What the work involves, what it pays, and real lines you can start from. Answer a few small questions and leave with a resume.
Also called apartment maintenance worker, environmental maintenance worker, facilities maintenance worker and farm maintenance worker.
$49,590
Median pay a year
1,529,700
People do this work
6
Resume lines ready for you
Pay and headcount are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The lines are written from what the US Department of Labor records about this work.
An example
A General Maintenance and Repair Worker resume, filled in
Every line below comes from the same public record as the rest of this page. The greyed parts are the ones only you can answer.
General Maintenance and Repair Worker
Summary
Maintenance and repair worker performing routine inspections, diagnosing malfunctions, and repairing machines, equipment, and structures using various tools and techniques across multiple craft occupations
Experience
General Maintenance and Repair Worker
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Performed routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts and checking fluid levels
Inspected, operated, or tested machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions
Adjusted functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, or plumb bobs
Repaired machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, or drills
Diagnosed mechanical problems and determined how to correct them, checking blueprints or repair manuals
Dismantled machines, equipment, or devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists or power tools
Maintained or repaired specialized equipment or machinery located in cafeterias, laundries, or hospitals
Skills
Core Skills
Maintaining work equipment, Reading needed technical information, Inspecting vehicle components, Measuring distances, Estimating labor and material costs, Troubleshooting equipment problems, Planning work procedures, Driver's license, Cleaning equipment
Checking & Planning
Inspecting wear, Testing mechanical equipment
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
Yours will not say this. It will say what you did, in your own words, and Rung writes it with you one question at a time.
Nothing to write from scratch
What to put on a General Maintenance and Repair Worker resume
Real duties for this job, already written the way a resume reads. Inside Rung you choose the ones that were yours.
What did you do each day?
Choose what fits, or say your own.
Performed routine maintenance on machineryInspected and tested equipment for malfunctionsAdjusted functional parts using hand toolsRepaired machines and equipment with various toolsOrdered parts and supplies from suppliersDiagnosed mechanical problems and proposed solutions
becomes
On your resume
Performed routine maintenance on machinery, ensuring all equipment operated and safely
Adjusted functional parts of devices and control instruments using hand tools to ensure proper operation
These are written the way a resume line reads. Rung asks which ones are actually yours, keeps your own words, and never claims work you did not do.
Then it asks for one more thing
The line that could show more, and the fact that lands it.
Make it stronger
A few lines could show more. Each one is asked, and answered by choosing.
Show what improved once the maintenance was done
The line
Performed routine maintenance on machinery, reducing downtime and ensuring safe operation
Show what improved once the maintenance was done
Pick one that fits
Reduced downtime for machineryIncreased equipment lifespan
Or add your own.
In your wordsAdd it
Adding it to the line…
Added to your resume
Mention if you were trusted to handle complex adjustments
The line
Adjusted functional parts of devices and control instruments using hand tools to ensure proper operation
Mention if you were trusted to handle complex adjustments
Pick one that fits
Handled adjustments for critical machineryTook on advanced repair tasksLed adjustments for new equipment
Or add your own.
In your wordsAdd it
Adding it to the line…
Added to your resume
Every ready answer is in plain words, never a figure. Nothing is invented to fill a gap.
What it is made of
Skills for a General Maintenance and Repair Worker resume
What this work is made of. Rung offers these and keeps the ones you claim.
What are you good at?
Maintaining work equipment
Reading needed technical information
Inspecting vehicle components
Inspecting wear
Testing mechanical equipment
Measuring distances
Estimating labor and material costs
Troubleshooting equipment problems
Planning work procedures
Cleaning equipment
Removing snow
Cleaning work areas
The work itself
What a General Maintenance and Repair Worker does
The public record of what this job is, in one paragraph.
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.
What it pays
How much does a General Maintenance and Repair Worker make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$40,840
Median
$49,590
75th percentile
$62,620
About 1,529,700 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$46,940
$60,270
$75,400
AL
$36,120
$43,630
$53,580
AR
$34,670
$43,400
$52,500
AZ
$39,520
$47,620
$60,630
CA
$46,330
$57,000
$71,220
CO
$45,600
$51,280
$62,710
CT
$45,530
$57,620
$71,150
DC
$49,240
$60,310
$76,210
DE
$43,400
$50,150
$62,160
FL
$37,840
$46,060
$56,530
GA
$39,150
$47,680
$60,010
HI
$46,880
$57,960
$72,460
IA
$44,110
$52,160
$62,430
ID
$40,810
$48,190
$60,790
IL
$44,000
$56,720
$68,680
IN
$41,630
$49,890
$61,980
KS
$39,350
$47,210
$57,640
KY
$37,220
$46,810
$60,840
LA
$35,350
$43,960
$57,590
MA
$46,910
$58,320
$69,500
MD
$44,020
$51,490
$62,450
ME
$43,470
$49,430
$60,280
MI
$39,420
$47,580
$59,490
MN
$47,430
$59,200
$69,770
MO
$39,910
$48,370
$61,440
MS
$35,050
$44,350
$56,110
MT
$38,470
$46,870
$58,280
NC
$38,970
$47,910
$59,560
ND
$41,720
$49,840
$59,650
NE
$44,420
$50,700
$60,730
NH
$45,550
$52,830
$62,640
NJ
$45,600
$54,810
$66,700
NM
$36,840
$45,760
$56,870
NV
$43,750
$52,360
$70,100
NY
$45,590
$57,790
$69,650
OH
$44,030
$53,420
$63,760
OK
$35,240
$42,750
$54,360
OR
$45,700
$54,350
$63,560
PA
$41,570
$49,290
$61,780
PR
$21,850
$23,220
$27,690
RI
$45,090
$50,900
$62,030
SC
$38,700
$47,880
$60,970
SD
$42,660
$48,100
$56,700
TN
$38,250
$47,240
$59,040
TX
$37,670
$46,670
$59,180
UT
$42,340
$50,450
$63,090
VA
$39,530
$49,470
$61,990
VT
$47,880
$55,510
$62,400
WA
$48,250
$59,160
$72,330
WI
$45,590
$55,810
$63,920
WV
$32,520
$38,890
$51,210
WY
$38,510
$47,900
$61,780
Other names
Other names for this job
apartment maintenance worker, environmental maintenance worker, facilities maintenance worker, farm maintenance worker, general maintenance worker, hydroelectric operations maintenance worker, maintenance worker, mechanical repair worker, methane capturing system maintenance worker, mobile home lot utility worker, maintenance and repair workers general, apartment maintenance tech.
More names for this work
apartment maintenance technician, bench repair technician, building engineer, building maintenance engineer, building maintenance mechanic, building maintenance repairer, building mechanic, building repairer, building services mechanic, electrical installer, equipment engineering technician, ethanol maintenance mechanic, facilities maintenance tech, facilities maintenance technician, facilities technician, facility maintenance technician, field service technician, field tech, field technician, firefighting equipment specialist, general maintenance mechanic, general maintenance technician, general utility maintenance repairer, handy man, handyman, I and C technician, industrial maintenance repairer, industrial maintenance technician, instrument and controls technician, maintenance associate, maintenance engineer, maintenance journeyman, maintenance man, maintenance mechanic, maintenance person, maintenance repairman, maintenance specialist, maintenance technician, marine services technician, mechanical adjuster, mechanical expert, mechanical handyman, mechanical installer, mechanics handyman, pipeline corrosion technician, pipeline mechanical technician, plant maintenance technician, plumbing installer.
If you served
Military jobs this work counts as
From the crosswalk the US Department of Labor publishes itself. If one of these was your job, this page is about the civilian work it maps to.
002687 Airman
002093 Armorer
002689 Fireman
MM Machinist's Mate
TM Torpedomanâs Mate
003763 Maintenance Technician
2W211 Nuclear Weapons Helper
003004 Hull Systems Maintainer
2W011 Munitions Systems Helper
MMW Machinists Mate (Weapons)
2W271 Nuclear Weapons Craftsman
001537 Tactical Weapons Operator
and 52 more service codes map here
Free resume help
Start with this job
Answer a few small questions and leave with a resume. Your answers stay on your own device.
A truly free resume that is yours to keep
You leave with a PDF and a Word file, and a cover letter if you want one.
Nothing to pay when you download, no account, and the resume saves to your own device.
Every question can be read aloud, and answered out loud.
Nothing to write from scratch: the lines are ready, and you choose the ones that were yours.
This page is about the occupation Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.