Skilled Wages

Elevator mechanic salary in Kansas

Median $40.75 an hour for 70 elevator mechanics, May 2025, with the union scale by county, the job trend since 2000 and the state's own outlook.

$40.75/hrMedian hourly wageKansas, May data
$84,760/yrMedian annual payfull-time equivalent
$23.82 – $68.9610th to 90th percentilehourly range
70Jobs countedemployer survey

Data compiled by Skilled WagesBLS OEWS May 2025; prevailing wage as of 2026-11-13

Elevator mechanic pay in Kansas: the full range

Wage percentiles, KansasMarket wage, 10th-90th pctU.S. reference$0$20$40$60$80$100/hrKansas: 10th $23.82 · 25th $27.65 · median $40.75 · 75th $66.76 · 90th $68.96Kansas$40.75$23.82$68.96United States: 10th $28.49 · 25th $38.12 · median $52.84 · 75th $65.25 · 90th $76.39United States$52.84
Hourly wage percentiles for elevator mechanics: Kansas vs United States, May 2025.

Kansas ranks 31st of 37 states for median elevator mechanic pay, and 31st once adjusted for cost of living (the cost-of-living-adjusted median is $45.23). 70 elevator mechanics work in the state. The top 10% earn 2.9× what the bottom 10% earn.

Career stage (approximate)HourlyAnnualWhere it sits in the distribution
Apprentice / entry level$23.82 – $27.65$49,550 – $57,510roughly the 10th to 25th percentile
Journeyman$27.65 – $66.76$57,510 – $138,860the middle half, around the median
Master, foreman or specialist$66.76 – $68.96$138,860 – $143,430the 75th to 90th percentile and above

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Elevator mechanic pay by metro in Kansas

Ranked median wages$0$20$40$60$80/hrKansas City: $59.68Kansas City$59.68
Median hourly wage for elevator mechanics by metro area in Kansas, May 2025.
Metro10thMedian $/hr90thJobsvs state
Kansas City$36.75$59.68$71.8820046% above

Elevator mechanic wages in Kansas over time

Kansas, 2000-2025KansasUnited StatesSOC 2010SOC 2018 / Method changeExact wages$0$20$40$60$8020002010201520202025$52.84United States$40.75Kansas
Median hourly wage for elevator mechanics, Kansas vs United States, 2000–2025, nominal dollars.
Table
YearKansas $/hrIn 2025 $US $/hrJobs
2000$13.90$25.99$22.78—
2001$14.78$26.87$24.82—
2002$21.15$37.85$25.99—
2003$22.94$40.14$26.90—
2008$34.09$50.97$33.35130
2009$35.51$53.29$33.20170
2010$35.85$52.93$34.09170
2011$37.37$53.49$36.09170
2012$20.32$28.49$36.85—
2013$18.09$25.00$37.81100
2014$35.55$48.35$37.8090
2015$41.95$56.98$38.88—
2016$41.62$55.83$37.93290
2017$41.03$53.89$38.21450
2018$42.01$53.86$38.36360
2019$44.39$55.90$40.86440
2020$48.00$59.71$42.57270
2021$48.10$57.15$47.05550
2022$49.76$54.74$47.60390
2023$54.38$57.46$49.24230
2024$58.41$59.95$51.2470
2025$40.75$40.75$52.8470

In today's dollars, the median elevator mechanic wage in Kansas changed by -28.5% over the last ten years of data and by -27.1% since 2019.

Are there more elevator mechanic jobs in Kansas?

0.1Jobs per 1,000 in the stateconcentration 0.3× the US share, 31st of 34 states

BLS counted 70 elevator mechanics in Kansas in May 2025, an estimate with a relative standard error of 20%. With fewer than 3,000 jobs or a wide margin of error, year-to-year changes are within the survey's noise and are not shown as a trend.

Outlook for elevator mechanics in Kansas

+5.5%Projected growth in Kansas2024–2034, state agency
10Openings per yeargrowth plus replacements
70Jobs in 202480 projected for 2034
+5.7%US projected growth2025-35, BLS, for comparison

Kansas's labor market agency projects the number of elevator mechanics in the state to change by +5.5% between 2024 and 2034, from 70 to 80, with about 10 openings a year. Nationally, BLS projects +5.7% over 2025-35. State counts include the self-employed and use a different base year, so they do not match the 70 counted by the BLS employer survey.

Source: Kansas labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034 long-term projections (state projections page).

Union scale and prevailing wage for elevator mechanics in Kansas

On federally funded construction in Kansas, contractors must pay elevator mechanics at least the Davis-Bacon rate for the county. 92 of the 92 counties with a Building rate use a union contract rate (typical package $99.13 an hour including fringe); the rest use a survey rate (typical —). The market median for the state is $40.75.

Union contract rateSurvey rate
Union / prevailing package, $/hr, KSAllen: $99.13 (union)Anderson: $99.13 (union)Atchison: $99.13 (union)Barber: $99.13 (union)Barton: $99.13 (union)Bourbon: $99.13 (union)Brown: $99.13 (union)Butler: $99.13 (union)Chase: n/aChautauqua: $99.13 (union)Cherokee: $99.13 (union)Cheyenne: $99.13 (union)Clark: $99.13 (union)Clay: $99.13 (union)Cloud: $99.13 (union)Coffey: $99.13 (union)Comanche: $99.13 (union)Cowley: $99.13 (union)Crawford: $99.13 (union)Decatur: $99.13 (union)Dickinson: $99.13 (union)Doniphan: n/aDouglas: n/aEdwards: $99.13 (union)Elk: $99.13 (union)Ellis: $99.13 (union)Ellsworth: $99.13 (union)Finney: n/aFord: $99.13 (union)Franklin: $99.13 (union)Geary: $99.13 (union)Gove: $99.13 (union)Graham: $99.13 (union)Grant: $99.13 (union)Gray: $99.13 (union)Greeley: $99.13 (union)Greenwood: $99.13 (union)Hamilton: $99.13 (union)Harper: $99.13 (union)Harvey: $99.13 (union)Haskell: $99.13 (union)Hodgeman: $99.13 (union)Jackson: n/aJefferson: n/aJewell: $99.13 (union)Johnson: $99.13 (union)Kearny: n/aKingman: $99.13 (union)Kiowa: $99.13 (union)Labette: $99.13 (union)Lane: $99.13 (union)Leavenworth: $99.13 (union)Lincoln: $99.13 (union)Linn: $99.13 (union)Logan: $99.13 (union)Lyon: n/aMcPherson: $99.13 (union)Marion: $99.13 (union)Marshall: $99.13 (union)Meade: $99.13 (union)Miami: $99.13 (union)Mitchell: $99.13 (union)Montgomery: $99.13 (union)Morris: $99.13 (union)Morton: $99.13 (union)Nemaha: $99.13 (union)Neosho: $99.13 (union)Ness: $99.13 (union)Norton: $99.13 (union)Osage: n/aOsborne: $99.13 (union)Ottawa: n/aPawnee: $99.13 (union)Phillips: $99.13 (union)Pottawatomie: $99.13 (union)Pratt: $99.13 (union)Rawlins: $99.13 (union)Reno: $99.13 (union)Republic: $99.13 (union)Rice: $99.13 (union)Riley: $99.13 (union)Rooks: $99.13 (union)Rush: $99.13 (union)Russell: $99.13 (union)Saline: n/aScott: $99.13 (union)Sedgwick: $99.13 (union)Seward: $99.13 (union)Shawnee: n/aSheridan: $99.13 (union)Sherman: $99.13 (union)Smith: $99.13 (union)Stafford: $99.13 (union)Stanton: $99.13 (union)Stevens: $99.13 (union)Sumner: $99.13 (union)Thomas: $99.13 (union)Trego: $99.13 (union)Wabaunsee: n/aWallace: $99.13 (union)Washington: $99.13 (union)Wichita: $99.13 (union)Wilson: $99.13 (union)Woodson: $99.13 (union)Wyandotte: $99.13 (union)Union / prevailing package, $/hrn/a
Davis-Bacon base + fringe for elevator mechanics by county, Building construction. Hatched counties use a survey rate rather than a union contract.
CountyRate sourceBaseFringeTotalDetermination
AllenUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
AndersonUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
AtchisonUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
BarberUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
BartonUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
BourbonUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
BrownUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
ButlerUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260046
ChautauquaUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
CherokeeUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
CheyenneUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
ClarkUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
ClayUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
CloudUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044
CoffeyUnion ELEV0012-004 2025-01-01$60.69$38.44$99.13KS20260044

Building construction type, current revisions as of 2026-11-13. Residential, Heavy and Highway rates differ; look them up on the Kansas prevailing wage page. This is not the official wage determination.

Is construction work growing in Kansas?

78.5kConstruction jobsKansas, 2026-09
+5.8%Change over 12 monthsseasonally unadjusted
Construction employment, 1990-202620k40k60k80k100k1990199520002005201020152020202578kSep 2026
Construction employment in Kansas (thousands), construction supersector, BLS CES, not seasonally adjusted. Grey bands are recessions.

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Questions this page answers

How much do elevator mechanics make in Kansas?

The median elevator mechanic in Kansas earned $40.75 an hour ($84,760 a year) in May 2025, 23% below the national median of $52.84. The middle half earn $27.65–$66.76; the top 10% earn more than $68.96.

Where does Kansas rank for elevator mechanic pay?

Kansas ranks 31st of 37 states for elevator mechanic pay, with a median of $40.75 an hour, and 31st after adjusting for Kansas's cost of living (BEA price parity 90.1, US = 100).

What is the union elevator mechanic rate in Kansas?

Davis-Bacon determinations list a union contract rate for elevator mechanics in 92 counties, with a typical package of $99.13 an hour including fringe benefits; see the county table above.

How many elevator mechanics work in Kansas?

BLS counted 70 elevator mechanics in Kansas in May 2025, 0.1 per 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.34; 1.0 is the national average concentration).

Is elevator mechanic work growing in Kansas?

Kansas's labor market agency projects +5.5% growth for elevator mechanics between 2024 and 2034, from 70 to 80 jobs.

How many elevator mechanic openings a year are there in Kansas?

Kansas projects about 10 openings a year for elevator mechanics over 2024–2034, counting both new positions and replacements for people who retire or change occupation. Nationally BLS projects about 1,900 a year.

Sources and notes

  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Kansas and metro areas, SOC 47-4021. Job counts are survey estimates and exclude the self-employed.
  • BLS Current Employment Statistics, state construction employment through 2026-09.
  • BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages.
  • BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (cost-of-living adjustment).
  • SAM.gov Davis-Bacon wage determinations, current revisions as of 2026-11-13. Not the official determination.
  • BLS Employment Projections, national, 2025-35.
  • State projection: Kansas labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034, fetched 2026-10-05.