Jobs Similar to Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
Also called: Vending and Amusement Machine Repairers
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Home Appliance Repairers, Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians and Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics.
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers: $47,450 median pay · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Home Appliance Repairers
78% similar · $50,990 (+7%) · High school · Same group
- 2Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
77% similar · $56,550 (+19%) · Training or associate
- 3Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
77% similar · $50,620 (+7%) · Training or associate
- 4Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
77% similar · $57,550 (+21%) · Training or associate
- 5Medical Equipment Repairers
76% similar · $61,660 (+30%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 6Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
76% similar · $52,000 (+10%) · High school
- 7Motorcycle Mechanics
75% similar · $48,580 (+2%) · Training or associate
- 8Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
75% similar · $47,880 (+1%) · High school
- 9Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
74% similar · $109,910 (+132%) · Training or associate
- 10Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
74% similar · $65,510 (+38%) · Training or associate
- 11Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
73% similar · $47,810 (+1%) · High school
- 12Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
73% similar · $62,620 (+32%) · High school
- 13Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
73% similar · $51,320 (+8%) · High school · Same group
- 14Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
73% similar · $74,340 (+57%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 15Motion Picture Projectionists
72% similar · $38,270 (−19%) · High school
- 16Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
72% similar · $56,210 (+18%) · Training or associate
- 17Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
72% similar · $63,890 (+35%) · Training or associate
- 18Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
72% similar · $74,090 (+56%) · Training or associate
- 19Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
72% similar · $52,600 (+11%) · Training or associate
- 20Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
72% similar · $79,870 (+68%) · Training or associate
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters73% similar · $62,620 (+32%)
- Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians76% similar · $52,000 (+10%)
- Locksmiths and Safe Repairers73% similar · $51,320 (+8%)
- Home Appliance Repairers78% similar · $50,990 (+7%)
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics75% similar · $47,880 (+1%)
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers73% similar · $47,810 (+1%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
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Jobs that can lead here
Careers where coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers (83)
- Motion Picture Projectionists (76)
- Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians (76)
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics (75)
- Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants (72)
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer (71)
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers (69)
- Bicycle Repairers (66)
Questions about jobs like coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
What jobs are most similar to coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Home Appliance Repairers (78% similar), Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians (77% similar), Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (77% similar), Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians (77% similar) and Medical Equipment Repairers (76% similar).
Which jobs like coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers ($109,910, +132%; usually training or an associate degree), Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians ($79,870, +68%; usually training or an associate degree) and Control and Valve Installers and Repairers ($74,340, +57%; usually training or an associate degree) have the highest BLS median pay compared with coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers ($47,450). Without more preparation than coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers usually need: Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters, Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians and Locksmiths and Safe Repairers.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.