Installation & Repair

Home Appliance Repairers

SOC 49-9031

Diagnose and fix the appliances people rely on at home.

The job

Median pay

$51k

$44k to $63k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing

+1.9% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

High school

Our model

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

7/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

14th pct

More exposed than 14% of occupations · modeled estimate · 42nd pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

52/100

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Key skills

Critical Thinking
Speaking
Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Active Learning
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Florida	3,000	0.3	1.5×	$57k
California	2,760	0.2	0.7×	$58k
Texas	2,200	0.2	0.8×	$49k
New York	2,110	0.2	1.1×	$65k
Illinois	1,730	0.3	1.4×	$57k
New Jersey	1,200	0.3	1.4×	$55k
Michigan	1,050	0.2	1.1×	$52k
Indiana	1,030	0.3	1.6×	$47k
Pennsylvania	1,010	0.2	0.8×	$52k
Arizona	990	0.3	1.5×	$48k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
North Carolina	960	0.2	0.9×	$47k
Missouri	890	0.3	1.5×	$49k
Virginia	870	0.2	1.0×	$60k
Washington	800	0.2	1.1×	$58k
Ohio	730	0.1	0.6×	$47k
Tennessee	690	0.2	1.0×	$50k
Oregon	680	0.3	1.7×	$51k
Georgia	670	0.1	0.7×	$50k
Maryland	570	0.2	1.0×	$58k
Colorado	550	0.2	0.9×	$52k
Massachusetts	550	0.2	0.7×	$71k
Minnesota	540	0.2	0.9×	$61k
Wisconsin	520	0.2	0.8×	$52k
Connecticut	380	0.2	1.1×	$62k
South Carolina	380	0.2	0.8×	$47k
Utah	360	0.2	1.0×	$49k
Nevada	328	0.2	1.0×	$48k~
Kansas	310	0.2	1.0×	$39k
Louisiana	310	0.2	0.8×	$49k
Alabama	280	0.1	0.6×	$50k
Oklahoma	280	0.2	0.8×	$40k
Idaho	260	0.3	1.5×	$46k
Nebraska	260	0.3	1.2×	$46k
Hawaii	240	0.4	1.9×	$58k
Arkansas	230	0.2	0.8×	$39k
Mississippi	220	0.2	0.9×	$36k
Iowa	210	0.1	0.7×	$44k
Kentucky	200	0.1	0.5×	$50k
New Hampshire	200	0.3	1.4×	$54k
Wyoming	170	0.6	2.9×	$44k
Maine	160	0.2	1.2×	$47k
New Mexico	150	0.2	0.8×	$37k
Montana	130	0.3	1.2×	$47k
Alaska	100	0.3	1.5×	$64k
South Dakota	100	0.2	1.1×	$47k
West Virginia	80	0.1	0.6×	$36k
Delaware	60	0.1	0.6×	$53k
Rhode Island	60	0.1	0.6×	$50k
Vermont	60	0.2	0.9×	$59k
Washington DC	57	0.1	0.4×	$62k~
North Dakota	50	0.1	0.6×	$49k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,560 jobs · $65k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,430 jobs · $60k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA960 jobs · $61k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL880 jobs · $57k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX870 jobs · $49k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ740 jobs · $48k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA530 jobs · $62k median
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL500 jobs · $58k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.