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title: "Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installer"
description: "Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/manufactured-building-and-mobile-home-installer"
last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installer

**Category:** Installation, Maintenance, and Repair · **SOC code:** 49-9095 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 49-9095.00

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.

Also advertised as: Delivery Crew Worker; House Hauler; Mobile Home Installer; Mobile Home Laborer; Mobile Home Set-Up Person; Set Up Technician (Set Up Tech).

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $45,990 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $22.11/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $27,120 to $60,810, with the middle half between $35,800 and $51,970
- **Total US employment:** 3,020
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +5.8% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 300 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 82/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 3,020 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $27,120 |
| 25th | $35,800 |
| 50th (median) | $45,990 |
| 75th | $51,970 |
| 90th | $60,810 |
| Mean (average) | $45,410 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA | $59,450 | $53,694 | Not published by BLS |
| WA | $56,690 | $52,975 | Not published by BLS |
| MO | $55,390 | $60,991 | 40 |
| NC | $51,460 | $54,555 | 160 |
| VA | $50,500 | $49,949 | 30 |
| GA | $50,060 | $51,987 | 160 |
| ND | $49,820 | $56,003 | 40 |
| NM | $47,960 | $52,011 | 50 |
| NY | $47,280 | $43,810 | 60 |
| SD | $46,890 | $52,932 | 50 |
| OH | $46,730 | $50,370 | 50 |
| IN | $46,050 | $49,342 | Not published by BLS |
| TN | $45,990 | $50,060 | 90 |
| SC | $44,120 | $47,062 | 40 |
| MT | $43,310 | $45,760 | 50 |

6 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 21 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/manufactured-building-and-mobile-home-installer/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/manufactured-building-and-mobile-home-installer.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 3,500 in the 2025–2035 base year to 3,700 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 200 jobs, or +5.8%. Faster than average: 5.8% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 300 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Short-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 59.2% |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 39.5% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 1.2% |

## What the work involves

- 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.
- Inspect, examine, and test the operation of parts or systems to evaluate operating condition and to determine if repairs are needed.
- Remove damaged exterior panels, repair and replace structural frame members, and seal leaks, using hand tools.
- Confer with customers or read work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units.
- 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.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Critical Thinking — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Operation and Control — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Quality Control Analysis — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Monitoring — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Management of Personnel Resources — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Building and Construction — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Design — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Transportation — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Engineering and Technology — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Multilimb Coordination — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Control Precision — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Arm-Hand Steadiness — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Manual Dexterity — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Finger Dexterity — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Realistic (R), Conventional (C).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| R — Realistic | 6.83 |
| C — Conventional | 3.90 |
| I — Investigative | 1.90 |
| S — Social | 1.71 |
| A — Artistic | 1.52 |
| E — Enterprising | 1.17 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 85.5 |
| ISTP | 74.5 |
| ISFJ | 74.4 |
| ESTJ | 70.3 |
| INTJ | 62.2 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Aircraft Structure, Surface, Rigging, and Systems Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aircraft-structure-surface-rigging-and-systems-assembler) — median $65,380
- [Carpenter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/carpenter) — median $60,580
- [Millwright](https://nuecareer.com/careers/millwright) — median $65,700
- [Structural Iron and Steel Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/structural-iron-and-steel-worker) — median $62,780
- [Helpers--Pipelayer, Plumber, Pipefitter, and Steamfitter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-pipelayer-plumber-pipefitter-and-steamfitter) — median $42,360
- [Plumber](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plumber) — median $63,800
- [Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-installation-maintenance-and-repair-worker) — median $39,630
- [Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanic, Except Engines](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mobile-heavy-equipment-mechanic) — median $65,510
- [Structural Metal Fabricator and Fitter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/structural-metal-fabricator-and-fitter) — median $51,330
- [Construction Laborer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-laborer) — median $47,120

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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