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Watch and Clock 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
$67,230
United States, 2025
Employment
1,310
United States, 2025
Typical education
Post-Secondary Certificate
Job Zone 3
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
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
- Experience required
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
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.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$34,240
25th percentile
$47,650
75th percentile
$91,490
90th percentile
$109,990
Most important skills
- Repairing3.9
- Operations Monitoring3.1
- Critical Thinking3.1
- Troubleshooting3.0
- Quality Control Analysis3.0
- Judgment and Decision Making3.0
- Speaking3.0
- Active Listening3.0
- Equipment Maintenance3.0
- Reading Comprehension2.9
- Complex Problem Solving2.9
- Social Perceptiveness2.8
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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 9 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
9
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repairing | 3.9 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 3.0 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Listening | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Speaking | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.1 | 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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Compare with Watch and Clock RepairersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $110,050 | — | 2025 |
| NY | $95,060 | — | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $95,060 | — | 2025 |
| Miami, FL | $82,270 | — | 2025 |
| FL | $81,850 | — | 2025 |
| VA | $80,410 | — | 2025 |
| MD | $62,440 | — | 2025 |
| TX | $59,950 | — | 2025 |
| PA | $59,880 | — | 2025 |
| CO | $49,990 | 60 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $49,990 | 40 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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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.