Watch and Clock Repairers Career, Salary and Skills
Watch and Clock Repairers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $67,230 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 1,310. Wage data is published for 10 locations.
Occupation description
Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks. Includes watchmakers, watch technicians, and mechanical timepiece repairers.
O*NET code
49-9064.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Post-Secondary Certificate
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$67,230
Hourly median
$32.32
Employment
1,310
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Repairing | 3.88 | 3.50 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.12 | 2.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.00 | 3.12 |
| Speaking | 3.00 | 2.75 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 3.00 | 3.12 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Active Listening | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 2.88 | 2.88 |
Typical tasks
- Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines.
- Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers.
- Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers.
- Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes.
- Oil moving parts of timepieces.
- Estimate repair costs and timepiece values.
- Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools.
- Test timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments.
Technology
- GrenSoft WorkTracer
- IBM Lotus Notes
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Word
- Sage Software Sage50
- SAP software
- Upland Consulting Group Repair Traq
- WatchWare Repair Shop
Watch and Clock Repairers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in COMedian $49,990 · Employment 60
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in Denver, COMedian $49,990 · Employment 40
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in FLMedian $81,850 · Employment —
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in VAMedian $80,410 · Employment —
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in PAMedian $59,880 · Employment —
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in CAMedian $110,050 · Employment —
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in NYMedian $95,060 · Employment —
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in MDMedian $62,440 · Employment —
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in TXMedian $59,950 · Employment —
- Watch and Clock Repairers Salary in Miami, FLMedian $82,270 · 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.