Precision instrument & equipment repairers

Detailed Occupation

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    2024 Workforce
    60.3k
    Average Age
    44.7
    Average Salary
    $66,107
    Average Male Salary
    $67,820
    Average Female Salary
    $51,350

    About

    Precision instrument & equipment repairers are most often employed by the Electronic & precision equipment repair and maintenance industry. The average yearly wage for Precision instrument & equipment repairers was $66,107 in 2024.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Precision instrument & equipment repairers workforce. Precision instrument & equipment repairers workforce in 2024 was 60,334 people, of which 10.4% were women and 89.6% were men.

    Precision instrument & equipment repairers are paid most in Subsistence Alaska PUMA, AK but are relatively concentrated in Philadelphia City (Central and Lower Northeast) PUMA, PA.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    54,061
    Male Workforce
    ± 5.71k
    6,273
    Female Workforce
    ± 1.94k

    The Precision instrument & equipment repairers workforce in 2024 was 60,334 people (10.4% women and 89.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of 6.24% between 2014 (56,791) and 2024 (60,334).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Precision instrument & equipment repairers.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($172,679), Louisiana ($96,575), and Vermont ($90,021).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $66,107
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #179 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Precision instrument & equipment repairers earned an average of $66,107, $3,770 less than the average national salary of $69,878

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.321
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Precision instrument & equipment repairers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.321, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Precision instrument & equipment repairers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Precision instrument & equipment repairers and on wages for those in the field. Electronic & precision equipment repair and maintenance is the industry that employs the most Precision instrument & equipment repairers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Precision instrument & equipment repairers, by average wage, is Oil & gas extraction ($173,250).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    60.3k
    2024 Workforce
    ± 6,029
    2.03%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 13.9%

    This graphic shows the share of Precision instrument & equipment repairers employed by various industries. Electronic & precision equipment repair and maintenance employs the largest share of Precision instrument & equipment repairers at 38.1%, followed by General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals with 27.4% and Personal & household goods repair & maintenance with 20.7%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Precision instrument & equipment repairers in the US. The workforce of Precision instrument & equipment repairers in 2024 was 60,334 people, with 10.4% woman, and 89.6% men. The average age of male Precision instrument & equipment repairers in the workforce is 44.7 and of female Precision instrument & equipment repairers is 44.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Precision instrument & equipment repairers is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Precision instrument & equipment repairers in 2024 was 60,334 people, with 10.4% woman, and 89.6% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (7,971 people), 40 to 44 years (6,474  people), and 55 to 59 years (6,460 people). Among them they concentrated 34.9% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 15.8% of Precision instrument & equipment repairers workers were Hispanic and 84.2% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (44.5%), Puerto Rican (23.2)%, and Cuban (5.99)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 70.3% of the Precision instrument & equipment repairers workforce were White, of which 9.36% were women and 90.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (10.7%) and Black (7.45%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Precision instrument & equipment repairers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Precision instrument & equipment repairers is Engineering but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Science Technologies.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Precision instrument & equipment repairers in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Engineering (2,168 people), Visual & Performing Arts (2,006 people), and Business (1,829 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Precision instrument & equipment repairers workers were Some college (15,671 people), High School or Equivalent (14,953 people), and Associates Degree (14,103 people).

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