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Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners Salary in Sacramento, CA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners in Sacramento, CA have a median annual salary of $45,240, with 30 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $38,760 at the 10th percentile to $67,270 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$45,240

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$21.75

Employment

30

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$38,760
10th
$39,200
25th
$45,240
Median
$47,900
75th
$67,270
90th

Local compared with national

Sacramento, CA

$45,240

Median annual · 2025

United States

$46,420

Median annual · 2025

The Sacramento, CA median is 2.5% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $1,180).

Top skills

  1. 1.Quality Control AnalysisImportance 3.9
  2. 2.TroubleshootingImportance 3.8
  3. 3.RepairingImportance 3.8
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.6
  5. 5.Service OrientationImportance 3.1
  6. 6.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.1
  7. 7.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.1
  8. 8.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.0
  9. 9.Active ListeningImportance 3.0
  10. 10.SpeakingImportance 3.0
  11. 11.Equipment SelectionImportance 3.0
  12. 12.Equipment MaintenanceImportance 3.0

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Post-Secondary Certificate
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Katsura Shareware KS Strobe Tuner
  • Katsura Shareware ProLevel
  • Katsura Shareware SoundFrames
  • Mensurix Audio
  • Reyburn CyberTuner
  • TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome
  • Tunable Instrument Tuner
  • TuneLab
  • Tunic OnlyPure
  • Veritune Verituner

Common tasks

  • Assemble and install new pipe organs and pianos in buildings.
  • Deliver pianos to purchasers or to locations of their use.
  • Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
  • Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.
  • Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
  • Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment.
  • Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.
  • Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary.
  • Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required.
  • Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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