Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers

Pay and outlook

Median annual wage, May 2025

$52,600

Half earn more, half earn less

Middle half earn

$44,490 – $67,300

25th to 75th percentile

People employed, May 2025

19,780

Wage and salary jobs (OEWS)

Projected change, 2025–35

+4.8%

At or above the all-jobs rate (3.5% to under 7%)

Openings a year (projected)

2,200

New jobs plus replacing people who leave

Typical education to enter

Postsecondary nondegree award

BLS

• All figures are for the United States as a whole. Pay varies a lot by state and city.
• Wages are for everyone working in the occupation in May 2025, at every career stage. They are not starting salaries or figures for new graduates.
• Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025–35. They are estimates, not promises. Openings include jobs that open up when people retire or change occupation, not just new jobs.

What the work involves

Install, repair, or adjust audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic entertainment equipment in homes or other venues. May perform routine maintenance.

Main tasks

• Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.
• Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes.
• Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.
• Position or mount speakers, and wire speakers to consoles.
• Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment.
• Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.
• Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals.
• Tune or adjust equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings.

Description and tasks from the O*NET® 31.0 Database.

Getting in

Typical education to enter (BLS)

Postsecondary nondegree award

Training once hired: short-term on-the-job training

O*NET Job Zone 3

Medium preparation

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Fields of study that lead here

From the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk, which links 1 programme to this occupation. A link means the programme prepares people for this kind of work. It doesn't mean the programme is required, or that it's the only route.

Related careers

Related occupations from the O*NET database, in its order.

• Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers

  $63,890 median · -3.3% projected

• Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

  $63,520 median · +1.2% projected

• Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

  $74,330 median · -3.4% projected

• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

  $74,090 median · +0.3% projected

• Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles

  $48,420 median · -14.5% projected

• Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers

  $47,810 median · -3% projected