Also called: Electric Motor Repairers
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers build repairing, troubleshooting and equipment maintenance 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 Industrial Machinery Mechanics (92%).
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 | Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 92% | $64,520 | +15% | None |
| 2 | Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door | 92% | $74,340 | +32% | None |
| 3 | Maintenance Workers, Machinery | 88% | $60,850 | +8% | None |
| 4 | Engine and Other Machine Assemblers | 86% | $53,710 | −4% | None |
| 5 | Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines | 86% | $65,510 | +17% | None |
| 6 | Rail Car Repairers | 86% | $67,530 | +20% | None |
| 7 | Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics | 85% | $50,620 | −10% | None |
| 8 | Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers | 83% | $109,910 | +96% | None |
| 9 | Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians | 83% | $57,550 | +2% | None |
| 10 | Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers | 82% | $65,380 | +16% | None |
Compared with Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers, median $56,210. 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 electric motor, power tool, and related repairers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
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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.
92% skill match · $64,520 · +15% pay
Operation and Control · Operations Monitoring · Operations Analysis
92% skill match · $74,340 · +32% pay
88% skill match · $60,850 · +8% pay
Operation and Control · Operations Analysis · Operations Monitoring
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Industrial Machinery Mechanics (92% skill match, median $64,520), Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door (92% skill match, median $74,340) and Maintenance Workers, Machinery (88% skill match, median $60,850), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 19 pay more than electric motor, power tool, and related repairers at the median. The biggest increases: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers (+96%, $109,910), Ship Engineers (+95%, $109,530) and Signal and Track Switch Repairers (+64%, $92,460).
25 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.