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 2026

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	100	30	$21.13/hr	$17.06/hr	$18.07/hr	$21.87/hr	$22.67/hr	$22.92/hr

Leading Industries for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	100	$21.43/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
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
Southwest Balance of State	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
Southeast Balance of State	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
Central Minnesota	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	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
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	20	$24.15/hr	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	80	$22.28/hr	1.1%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	80	$22.28/hr	N/A
Minnesota	100	$21.87/hr	0.8%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Medical Appliance Technicians	N/A	$26.43/hr	8.6%
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	N/A	N/A	N/A
Motorcycle Mechanics	350	$28.81/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.