Building Maintenance Workers - Employment & Outlook

The table below provides information about the number of workers in this career in various regions. It also provides information about the expected growth rate and future job openings.

Employment

Major employers:

Property management firms
Manufacturing
Federal, state, and local government agencies

Outlook

Demand for building maintenance workers is closely tied to the real estate market. When people sell houses they need to get things repaired or have renovations done. Demand is also strong due to the need to repair and maintain older commercial buildings such as offices.

This career is very large and has a high rate of turnover. Thus, many openings will occur as current workers change jobs or retire.

Building Maintenance Workers (CIS 100259)

Location	Employment	&	Growth		>>>>	Annual openings
			This occupation	All occupations
Illinois	69,497 Very large	&	4.5%	2.7%	>>>>	6,682 Very High
Champaign Area	1,834 Very large	&	2.8%	1.9%	>>>>	172 Very High
Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area	1,398 Very large	&	1.1%	-1.2%	>>>>	128 High
Cook County	30,306 Very large	&	4.7%	3.0%	>>>>	2,925 Very High
Decatur Area	734 Very large	&	1.6%	0.1%	>>>>	68 High
DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area	3,471 Very large	&	6.5%	4.0%	>>>>	345 Very High
Du Page County	6,697 Very large	&	5.7%	3.7%	>>>>	656 Very High
Edwardsville Area	1,478 Very large	&	7.5%	4.4%	>>>>	149 High
Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area	533 Very large	&	-2.3%	-2.2%	>>>>	46 High
Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area	1,019 Very large	&	0.8%	-0.1%	>>>>	93 High
Lake County	4,423 Very large	&	5.0%	2.6%	>>>>	429 Very High
McHenry County	1,148 Very large	&	5.3%	6.1%	>>>>	112 High
Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area	1,180 Very large	&	2.1%	0.2%	>>>>	108 High
Northwest Illinois Area	1,542 Very large	&	7.1%	5.1%	>>>>	154 Very High
Peoria-Bloomington Area	3,113 Very large	&	2.5%	1.3%	>>>>	291 Very High
Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area	1,056 Very large	&	0.4%	-1.6%	>>>>	95 High
Rock Island-Moline Area	1,154 Very large	&	5.0%	1.8%	>>>>	112 High
Rockford Area	2,069 Very large	&	4.4%	2.4%	>>>>	198 Very High
Shawnee National Forest Area	448 Very large	&	0.0%	-0.3%	>>>>	40 Moderate
Springfield Area	1,285 Very large	&	-1.4%	-0.8%	>>>>	112 High
St Louis-Belleville Area	1,392 Very large	&	1.9%	0.2%	>>>>	129 High
Vermilion County	333 Very large	&	-3.0%	-5.1%	>>>>	28 Moderate
Will County	2,986 Very large	&	8.6%	5.4%	>>>>	305 Very High
United States	1,629,700 Very large	&	3.8%	3.1%	>>>>	159,800 Very High