Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners salary

SOC 49-9063 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$46,420

per year, nationally

Middle half

$37,670–$58,430

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

5,380

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+1.4%

600 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$31,220$71,600

10th: $31,220
25th: $37,670
Median: $46,420
75th: $58,430
90th: $71,600

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Apprenticeship

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where musical instrument repairers and tuners earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Michigan	$59,570	96.2	210	1.40×
2	New Jersey	$58,730	108.8	200	1.35×
3	Tennessee	$58,730	91.9	300	2.67×
4	Maryland	$55,130	105.0	160	1.65×
5	Oregon	$54,800	103.4	40	0.65×
6	New York	$53,420	107.9	270	0.82×
7	Connecticut	$52,940	103.6	40	0.60×
8	Utah	$50,180	98.9	60	0.93×
9	Illinois	$49,250	100.0	200	0.95×
10	Maine	$48,530	97.0	90	3.93×
11	Texas	$48,250	97.1	580	1.18×
12	California	$47,580	110.7	520	0.82×
13	Pennsylvania	$47,520	97.6	240	1.14×
14	Missouri	$47,220	90.8	110	1.11×
15	Massachusetts	$46,820	105.8	130	1.00×
16	North Dakota	$46,780	89.0	30	2.13×
17	Wisconsin	$46,540	94.1	180	1.73×
18	Virginia	$45,140	101.1	120	0.84×
19	South Carolina	$44,870	93.7	90	1.11×
20	Minnesota	$44,230	98.6	100	1.01×
21	Florida	$44,030	103.4	140	0.40×
22	Kansas	$43,680	90.1	80	1.55×
23	Colorado	$43,670	103.1	70	0.68×
24	Washington	$43,330	107.0	150	1.22×
25	North Carolina	$42,970	94.3	—	—
26	Ohio	$39,900	92.8	230	1.18×
27	West Virginia	$38,920	89.5	30	1.26×
28	Iowa	$38,700	87.8	90	1.61×
29	Nevada	$38,500	100.0	90	1.68×
30	Indiana	$38,440	93.3	150	1.34×
31	Arizona	$37,850	100.7	110	1.01×
32	Oklahoma	$31,160	87.8	60	1.00×
33	Georgia	$29,640	96.3	100	0.61×
34	Mississippi	$23,980	87.0	—	—

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where musical instrument repairers and tuners wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for musical instrument repairers and tuners

The 28 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$63,800	100.0	30	2.49×
2	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$61,490	95.0	60	8.30×
3	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$61,300	96.3	240	6.38×
4	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$59,250	98.1	50	1.11×
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,730	112.6	310	0.95×
6	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$58,170	103.6	150	0.98×
7	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$55,470	104.5	—	—
8	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$53,110	103.1	170	1.22×
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$51,880	108.9	160	1.51×
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$50,090	108.3	70	0.80×
11	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$49,950	102.6	120	1.17×
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$47,820	105.4	60	1.35×
13	St. Louis, MO-IL	$47,760	95.1	50	0.99×
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$47,580	113.6	190	0.88×
15	Kansas City, MO-KS	$47,180	92.5	50	1.43×
16	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$47,150	100.3	50	0.78×
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$45,600	111.9	80	1.46×
18	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$45,260	97.3	30	0.71×
19	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$45,240	106.7	30	0.83×
20	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$45,080	104.8	80	1.20×
21	Cleveland, OH	$44,570	93.9	50	1.29×
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$43,700	111.1	70	1.03×
23	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$43,670	105.8	40	0.63×
24	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$43,380	106.4	40	0.59×
25	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$42,040	101.8	—	—
26	Pittsburgh, PA	$38,790	94.7	—	—
27	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$37,490	100.2	70	1.83×
28	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$29,570	100.1	80	0.80×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where musical instrument repairers and tuners wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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