Installation & Repair
Musical Instrument Repairers
SOC 49-9063
Repair and restore musical instruments, from pianos to woodwinds.
The job
Median pay
$46k
$38k to $58k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+1.9% projected
Openings a year
600
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
12/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
24th pct
More exposed than 24% of occupations · modeled estimate · 47th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
51/100
Key skills
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Writing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 580 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $48k |
| California | 520 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $48k |
| Tennessee | 300 | 0.1 | 2.6× | $59k |
| New York | 270 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $53k |
| Pennsylvania | 240 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $48k |
| Ohio | 230 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $40k |
| Michigan | 210 | 0.0 | 1.4× | $60k |
| Illinois | 200 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $49k |
| New Jersey | 200 | 0.0 | 1.4× | $59k |
| Wisconsin | 180 | 0.1 | 1.8× | $47k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 179 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $43k~ |
| Maryland | 160 | 0.1 | 1.7× | $55k |
| Indiana | 150 | 0.0 | 1.4× | $38k |
| Washington | 150 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $43k |
| Florida | 140 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $44k |
| Massachusetts | 130 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $47k |
| Virginia | 120 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $45k |
| Arizona | 110 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $38k |
| Missouri | 110 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $47k |
| Georgia | 100 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $30k |
| Minnesota | 100 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $44k |
| Iowa | 90 | 0.1 | 1.7× | $39k |
| Maine | 90 | 0.1 | 4.1× | $49k |
| Nevada | 90 | 0.1 | 1.7× | $39k |
| South Carolina | 90 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $45k |
| Louisiana | 85 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $41k~ |
| Kentucky | 83 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $45k~ |
| Kansas | 80 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $44k |
| Colorado | 70 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $44k |
| Oklahoma | 60 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $31k |
| Utah | 60 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $50k |
| Arkansas | 55 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $39k~ |
| Mississippi | 52 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $24k~ |
| Alabama | 40 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $44k~ |
| Connecticut | 40 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $53k |
| Nebraska | 40 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $46k~ |
| Oregon | 40 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $55k |
| Idaho | 35 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $44k~ |
| New Mexico | 33 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $40k~ |
| North Dakota | 30 | 0.1 | 2.0× | $47k |
| West Virginia | 30 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $39k |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $48k~ |
| Hawaii | 23 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $51k~ |
| Montana | 21 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $46k~ |
| South Dakota | 18 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $46k~ |
| Alaska | 17 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $58k~ |
| Wyoming | 15 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $48k~ |
| Delaware | 14 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $48k~ |
| Rhode Island | 14 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $47k~ |
| Vermont | 10 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $47k~ |
| Washington DC | 9 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $56k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ310 jobs · $59k median
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN240 jobs · $61k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA190 jobs · $48k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX170 jobs · $53k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV160 jobs · $52k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN150 jobs · $58k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD120 jobs · $50k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA80 jobs · $30k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Musical Instrument Repairers interactively →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.