Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,140.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Amherst Town earn more.
$51,640 in Amherst Town buys what $51,500 buys across the country as a whole.
Amherst Town's regional price parity is 100.2 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Amherst Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $59,670 | $55,100 | 108.3 | +7.0% |
| Barnstable Town | $57,610 | $58,600 | 98.4 | +13.7% |
| Worcester | $55,160 | $53,800 | 102.5 | +4.4% |
| Springfield | $52,790 | $55,000 | 96.1 | +6.7% |
| Amherst Town This page | $51,640 | $51,500 | 100.2 | — |
| Pittsfield | $48,930 | $51,400 | 95.1 | −0.1% |
Price parity and difference against Amherst Town are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 1,140 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 49-9071, Maintenance and Repair Workers, General. Mapped to our taxonomy as maintenance-and-repair-workers-general.
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