Elevator Maintenance recruiters serving St. Louis.
BLS counts 74 business locations of nonresidential building-equipment contractors across the metro. We recruit Elevator Maintenance talent in St. Louis from a standing, credential-verified pipeline. Below: local pay for every role we staff, the state licensing rules that apply and the nearby markets competing for the same people.
Positions we recruit for in St. Louis.
BLS counts about 1,070 people working in the occupations behind these roles across the St. Louis metro, the largest group being construction and building inspectors (about 870). Local headcount and pay for each role are below; role descriptions are on the Elevator Maintenance hub.
Elevator Mechanic / Installer
Sample job description →St. Louis: BLS does not publish a local figure for this occupation.
Elevator Service Technician
Elevator Maintenance Technician
QEI-Certified Inspector
St. Louis: 870 employed · $63,840 median, 76th-highest of 112 metros
Escalator Technician
Elevator Modernization Technician
Elevator Project Manager
St. Louis: 2,880 employed · $116,680 median, 45th-highest of 111 metros
Elevator Service Dispatcher / Coordinator
St. Louis: 1,660 employed · $49,650 median, 51st-highest of 111 metros
Elevator Estimator
St. Louis: 3,170 employed · $78,730 median, 49th-highest of 111 metros
Elevator Controls / Electronics Technician
St. Louis: 200 employed · $53,310 median, 105th-highest of 107 metros
What Elevator Maintenance roles earn in St. Louis.
BLS publishes no St. Louis pay for elevator and escalator installers and repairers; nationally the median is $109,910. Construction and building inspectors in St. Louis earn a median $63,840, 15% under the $74,690 national figure, and 76th of 112 metros. Pay runs $48,140 at the tenth percentile to $94,390 at the ninetieth. The best-paid role below is electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment, at $53,310 against $74,090 nationally. BLS withholds St. Louis pay for one occupation in the table.
| Role | St. Louis 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) | – | – | $109,910 | – | – |
| QEI-Certified InspectorConstruction and Building Inspectors (47-4011) | $63,840 | $48,140–$94,390 | $74,690 | −15% | 870 |
| Elevator Project ManagerConstruction Managers (11-9021) | $116,680 | $72,450–$169,720 | $114,990 | +1% | 2,880 |
| Elevator Service Dispatcher / CoordinatorDispatchers (43-5032) | $49,650 | $36,630–$76,500 | $50,340 | −1% | 1,660 |
| Elevator EstimatorCost Estimators (13-1051) | $78,730 | $44,990–$130,680 | $78,740 | 0% | 3,170 |
| Elevator Controls / Electronics TechnicianElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment (49-2094) | $53,310 | $40,200–$101,840 | $74,090 | −28% | 200 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, St. Louis 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 St. Louis's elevator maintenance market has changed since 2018.
St. Louis had 74 nonresidential building-equipment contractors in 2023, exactly as many as in 2018. Headcount at those firms went up 18%, to about 1,747 people. Average annual pay there went from $75,436 to $91,955 (+22%), in step with the 20% national increase.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonresidential building-equipment contractors: business locations | 74 | 74 | +0% |
| Nonresidential building-equipment contractors: employment | 1,478 | 1,747 | +18% |
| Nonresidential building-equipment contractors: average annual pay | $75,436 | $91,955 | +22% |
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.
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How St. Louis's elevator maintenance market compares
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 200 | $124,120 | 1.20 | 59 |
| St. Louis | – | – | – | 74 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
What this means for hiring:Local elevator maintenance employers in St. Louis are adding headcount, which means more employers competing for the same people.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, St. Louis metro. Employers are counted by business location.
Elevator Maintenance licensing in Missouri.
Missouri licenses Elevator Mechanic I, Elevator Mechanic II and elevator contractors under the Missouri Elevator Safety Act, with two-year licenses. The same state rules apply in Kansas City, so candidates licensed there can work in St. Louis without re-qualifying. The St. Louis metro crosses a state line, so check the rules in the neighboring state too for crews that work on both sides.
Licensing authority: Missouri Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Safety, Elevator Safety Unit. Confirm current rules with the agency.
We have not closed an elevator maintenance search in St. Louis 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 St. Louis than imply a record in this trade that we do not have yet.
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Nearby markets competing for St. Louis talent.
The closest metro we cover is Indianapolis, about 230 miles away, with roughly 50 elevator and escalator installers and repairers. BLS does not publish St. Louis figures for this occupation, so the nearby markets are the best guide: Nashville has the largest pool within reach, about 300, and Kansas City pays the most, a $124,120 median.
| Metro | Distance | Employed | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | – | – | – |
| Indianapolis | 230 mi | 50 | $116,520 |
| Kansas City | 238 mi | 200 | $124,120 |
| Memphis | 240 mi | – | – |
| Louisville | 242 mi | – | $42,670 |
| Nashville | 253 mi | 300 | $105,290 |
BLS OEWS, May 2025; straight-line miles.
What else is competing for St. Louis crews.
Not elevator maintenance work. These are the capital projects big enough to pull the same crews into St. Louis in the months you are trying to fill a seat, each with the status its own market page reports.
- BJC HealthCare / WashU Medicine campus renewal + SSM HealthMulti-billion combinedRolling through 2028
Healthcare is the steadiest demand engine in the metro. Medical-gas plumbers, isolation-room HVAC, and hospital-grade electrical crews in the tightest supply.
- Energizer Park (formerly CITYPARK) stadium & surrounding district (St. Louis CITY SC)District-scale, ongoingStadium complete; surrounding district build-out ongoing
The stadium itself has been complete since Nov 2022 and was renamed Energizer Park Jan 1, 2025 (naming rights sold) - only the surrounding district is still active. Continued demand for hospitality, mixed-use, and commercial finish trades.
- NGA West campus (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)$1.7BMain building opened September 26, 2025; staff move-in ongoing
The single largest federal investment in north St. Louis in a generation. Secure-facility construction drove years of specialty MEP, controls, and finish work - and the surrounding redevelopment keeps commercial trades demand elevated past the main building's completion.
Showing 3 of 6 projects tracked in this metro. The St. Louis market page lists them all.
What credentials matter for elevator maintenance, and what kills offers in St. Louis.
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 St. Louis.
Which elevator maintenance roles pay the most in St. Louis?
Of the roles we recruit for, Elevator Project Manager pays the most in St. Louis, a $116,680 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is QEI-Certified Inspector at $63,840, 45% below it. Elevator Controls / Electronics Technician is the lowest-paid field role at $53,310. Elevator Controls / Electronics Technician trails national pay the most (28% below).
How many nonresidential building-equipment contractors operate in St. Louis?
BLS counted 74 nonresidential building-equipment contractors in St. Louis in 2023, employing about 1,747 people between them. That is roughly where the count stood in 2018 (74). That averages 24 people per location. They pay an average of $91,955, 4% below the $96,086 national average for the same kind of employer. BLS counts elevator contractors under nonresidential building-equipment contractors.
Which nearby metros compete with St. Louis for elevator and escalator installers and repairers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Indianapolis (230 miles, about 50, $116,520 median), Kansas City (238 miles, about 200, $124,120 median) and Louisville (242 miles, $42,670 median).
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