Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Pay and outlook

Median annual wage, May 2025

$45,990

Half earn more, half earn less

Middle half earn

$35,800 – $51,970

25th to 75th percentile

People employed, May 2025

3,020

Wage and salary jobs (OEWS)

Projected change, 2025–35

+5.8%

At or above the all-jobs rate (3.5% to under 7%)

Openings a year (projected)

300

New jobs plus replacing people who leave

Typical education to enter

High school diploma or equivalent

BLS

• All figures are for the United States as a whole. Pay varies a lot by state and city.
• Wages are for everyone working in the occupation in May 2025, at every career stage. They are not starting salaries or figures for new graduates.
• Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025–35. They are estimates, not promises. Openings include jobs that open up when people retire or change occupation, not just new jobs.

What the work involves

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.

Main tasks

• Move and set up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks.
• Seal open sides of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammers.
• Repair leaks in plumbing or gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
• Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of plumbing fixtures.
• List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, and diagrams.
• Install, repair, and replace units, fixtures, appliances, and other items and systems in mobile and modular homes, prefabricated buildings, or travel trailers, using hand tools or power tools.
• Inspect, examine, and test the operation of parts or systems to evaluate operating condition and to determine if repairs are needed.
• Confer with customers or read work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units.

Description and tasks from the O*NET® 31.0 Database.

Getting in

Typical education to enter (BLS)

High school diploma or equivalent

Training once hired: short-term on-the-job training

O*NET Job Zone 1–2

Little to some preparation

Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Fields of study that lead here

From the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk, which links 1 programme to this occupation. A link means the programme prepares people for this kind of work. It doesn't mean the programme is required, or that it's the only route.

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