Miami-Dade County / Animal Services / Maintenance Mechanic
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
1 employee holds this title in Animal Services. Median total compensation for the role is $64,581, above the department median of $58,786.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, the median wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 31,890 people — is $46,290. Animal Services pays a median base salary of $64,581 for this role, 40% above that figure — about the 82nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General across every employer in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Animal Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General — about 1,529,700 people — is $49,590. Animal Services’s median base salary is 30% above that national figure, about the 77th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Animal Services is $64,581, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Maintenance Mechanic is held in 8 Miami-Dade County departments. In Animal Services, the median of $64,581 ranks #3 of 8.
Median total compensation for the Maintenance Mechanic role in other Miami-Dade Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 11 jurisdictions. In Miami-Dade County, the median of $61,547 ranks #5 of 11. See Maintenance Mechanic across all of Miami-Dade County →
Median total compensation for comparable Maintenance Mechanic roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Maintenance Mechanic/Animal Services
Source-specific fields
Jesus Carmenate is a Maintenance Mechanic at Animal Services within Mdc. 2026 total compensation came to $64,581.