Watch and Clock Repairers build repairing, operations monitoring and troubleshooting 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 Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters (82%).
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 | Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters | 82% | $62,620 | −7% | None |
| 2 | Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers | 75% | $56,210 | −16% | None |
| 3 | Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians | 72% | $57,550 | −14% | None |
| 4 | Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines | 68% | $65,510 | −3% | None |
| 5 | Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment | 67% | $74,090 | +10% | None |
| 6 | Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians | 66% | $56,550 | −16% | None |
| 7 | Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians | 65% | $79,870 | +19% | None |
| 8 | Model Makers, Metal and Plastic | 65% | $63,340 | −6% | None |
| 9 | Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers | 65% | $109,910 | +63% | None |
| 10 | Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay | 64% | $103,020 | +53% | None |
Compared with Watch and Clock Repairers, median $67,230. 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 watch and clock 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.
82% skill match · $62,620 · −7% pay
Programming · Time Management · Troubleshooting
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
75% skill match · $56,210 · −16% pay
Installation · Equipment Selection · Systems Analysis
72% skill match · $57,550 · −14% pay
Equipment Maintenance · Operation and Control · Troubleshooting
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters (82% skill match, median $62,620), Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers (75% skill match, median $56,210) and Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians (72% skill match, median $57,550), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 8 pay more than watch and clock repairers at the median. The biggest increases: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers (+63%, $109,910), Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay (+53%, $103,020) and Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment (+26%, $84,890).
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.