Elevator Maintenance recruiters serving Denver.
Denver has 82% more elevator and escalator installers and repairers per job than the country as a whole, about 450 in the metro. BLS counts 84 business locations of nonresidential building-equipment contractors across the metro. Below: local pay for every role we staff and the state licensing rules that apply.
Positions we recruit for in Denver.
BLS counts about 3,810 people working in the occupations behind these roles across the Denver metro, the largest group being construction and building inspectors (about 2,300). Relative to the size of the local economy, elevator and escalator installers and repairers are far more concentrated here than nationally (location quotient 1.82). Local headcount and pay for each role are below; role descriptions are on the Elevator Maintenance hub.
Elevator Mechanic / Installer
Sample job description →Denver: 450 employed · $123,360 median, 18th-highest of 49 metros
Elevator Service Technician
Elevator Maintenance Technician
QEI-Certified Inspector
Denver: 2,300 employed · $82,020 median, 19th-highest of 112 metros
Escalator Technician
Elevator Modernization Technician
Elevator Project Manager
Denver: 7,250 employed · $128,850 median, 17th-highest of 111 metros
Elevator Service Dispatcher / Coordinator
Denver: 2,000 employed · $55,610 median, 13th-highest of 111 metros
Elevator Estimator
Denver: 3,690 employed · $89,820 median, 7th-highest of 111 metros
Elevator Controls / Electronics Technician
Denver: 1,060 employed · $80,440 median, 17th-highest of 107 metros
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What Elevator Maintenance roles earn in Denver.
Elevator and escalator installers and repairers in Denver earn a median $123,360, 12% over the $109,910 national figure, and 18th of 49 metros. Pay runs $51,840 at the tenth percentile to $150,020 at the ninetieth. The best-paid role below is construction and building inspectors, at $82,020 against $74,690 nationally.
| Role | Denver median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elevator Mechanic / Installer · Elevator Service Technician · Elevator Maintenance TechnicianElevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers (47-4021) | $123,360 | $51,840–$150,020 | $109,910 | +12% | 450 |
| QEI-Certified InspectorConstruction and Building Inspectors (47-4011) | $82,020 | $56,000–$126,240 | $74,690 | +10% | 2,300 |
| Elevator Project ManagerConstruction Managers (11-9021) | $128,850 | $83,960–$204,220 | $114,990 | +12% | 7,250 |
| Elevator Service Dispatcher / CoordinatorDispatchers (43-5032) | $55,610 | $44,260–$80,930 | $50,340 | +10% | 2,000 |
| Elevator EstimatorCost Estimators (13-1051) | $89,820 | $59,800–$135,230 | $78,740 | +14% | 3,690 |
| Elevator Controls / Electronics TechnicianElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (49-2094) | $80,440 | $54,950–$104,000 | $74,090 | +9% | 1,060 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Denver metro. Range is 10th to 90th percentile; management and office roles are metro-wide. A metro ranking counts only the metros where BLS publishes that occupation.
How Denver's elevator maintenance market has changed since 2018.
Denver lost nonresidential building-equipment contractors between 2018 and 2023, from 87 business locations to 84 (down 3%), behind the 8% growth nationally. Headcount and pay for those firms are withheld in Denver, so the occupation figures above are the better guide to what hiring costs.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonresidential building-equipment contractors: business locations | 87 | 84 | −3% |
| Nonresidential building-equipment contractors: employment | 1,685 | – | – |
| Nonresidential building-equipment contractors: average annual pay | $83,233 | – | – |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Free Elevator Maintenance hiring resources.
Definitive Guide to Elevator Maintenance · 2026 Elevator Maintenance Salary Guide · 3-Step Interview Guide for Elevator Maintenance
Denver runs 82% more elevator maintenance workers per job than the country as a whole — well above the national concentration. More per job means more people to reach, and more employers reaching them.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers. Metro-wide figures for the base occupation; the wage table above is role-specific and commercial.
How Denver's elevator maintenance market compares
Among the 47 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Denver ranks 9th for headcount, 18th for median pay and 9th for concentration for elevator and escalator installers and repairers. That puts it among the deepest elevator maintenance labor markets in the country.
What this means for hiring:For elevator maintenance employers in Denver, the local pool is deeper than most, so a well-run search can usually fill field roles from inside the metro.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Denver metro. Employers are counted by business location.
Elevator Maintenance licensing in Colorado.
Colorado licenses conveyance mechanics in several license types and also licenses conveyance contractors. Mechanics qualify through an approved apprenticeship or training program, an equivalent out-of-state license, or three years of experience plus an exam, and must complete eight hours of approved continuing education every two years.
Licensing authority: Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Oil and Public Safety. Confirm current rules with the agency.
What else is competing for Denver crews.
Not elevator maintenance work. These are the capital projects big enough to pull the same crews into Denver in the months you are trying to fill a seat, each with the status its own market page reports.
- UCHealth / Anschutz Medical Campus expansions (Aurora)Multi-phase healthcare build-outOngoing 2024-2027
Hospital and research construction is the tightest specialty market in metro Denver. Medical-gas plumbers, controls techs, and clean-space mechanical PMs in short supply.
- Denver International Airport (DEN) - Great Hall + gate expansions$2B+ programMulti-year, ongoing through 2028
Concourse gate additions and the Great Hall renovation drive sustained mechanical, electrical, and specialty finish demand. Phased work means rolling crew needs across trades.
- National Western Center redevelopment (Denver)$1B+ campus programPhased through late 2020s
Large mixed-use civic/agricultural campus. Steel erection, MEP, and heavy sitework crews in steady demand across multiple building phases.
Showing 3 of 6 projects tracked in this metro. The Denver market page lists them all.
What credentials matter for elevator maintenance, and what kills offers in Denver.
The 4 credentials that gate the work and the 4 things that most often end an elevator maintenance offer are the same in every market, kept in one place: Elevator Maintenance credentials and offer risks, each linked to the body that issues it. What is local is the licensing rule above and the pay further up this page.
Frequently asked - Elevator Maintenance hiring in Denver.
What do elevator and escalator installers and repairers earn in Denver?
BLS puts the Denver median for elevator and escalator installers and repairers at $123,360 a year, 12% above the $109,910 national median. That ranks 18th of 49 metros with published figures, in the middle of the pack. The range is unusually wide: $51,840 at the bottom tenth against $150,020 at the top tenth, a 2.9x gap. Senior people here are priced far above the median.
Is it hard to hire elevator and escalator installers and repairers in Denver?
Not by national standards. Elevator and escalator installers and repairers make up 82% more of the Denver workforce than they do nationally, about 450 people.
Which elevator maintenance roles pay the most in Denver?
Of the roles we recruit for, Elevator Project Manager pays the most in Denver, a $128,850 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Elevator Mechanic / Installer at $123,360, 4% below it. Elevator Controls / Electronics Technician is the lowest-paid field role at $80,440. Relative to national pay, Elevator Estimator is the strongest-paying role here (14% above).
How many nonresidential building-equipment contractors operate in Denver?
BLS counted 84 nonresidential building-equipment contractors in Denver in 2023. Down from 87 in 2018, a 3% decline against 8% growth nationally. BLS withholds their combined headcount and pay here, which it does when a category is small enough that the figures could identify individual employers. BLS counts elevator contractors under nonresidential building-equipment contractors.
Can Denver employers recruit elevator and escalator installers and repairers from nearby metros?
Not easily. None of the other metros we cover within 300 miles of Denver has published BLS figures for elevator and escalator installers and repairers, so a search here mostly has to be won locally or by relocating someone from farther away.
We have not closed an elevator maintenance search in Denver yet. Here is what we have closed.
These are other trades in the same market. We would rather show you the searches we have actually run in Denver than imply a record in this trade that we do not have yet.
- Commercial HVAC Service TechnicianA millwright who also runs commercial HVAC - four days to hire.
Plenty of people. Few of them looking.
Denver has one of the deeper pools of elevator and escalator installers and repairers we cover, but the best of them are already working. Let's find the ones ready to move.
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