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Also called appliance repairer, electric tool repairer, electrical appliance repairer and gas appliance repairer.
$50,990
Median pay a year
32,150
People do this work
6
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Home Appliance Repairer
Summary
Home appliance repairer repairing and installing electric and gas household appliances, including refrigerators, washers, and ovens, while diagnosing issues and replacing worn parts
Experience
Home Appliance Repairer
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Serviced and repaired domestic electrical and gas appliances like refrigerators and stoves
Talked to customers to find out what problems their appliances had
Observed and examined appliances to find issues like loose parts or leaks
Replaced worn parts such as switches, belts, and circuit boards
Used diagrams and manuals to diagnose and fix appliance problems
Installed appliances and connected them to gas lines or plumbing
Recorded maintenance and repair work done on appliances
Skills
Hands-On Work
Cleaning equipment, Connecting hoses, Adjusting equipment, Leveling machines or equipment
Core Skills
Observing equipment in operation, Inspecting gas systems, Installing piping, Reading work orders or descriptions, Reading needed technical information, Driver's license, Inspecting systems
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Billed customers for repairsChecked appliances for problemsTalked to customers about issuesUsed manuals to fix problemsReplaced broken parts in appliancesServiced and repaired home appliances
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Billed customers for repair services and collected payments, ensuring accurate transactions.
Communicated with customers to understand appliance issues and provided clear explanations of repair processes.
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Billed most customers each week for repair services and collected payments, ensuring accurate transactions
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Most customers each weekSeveral times a dayA few each shift
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Communicated with customers to understand appliance issues and provided clear explanations of repair processes.
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Fewer follow-up questions from customersFaster understanding of issuesBetter customer satisfaction ratings
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Cleaning equipment
Observing equipment in operation
Inspecting gas systems
Connecting hoses
Installing piping
Adjusting equipment
Leveling machines or equipment
Reading work orders or descriptions
Reading needed technical information
Inspecting systems
Testing mechanical equipment
Testing electrical circuits
The work itself
What a Home Appliance Repairer does
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Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.
What it pays
How much does a Home Appliance Repairer make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$43,780
Median
$50,990
75th percentile
$63,390
About 32,150 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$42,630
$63,950
$75,660
AL
$37,050
$50,190
$55,140
AR
$29,310
$38,680
$45,410
AZ
$37,380
$47,800
$58,580
CA
$44,040
$58,480
$72,120
CO
$46,890
$52,220
$62,230
CT
$56,400
$62,380
$95,060
DE
$46,320
$53,390
$59,130
FL
$46,800
$57,280
$65,820
GA
$42,210
$49,500
$63,460
HI
$47,890
$58,300
$59,680
IA
$40,740
$44,090
$56,320
ID
$39,740
$45,650
$57,810
IL
$48,170
$56,860
$66,380
IN
$36,950
$47,080
$57,530
KS
$29,420
$38,840
$50,960
KY
$43,930
$49,710
$62,180
LA
$45,050
$49,240
$60,730
MA
$60,390
$70,750
$86,400
MD
$46,860
$57,860
$72,850
ME
$43,680
$46,500
$51,230
MI
$46,020
$52,160
$62,480
MN
$58,500
$61,360
$71,360
MO
$39,770
$48,530
$60,100
MS
$30,660
$35,890
$38,930
MT
$43,320
$47,130
$48,790
NC
$37,120
$47,270
$57,040
ND
$37,630
$48,720
$61,850
NE
$37,510
$45,620
$61,580
NH
$49,820
$53,640
$60,320
NJ
$43,780
$55,450
$94,930
NM
$31,970
$37,440
$47,270
NV
$46,800
$48,070
$58,960
NY
$44,760
$65,190
$77,900
OH
$40,160
$47,300
$62,400
OK
$36,440
$40,210
$53,290
OR
$45,740
$51,160
$60,850
PA
$46,770
$51,990
$60,880
PR
$29,370
$29,840
$31,490
RI
$50,170
$50,170
$63,950
SC
$39,870
$47,460
$58,580
SD
$38,480
$47,340
$57,250
TN
$45,500
$49,580
$58,800
TX
$40,490
$48,630
$59,140
UT
$38,140
$49,350
$62,400
VA
$47,420
$59,820
$81,000
VT
$45,720
$58,750
$77,990
WA
$48,840
$58,110
$63,470
WI
$47,840
$52,440
$64,480
WV
$29,490
$35,720
$42,180
WY
$38,260
$43,630
$47,330
Other names
Other names for this job
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More names for this work
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This page is about the occupation Home Appliance Repairers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.