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Home Appliance Repairers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$50,990
United States, 2025
Employment
32,150
United States, 2025
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.
- O*NET code
- 49-9031.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Bill customers for repair work, and collect payment.
- Observe and examine appliances during operation to detect specific malfunctions such as loose parts or leaking fluid.
- Talk to customers or refer to work orders to establish the nature of appliance malfunctions.
- Refer to schematic drawings, product manuals, and troubleshooting guides to diagnose and repair problems.
- Trace electrical circuits, following diagrams, and conduct tests with circuit testers and other equipment to locate shorts and grounds.
- Replace worn and defective parts such as switches, bearings, transmissions, belts, gears, circuit boards, or defective wiring.
- Provide repair cost estimates, and recommend whether appliance repair or replacement is a better choice.
- Disassemble appliances so that problems can be diagnosed and repairs can be made.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$36,190
25th percentile
$43,780
75th percentile
$63,390
90th percentile
$80,660
Most important skills
- Repairing3.9
- Critical Thinking3.8
- Troubleshooting3.6
- Equipment Maintenance3.6
- Speaking3.5
- Quality Control Analysis3.5
- Operations Monitoring3.5
- Active Listening3.4
- Reading Comprehension3.1
- Complex Problem Solving3.1
- Installation3.0
- Service Orientation3.0
What skills do you need?
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 15 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
15
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
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repairing | 3.9 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.6 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.5 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.8 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.5 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 3.6 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Active Listening | 3.4 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Speaking | 3.5 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.1 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Service Orientation | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Equipment Selection | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Installation | 3.0 | 2.4 | Not selected | 2.4 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Home Appliance RepairersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton, NJ | $86,940 | 40 | 2025 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $85,260 | 40 | 2025 |
| Racine, WI | $81,740 | 60 | 2025 |
| Virginia Beach, VA | $81,000 | 320 | 2025 |
| Anchorage, AK | $75,650 | 60 | 2025 |
| Hartford, CT | $74,360 | 140 | 2025 |
| MA | $70,750 | 550 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $69,610 | 380 | 2025 |
| NY | $65,190 | 2,110 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $65,190 | 2,560 | 2025 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $64,310 | 30 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $64,220 | 250 | 2025 |
| Naples, FL | $64,070 | 50 | 2025 |
| AK | $63,950 | 100 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $63,840 | 330 | 2025 |
| Waterbury, CT | $62,410 | 40 | 2025 |
| San Antonio, TX | $62,400 | 160 | 2025 |
| CT | $62,380 | 380 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | $62,370 | 120 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $61,870 | 530 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer 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.