Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Career, Salary and Skills
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $52,600 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 19,780. Wage data is published for 131 locations.
Occupation description
Install, repair, or adjust audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic entertainment equipment in homes or other venues. May perform routine maintenance.
O*NET code
49-2097.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$52,600
Hourly median
$25.29
Employment
19,780
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Repairing | 3.62 | 3.38 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.38 | 3.12 |
| Installation | 3.38 | 3.25 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 3.38 | 3.00 |
| Speaking | 3.38 | 3.12 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.25 | 2.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.12 | 3.50 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.12 | 3.25 |
Typical tasks
- Disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replace loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons.
- Compute cost estimates for labor and materials.
- Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.
- Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes.
- Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.
- Position or mount speakers, and wire speakers to consoles.
- Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment.
- Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.
Technology
- Audio calibration software
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Word
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in CAMedian $62,390 · Employment 2,590
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in TXMedian $47,770 · Employment 2,490
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in FLMedian $49,780 · Employment 1,610
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $51,210 · Employment 1,060
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in GAMedian $50,090 · Employment 890
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in NYMedian $62,380 · Employment 870
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in New York, NYMedian $71,990 · Employment 760
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $51,530 · Employment 680
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in NCMedian $44,490 · Employment 660
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in NJMedian $48,780 · Employment 650
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in Houston, TXMedian $46,400 · Employment 600
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Salary in MOMedian $50,540 · Employment 580
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.