Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Median salary

$45,990

Average salary

$45,410

Employment

3,020

Projected growth

5.9% growth

Annual openings

300

Typical entry education

High school diploma or equivalent

What Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers Do

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.

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Career Outlook

National employment outlook, 2024–2034.

Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training
Self-employed: 17%

Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.

How Much Preparation Does This Take?

Job Zone 2 of 5

Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed

Experience: Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience.
Education: Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
Job training: Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.

Source: O*NET Job Zones.

Key Knowledge Areas

Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.

Building and Constructionimportance 4.4/5
Public Safety and Securityimportance 4.2/5
Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 4.0/5
Designimportance 3.8/5
Transportationimportance 3.7/5
Engineering and Technologyimportance 3.6/5
Mathematicsimportance 3.6/5
Mechanicalimportance 3.5/5

Work Environment

What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.

Exposed to Hazardous Equipment4.9/5
Spend Time Standing4.8/5
Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body4.7/5
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling4.7/5
Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable4.5/5
Frequency of Decision Making4.5/5

Careers With Similar Skills

Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.

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Brickmasons and Blockmasons91% skill match
Commercial Divers90% skill match
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Mechanical Door Repairers89% skill match
Furniture Finishers89% skill match
Carpenters89% skill match
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall88% skill match

Transferable Skills

Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.

Operation and Controlimportance 3.8/5
Quality Control Analysisimportance 3.8/5
Operations Monitoringimportance 3.6/5
Coordinationimportance 3.5/5
Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.5/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.4/5
Time Managementimportance 3.4/5
Management of Personnel Resourcesimportance 3.4/5

Software & Technologies

Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.

Hot Technologies

Microsoft Excel

Other Software Used

Work Style

Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.

Dependability
Attention to Detail
Cautiousness
Perseverance
Integrity
Stress Tolerance
Cooperation

Career Interests

This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.

RealisticHigh
ConventionalMedium
InvestigativeLow
SocialLow
ArtisticLow
EnterprisingLow

This page includes information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Where This Career Is Most Concentrated

Metro areas where manufactured building and mobile home installers make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).