Careers / Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers

Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$47,810

United States, 2025

Employment

65,600

United States, 2025

Typical education

Not recorded

Job Zone 2

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Repair, maintain, or install computers, word processing systems, automated teller machines, and electronic office machines, such as duplicating and fax machines.

O*NET code
49-2011.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year

Typical tasks

  • Reassemble machines after making repairs or replacing parts.
  • Travel to customers' stores or offices to service machines or to provide emergency repair service.
  • Advise customers concerning equipment operation, maintenance, or programming.
  • Maintain parts inventories and order any additional parts needed for repairs.
  • Converse with customers to determine details of equipment problems.
  • Disassemble machines to examine parts, such as wires, gears, or bearings for wear or defects, using hand or power tools and measuring devices.
  • Maintain records of equipment maintenance work or repairs.
  • Repair, adjust, or replace electrical or mechanical components or parts, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering or welding equipment.

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Salary analysis — United States

$35,910
10th
$38,900
25th
$47,810
Median
$59,870
75th
$71,730
90th

10th percentile

$35,910

25th percentile

$38,900

75th percentile

$59,870

90th percentile

$71,730

Most important skills

  • Repairing3.6
  • Active Listening3.6
  • Critical Thinking3.5
  • Troubleshooting3.4
  • Complex Problem Solving3.4
  • Equipment Maintenance3.3
  • Speaking3.3
  • Time Management3.3
  • Quality Control Analysis3.3
  • Equipment Selection3.3
  • Reading Comprehension3.1
  • Operations Monitoring3.1

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Select the skills you already have

Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 19 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

19

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Repairing3.63.1Not selected3.1
Troubleshooting3.43.3Not selected3.3
Critical Thinking3.53.1Not selected3.1
Active Listening3.63.0Not selected3.0
Complex Problem Solving3.43.1Not selected3.1
Speaking3.33.0Not selected3.0
Time Management3.33.0Not selected3.0
Quality Control Analysis3.33.0Not selected3.0
Equipment Selection3.33.0Not selected3.0
Reading Comprehension3.13.1Not selected3.1
Equipment Maintenance3.32.9Not selected2.9
Operations Monitoring3.13.0Not selected3.0
Monitoring3.03.0Not selected3.0
Active Learning3.03.0Not selected3.0
Writing3.03.0Not selected3.0
Coordination3.02.9Not selected2.9
Service Orientation3.02.9Not selected2.9
Judgment and Decision Making3.02.6Not selected2.6
Installation3.02.5Not selected2.5

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Waterbury, CT$64,100402025
Hartford, CT$63,4101702025
Manchester, NH$62,090702025
Modesto, CA$61,750902025
Los Angeles, CA$61,3402,6102025
CT$61,1903802025
Trenton, NJ$61,070702025
San Francisco, CA$60,7807902025
NH$60,5702602025
SD$59,7003002025
New York, NY$59,5303,4802025
Albany, NY$59,4801602025
Sioux Falls, SD$59,1801402025
Boston, MA$59,0809402025
San Jose, CA$59,0503402025
ND$58,7201602025
Fargo, ND$58,720902025
CA$58,2807,2502025
Baton Rouge, LA$58,1803002025
Rapid City, SD$57,730602025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.