Repairing Skills and Careers

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.3.l

Occupations reporting Repairing

Importance and level are O*NET scale values. Ordered by reported importance. A skill rating does not indicate hiring outcomes.

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Freight Forwarders1.50.6$52,260
Embalmers1.51.0$58,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers1.50.8$175,140
Detectives and Criminal Investigators1.50.6$93,790
Fish and Game Wardens1.50.9$74,060
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives1.50.8$106,040
Medical Assistants1.50.8$45,690
Occupational Therapy Aides1.50.8$39,160
Home Health Aides1.50.5—
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand1.50.9—
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists1.40.4$90,150
Web and Digital Interface Designers1.40.5$104,000
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers1.40.5$41,600
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers1.40.6$101,920
Materials Scientists1.40.4$117,790
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators1.40.4$122,890
Potters, Manufacturing1.40.6$46,170
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders1.40.4$41,590
Slaughterers and Meat Packers1.40.8$40,130
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers1.40.4$48,220
Physical Therapists1.40.6$102,760
Film and Video Editors1.40.5$75,420
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers1.40.8$69,990
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners1.40.4$72,420
Security Management Specialists1.4—$83,050
Set and Exhibit Designers1.40.4$75,240
Mechatronics Engineers1.40.8$122,930
Lodging Managers1.40.8$69,250
Log Graders and Scalers1.40.8$46,330
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary1.40.5$78,620
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators1.40.4$58,470
Insulation Workers, Mechanical1.40.4$58,340
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers1.40.6$44,080
Baristas1.40.6$31,200
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists1.40.4$50,290
Blockchain Engineers1.30.4$116,580
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers1.30.4$62,750
Parking Attendants1.30.3$35,150
Histology Technicians1.30.3—
Foresters1.30.3$76,400
General Internal Medicine Physicians1.30.4$256,560
Anesthesiologist Assistants1.30.5$135,880
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys1.30.3$47,340
Online Merchants1.30.3$83,050
Energy Auditors1.30.4$74,690
Materials Engineers1.30.3$112,860
Billing and Posting Clerks1.30.3$48,500
Library Assistants, Clerical1.30.3$36,910
Funeral Attendants1.30.3$35,680
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants1.30.3$36,300

Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.