9% above that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Clark County, WA
Among the 592 occupations with published wages in Clark County, WA, Maintenance and Repair Workers, General ranks number 390 by median pay, ahead of about 34% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Software Developers at $156,000 a year, which is $97,240 more than the median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General.
From gross pay to take-home pay
Three separate tax bills sit between the gross salary and the bank account: federal income tax, FICA, and state income tax. For Maintenance and Repair Workers, General earning the Clark County, WA median of $58,760, they add up to $9,418. The result is $49,342 of take-home pay a year ($4,112 a month), based on a single filer using the standard deduction.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $16 goes to taxes and $84 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 16.0%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $43,010. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 12% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $4,923, an effective 8.4% of gross pay, well below the 12% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $3,643 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $852. FICA totals $4,495, which is 7.7% of gross pay.
State income tax in Washington
Washington does not tax wage income, so the state income tax line for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Clark County, WA is $0. That alone leaves more in the paycheck than the same salary would in a state with an income tax. For scale, a hypothetical flat 5% state tax on this salary would cost about $2,938 a year, so the absence of a state tax is worth roughly $245 a month.
A cross-check with IRS data for Clark County, WA
IRS Statistics of Income data for Clark County, WA show an average adjusted gross income of $100,756 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 13.8% across all filers. Filers in the $50,000 to under $75,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 7.5%, compared with the 8.4% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Clark County, WA
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Clark County, WA: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $49,342 of take-home pay.
Rent
Housing is the largest line in most budgets. For Clark County, WA, HUD sets the Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom unit at $1,633 a month ($19,596 a year), and at $1,878 for two bedrooms. For Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, a one-bedroom absorbs 39.7% of take-home pay and 33.4% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 5.8% of gross pay for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Clark County, WA. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Washington residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,257 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $475, for $1,732 in total. Gasoline in Washington averages $4.07 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,883.
What is left over
Rent, food, energy and gasoline cost $26,646 a year in Clark County, WA. Subtract that from $49,342 of take-home pay and $22,696 remains, which is $1,891 a month of breathing room. That margin equals 38.6% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Clark County, WA
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Clark County, WA: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Clark County, WA, set beside the Washington and national medians.
Property taxes in Clark County, WA
Homeowners in Clark County, WA pay a median of $4,290 a year in real estate taxes, 6% below the Washington median of $4,556 and 38% above the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $522,900, the median tax bill is 0.82% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $58,760, a tax bill of that size would equal 7.3% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Clark County, WA
Renters in Clark County, WA pay a median gross rent of $1,748 a month in the Census survey, in line with the Washington median of $1,760. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $1,633 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $522,900, 7% below the Washington median of $564,600. Median household income is $97,536, in line with the Washington median of $98,141, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 20.1% of that income.
Commuting in Clark County, WA
Workers in Clark County, WA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 24.8 minutes each way, 7% below the Washington average of 26.6. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 4.1 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 19.1% of workers in Clark County, WA work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Maintenance and Repair Workers, General afford to live in Clark County, WA?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $58,760 that ceiling is $1,469 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,633 is $164 over it, so rent breaks the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $31.40 an hour; the median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is $28.25, which is 10% below that mark. Another way to see it: at $23.72 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 15.9 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,878 a month means $939 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $8,328 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $31,024.
How fast you can save
At $1,891 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 6 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 12 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Maintenance and Repair Workers, General pay in Clark County, WA
How much do Maintenance and Repair Workers, General make per hour in Clark County, WA?
The median is $28.25 per hour, based on $58,760 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $20.06 at the 10th percentile to $40.11 at the 90th percentile.
How much do Maintenance and Repair Workers, General take home after taxes in Clark County, WA?
After federal income tax, FICA, the median salary of $58,760 becomes $49,342 a year. That is $4,112 a month, $1,898 every two weeks or $949 a week.
How much tax do Maintenance and Repair Workers, General pay in Clark County, WA?
Total taxes are $9,418 a year, an effective rate of 16.0%: $4,923 federal income tax, $4,495 FICA and no Washington income tax.
Do Maintenance and Repair Workers, General earn more in Clark County, WA than elsewhere in Washington?
It is about the same. The local median of $58,760 is within 0.6% of the Washington average of $58,421.
Can Maintenance and Repair Workers, General afford a one-bedroom apartment in Clark County, WA?
A one-bedroom costs $1,633 a month against take-home pay of $4,112, which is 39.7% of take-home pay. That does not meet the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $1,469 a month.
What is the monthly budget margin for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Clark County, WA?
About $1,891 a month ($22,696 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $26,646 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Clark County, WA at the 30% guideline?
$31.40 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $19,596 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is $28.25.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Washington rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.