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Machinery Maintenance Worker Workplace Records
Routine machinery maintenance may include lubrication, part removal and reassembly while production waits. An employment concern about an unfinished job or time record needs the assigned maintenance stage. Distinguish your work from specialized repairs or release decisions handled by mechanics, engineers or operations staff.
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A record map for your role
What to organize first
Stage responsibility
Identify removal, lubrication and reassembly tasks you performed and work completed by another role.
Availability sequence
List access or parts delays and the instruction you received during each interruption.
Own documentation
Pair your schedule, pay record and correction request with the relevant maintenance timeline.
Start with the work you actually do
Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.
O*NET classifies this occupation as Maintenance Workers, Machinery (49-9043.00). Its description covers a typical occupation, not every workplace or individual job. It does not establish employee status, overtime eligibility or employer misconduct.
- Dismantle machines and remove parts for repair, using hand tools, chain falls, jacks, cranes, or hoists.Source task 11833 · updated 08/2024
- Reassemble machines after the completion of repair or maintenance work.Source task 11828 · updated 08/2024
- Record production, repair, and machine maintenance information.Source task 11834 · updated 08/2024
- Lubricate or apply adhesives or other materials to machines, machine parts, or other equipment according to specified procedures.Source task 11831 · updated 08/2024
A reference point for your pay records
May 2025 wage estimates by state
Compare your pay records with published BLS estimates for Maintenance Workers, Machinery (SOC 49-9043). These describe an occupation across employers. They are not a required pay rate, an overtime calculation, or evidence of discrimination or unpaid wages.
Select your work state to see its published pay range. No personal pay information is requested or sent.
The 25th and 75th percentiles mark the middle half of the estimated wage distribution; the median is its midpoint. Actual pay can differ with experience, employer, location and duties. Hourly and annual figures are shown as published, without converting one into the other.
All published state estimates for this occupation
| State | Hourly 25th | Hourly median | Hourly 75th | Annual median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $23.68 | $29.12 | $33.80 | $60,560 |
| Alaska | $24.46 | $29.47 | $37.21 | $61,290 |
| Arizona | $22.90 | $26.98 | $32.50 | $56,130 |
| Arkansas | $21.74 | $25.60 | $29.99 | $53,250 |
| Connecticut | $23.70 | $30.41 | $38.42 | $63,250 |
| Florida | $22.71 | $24.95 | $29.65 | $51,900 |
| Georgia | $21.96 | $27.76 | $35.00 | $57,730 |
| Idaho | $23.66 | $27.05 | $32.31 | $56,250 |
| Indiana | $23.34 | $23.44 | $29.58 | $48,760 |
| Iowa | $28.20 | $31.14 | $38.14 | $64,760 |
| Kansas | $23.82 | $28.92 | $33.83 | $60,160 |
| Kentucky | $28.96 | $36.88 | $75.61 | $76,710 |
| Louisiana | $24.00 | $30.12 | $39.96 | $62,640 |
| Maine | $22.25 | $25.15 | $30.32 | $52,300 |
| Michigan | $23.04 | $28.65 | $33.49 | $59,590 |
| Minnesota | $26.34 | $30.30 | $34.66 | $63,020 |
| Mississippi | $20.25 | $26.15 | $31.00 | $54,380 |
| Missouri | $27.45 | $30.63 | $37.09 | $63,720 |
| Nebraska | $24.90 | $29.42 | $31.41 | $61,190 |
| New Hampshire | $28.57 | $37.05 | $40.33 | $77,070 |
| New Mexico | $17.42 | $17.42 | $28.05 | $36,240 |
| New York | $27.16 | $32.51 | $39.24 | $67,610 |
| North Carolina | $24.06 | $29.13 | $32.76 | $60,580 |
| Ohio | $22.06 | $28.50 | $34.86 | $59,280 |
| Oklahoma | $21.91 | $28.35 | $32.79 | $58,970 |
| Pennsylvania | $26.04 | $29.36 | $37.09 | $61,080 |
| Rhode Island | $29.00 | $34.64 | $40.22 | $72,040 |
| South Dakota | $17.76 | $21.75 | $24.85 | $45,240 |
| Tennessee | $25.00 | $31.15 | $34.62 | $64,790 |
| Texas | $22.46 | $28.50 | $35.16 | $59,280 |
| Utah | $24.00 | $29.25 | $33.92 | $60,850 |
| Virginia | $25.86 | $31.49 | $38.78 | $65,500 |
| West Virginia | $23.36 | $28.86 | $33.06 | $60,020 |
| Wisconsin | $27.33 | $30.92 | $36.40 | $64,310 |
| Wyoming | $39.29 | $40.68 | $53.37 | $84,620 |
“Not published” preserves unavailable or suppressed source cells. “Above reporting limit” preserves a top-coded source value without inventing a number. A missing state estimate does not establish service eligibility. The data describe wage and salary employment; they do not measure self-employment income.
Source: BLS May 2025 state workbook · OEWS tables · BLS technical notes. Use your own schedule, pay statement and compensation terms to identify the question you want reviewed.
Clarify the assigned maintenance
Describe the equipment category, routine task and instruction in effect. Note whether you removed a part, prepared equipment or reassembled it after another person’s repair. Identify who could authorize additional work, keeping a change in scope separate from your original assignment.
Track preparation and availability
Record when access, lifting equipment or replacement parts became available and what you were directed to do while waiting. Compare your own time entries with preparation and cleanup. Machine downtime or a maintenance-log entry does not necessarily establish the length of your personal work period.
Protect maintenance source records
Keep your own permitted employment messages and training records. Do not export maintenance databases, proprietary equipment details or plant security information. Identify relevant work orders for review without altering past entries or operating equipment solely to recreate the condition connected to the dispute.
Choose your next step
Review the workplace retaliation guide, unpaid wages guide, or discrimination guide if those concerns fit your experience. A job title alone does not establish a claim.
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