Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

49-9063 Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Occupational Description:
Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning. Excludes “Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers" (49-2097) who repair electrical and electronic musical instruments.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2024

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	110	25	$20.14/hr	$14.29/hr	$14.84/hr	$18.96/hr	$23.18/hr	$24.46/hr

Leading Industries for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	110	$18.79/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A

Other Regional Data for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Central Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	20	$20.95/hr	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	80	$19.32/hr	1.1%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	90	$19.32/hr	N/A
Minnesota	110	$18.96/hr	0.8%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Medical Appliance Technicians	70	$25.88/hr	8.6%
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	N/A	N/A	N/A
Motorcycle Mechanics	280	$24.08/hr	7.2%

Task for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles.
Align pads and keys on reed or wind instruments.
Align pads and keys on reed or wind instruments.
Test tubes and pickups in electronic amplifier units, and solder parts and connections as necessary.
Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects.
Adjust string tensions to tune instruments, using hand tools and electronic tuning devices.
Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments.
Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.
Mix and measure glue that will be used for instrument repair.
Adjust felt hammers on pianos to increase tonal mellowness or brilliance, using sanding paddles, lacquer, or needles.