Bicycle Repairers build repairing, troubleshooting and service orientation skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Home Appliance Repairers (74%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Appliance Repairers | 74% | $50,990 | +19% | None |
| 2 | Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers | 73% | $56,210 | +31% | Certificate or associate |
| 3 | Locksmiths and Safe Repairers | 72% | $51,320 | +20% | None |
| 4 | Engine and Other Machine Assemblers | 72% | $53,710 | +26% | None |
| 5 | Mechanical Door Repairers | 71% | $55,720 | +30% | None |
| 6 | Riggers | 70% | $62,640 | +46% | None |
| 7 | Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers | 69% | $39,630 | −7% | None |
| 8 | Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters | 69% | $62,620 | +46% | None |
| 9 | Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | 69% | $35,670 | −17% | None |
| 10 | Millwrights | 69% | $65,700 | +54% | None |
Compared with Bicycle Repairers, median $42,780. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as bicycle repairers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
74% skill match · $50,990 · +19% pay
Operations Monitoring · Equipment Maintenance · Programming
73% skill match · $56,210 · +31% pay
Equipment Maintenance · Equipment Selection · Quality Control Analysis
72% skill match · $51,320 · +20% pay
Operation and Control · Programming
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Home Appliance Repairers (74% skill match, median $50,990), Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers (73% skill match, median $56,210) and Locksmiths and Safe Repairers (72% skill match, median $51,320), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 20 pay more than bicycle repairers at the median. The biggest increases: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers (+74%, $74,330), Watch and Clock Repairers (+57%, $67,230) and Millwrights (+54%, $65,700).
20 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.