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Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$62,620
United States, 2025
Employment
250
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
Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices such as digital clocks or timing devices with electrical or electronic components.
- O*NET code
- 51-2061.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Typical tasks
- Assemble and install components of timepieces to complete mechanisms, using watchmakers' tools and loupes.
- Observe operation of timepiece parts and subassemblies to determine accuracy of movement, and to diagnose causes of defects.
- Test operation and fit of timepiece parts and subassemblies, using electronic testing equipment, tweezers, watchmakers' tools, and loupes.
- Replace specified parts to repair malfunctioning timepieces, using watchmakers' tools, loupes, and holding fixtures.
- Disassemble timepieces such as watches, clocks, and chronometers so that repairs can be made.
- Clean and lubricate timepiece parts and assemblies, using solvents, buff sticks, and oil.
- Examine components of timepieces such as watches, clocks, or chronometers for defects, using loupes or microscopes.
- Bend parts, such as hairsprings, pallets, barrel covers, and bridges, to correct deficiencies in truing or endshake, using tweezers.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$27,880
25th percentile
$29,040
75th percentile
$72,740
90th percentile
$78,270
Most important skills
- Repairing3.4
- Troubleshooting3.3
- Quality Control Analysis3.3
- Operations Monitoring3.0
- Monitoring2.9
- Active Listening2.9
- Critical Thinking2.9
- Operation and Control2.8
- Equipment Maintenance2.8
- Social Perceptiveness2.8
- Speaking2.8
- Reading Comprehension2.8
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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 4 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
4
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repairing | 3.4 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.3 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.3 | 2.6 | Not selected | 2.6 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.0 | 2.5 | Not selected | 2.5 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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|---|---|---|---|
| PA | $71,770 | — | 2025 |
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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.