Career
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
Repair computers, ATMs and office machines.
$47,810
Median pay
-3.0%
Job growth, 2025–35
6,100
Openings a year
Some college, no degree
Typical education
Varies
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Travel to customers' stores or offices to service machines or to provide emergency repair service.
- Reassemble machines after making repairs or replacing parts.
- Advise customers concerning equipment operation, maintenance, or programming.
- Maintain parts inventories and order any additional parts needed for repairs.
- Converse with customers to determine details of equipment problems.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on objects & tools, then information & systems?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Travel to customers' stores or offices to service machines or to provide emergency repair service.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Active Listening, Repairing, Critical Thinking, Troubleshooting.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
Varies of education after high school (some college, no degree), for a median of $47,810 a year and 6,100 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Business Machine RepairCIP 47.0102
- Computer Installation and Repair Technology/TechnicianCIP 47.0104
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,090 · +0.3%
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians$67,820 · +4.8%
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$63,890 · -3.3%
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$78,190 · +2.4%
- Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$47,450 · -3.4%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.