Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Career, Salary and Skills
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $52,720 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 1,650. Wage data is published for 18 locations.
Occupation description
Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.
O*NET code
49-9061.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$52,720
Hourly median
$25.35
Employment
1,650
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | 3.88 | 3.62 |
| Repairing | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.50 | 3.38 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 3.38 | 3.62 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.38 | 3.38 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.12 | 3.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Active Listening | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Time Management | 3.12 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, or equipment such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, or lens systems, using hand tools.
- Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.
- Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, diaphragm alignment, lens mounts, or film transport, using precision gauges.
- Clean and lubricate cameras and polish camera lenses, using cleaning materials and work aids.
- Requisition parts or materials.
- Calibrate and verify accuracy of light meters, shutter diaphragm operation, or lens carriers, using timing instruments.
- Examine cameras, equipment, processed film, or laboratory reports to diagnose malfunction, using work aids and specifications.
- Read and interpret engineering drawings, diagrams, instructions, or specifications to determine needed repairs, fabrication method, and operation sequence.
Technology
- Email software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Word
- RepairTRAX
- Statistical process control SPC software
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in TXMedian $33,940 · Employment 90
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in OHMedian $85,070 · Employment 80
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in New York, NYMedian $60,290 · Employment 60
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in GAMedian $49,320 · Employment 60
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in NYMedian $48,280 · Employment 50
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in Atlanta, GAMedian $49,960 · Employment 40
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in NJMedian $60,290 · Employment 40
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in NCMedian $41,140 · Employment 30
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in FLMedian $41,290 · Employment 30
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $59,770 · Employment —
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in AZMedian $59,080 · Employment —
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary in TNMedian $44,940 · Employment —
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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.