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Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.

Wages

Median annual wage, U.S.$45,990
Employment, U.S.3,020
Median hourly wage$22.11
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$27,120$35,800$45,990$51,970$60,810
By state (21)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama40$34,6701.09
California$59,450
Florida80$39,1400.39
Georgia160$50,0601.68
Indiana$46,050
Kentucky$34,770
Missouri40$55,3900.64
Montana50$43,3105.13
New Mexico50$47,9603.04
New York60$47,2800.34
North Carolina160$51,4601.65
North Dakota40$49,8204.42
Ohio50$46,7300.49
Pennsylvania170$39,9201.43
South Carolina40$44,1200.86
South Dakota50$46,8905.82
Tennessee90$45,9901.44
Texas700$34,9102.57
Virginia30$50,5000.42
Washington$56,690
West Virginia90$26,6906.23

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersInstallation2.380.960
Weatherization Installers and TechniciansInstallation2.880.939
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasOperations Monitoring0.880.936

Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers, excluding software Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Drawing and drafting software3 of 2034.6x
Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal4 of 2013.2x
Job costing software3 of 2027.7x
Quicken3 of 2010.7x
Intuit QuickBooks4 of 202.2x
Database software4 of 201.1x
Autodesk AutoCAD4 of 201.1x
Microsoft Windows5 of 201.0x
Microsoft Office software16 of 200.9x
Microsoft Word14 of 200.8x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 3.75 3.62
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 3.75 3.25
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 3.75 3.25
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 3.62 3.12
CoordinationTransferable skill 3.50 3.62
MonitoringEssential skill 3.50 3.38
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 3.50 3.00
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 3.38 3.25
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 3.38 3.12
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 3.38 3.12
Time ManagementTransferable skill 3.38 3.12
Active LearningEssential skill 3.38 3.00
Active ListeningEssential skill 3.38 2.88
SpeakingEssential skill 3.38 2.88
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 3.25 3.25
InstructingTransferable skill 3.25 3.12
RepairingTransferable skill 3.12 3.38
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 3.12 3.12
NegotiationTransferable skill 3.12 2.75
Service OrientationTransferable skill 3.12 2.75
PersuasionTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 3.00 2.75
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 2.88 2.62
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 2.75 2.62
InstallationTransferable skill 2.62not rated
MathematicsEssential skill 2.62 2.88
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 2.62 2.88
WritingEssential skill 2.62 2.88
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 2.62 2.62
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 2.62 2.38
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 2.25 2.12
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 2.25 2.00
Technology DesignTransferable skill 2.00 1.50
ScienceEssential skill 1.62 0.88
ProgrammingTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Building and Construction 4.37 5.18
Public Safety and Security 4.15 4.86
Customer and Personal Service 4.04 4.24
Design 3.81 4.85
Transportation 3.73 4.38
Engineering and Technology 3.59 4.13
Mathematics 3.58 3.71
Mechanical 3.55 4.45
Law and Government 3.34 3.77
English Language 3.25 3.39
Education and Training 3.14 3.65
Production and Processing 3.04 3.08
Administration and Management 2.84 3.20
Physics 2.77 3.00
Psychology 2.73 2.67
Personnel and Human Resources 2.65 2.93
Sales and Marketing 2.52 2.44
Chemistry 2.48 2.76
Therapy and Counseling 2.30 2.23
Geography 2.28 2.36
Telecommunications 2.26 2.12
Medicine and Dentistry 2.10 2.02
Sociology and Anthropology 1.98not rated
Computers and Electronics 1.92not rated
Communications and Media 1.91not rated
Biology 1.89not rated
Foreign Language 1.89not rated
Economics and Accounting 1.73not rated
Administrative 1.72not rated
Food Production 1.69not rated
Philosophy and Theology 1.69not rated
Fine Arts 1.68not rated
History and Archeology 1.68not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Multilimb Coordination 4.38 4.13
Control Precision 4.25 3.63
Manual Dexterity 4.00 3.50
Arm-Hand Steadiness 4.00 3.38
Reaction Time 3.88 4.00
Finger Dexterity 3.88 3.50
Problem Sensitivity 3.88 3.25
Visualization 3.75 4.25
Trunk Strength 3.75 3.75
Near Vision 3.75 3.63
Static Strength 3.63 4.00
Extent Flexibility 3.63 3.88
Depth Perception 3.63 3.63
Oral Comprehension 3.50 3.88
Response Orientation 3.50 3.63
Far Vision 3.50 3.50
Stamina 3.50 3.25
Oral Expression 3.38 3.75
Deductive Reasoning 3.38 3.63
Visual Color Discrimination 3.38 3.63
Gross Body Coordination 3.38 3.50
Information Ordering 3.38 3.50
Wrist-Finger Speed 3.38 3.38
Gross Body Equilibrium 3.38 3.13
Speech Recognition 3.38 3.13
Category Flexibility 3.38 3.00
Flexibility of Closure 3.25 3.25
Selective Attention 3.25 3.25
Rate Control 3.25 3.00
Fluency of Ideas 3.25 2.88
Speech Clarity 3.25 2.88
Inductive Reasoning 3.13 3.25
Speed of Limb Movement 3.13 3.13
Time Sharing 3.13 3.13
Perceptual Speed 3.13 3.00
Originality 3.13 2.88
Spatial Orientation 3.13 2.88
Dynamic Strength 3.00not rated
Written Comprehension 3.00 3.25
Auditory Attention 3.00 3.00
Hearing Sensitivity 3.00 2.88
Written Expression 3.00 2.63
Memorization 2.88 3.00
Speed of Closure 2.75 2.63
Number Facility 2.63 2.63
Glare Sensitivity 2.63 2.38
Mathematical Reasoning 2.63 2.25
Peripheral Vision 2.50 2.25
Night Vision 2.38 1.88
Sound Localization 2.38 1.88
Explosive Strength 2.00not rated
Dynamic Flexibility 1.63not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

Where it concentrates

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

No metro meets the threshold.