Jobs Similar to Home Appliance Repairers
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to home appliance repairers, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians, Locksmiths and Safe Repairers and Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers.
Home Appliance Repairers: $50,990 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
- 1Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
79% similar · $57,550 (+13%) · Training or associate
- 2Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
78% similar · $51,320 (+1%) · High school · Same group
- 3Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
78% similar · $47,450 (−7%) · High school · Same group
- 4Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
78% similar · $48,420 (−5%) · Training or associate
- 5Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
78% similar · $50,620 (−1%) · Training or associate
- 6Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
77% similar · $47,810 (−6%) · High school
- 7Motorcycle Mechanics
77% similar · $48,580 (−5%) · Training or associate
- 8Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
77% similar · $56,550 (+11%) · Training or associate
- 9Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
77% similar · $47,880 (−6%) · High school
- 10Mechanical Door Repairers
77% similar · $55,720 (+9%) · High school · Same group
- 11Medical Equipment Repairers
76% similar · $61,660 (+21%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 12Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
75% similar · $35,670 (−30%) · High school
- 13Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
75% similar · $52,600 (+3%) · Training or associate
- 14Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
74% similar · $109,910 (+116%) · Training or associate
- 15Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
74% similar · $56,210 (+10%) · Training or associate
- 16Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
74% similar · $52,000 (+2%) · High school
- 17Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
74% similar · $74,340 (+46%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 18Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
74% similar · $52,720 (+3%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 19Bicycle Repairers
74% similar · $42,780 (−16%) · High school
- 20Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
73% similar · $74,330 (+46%) · High school · Same group
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 home appliance repairers.
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Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for home appliance repairers also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where home appliance repairers is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants (85)
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics (81)
- Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians (78)
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers (77)
- Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers (76)
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment (75)
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles (75)
- Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians (75)
- Bicycle Repairers (74)
- Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians (74)
Questions about jobs like home appliance repairers
What jobs are most similar to home appliance repairers?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians (79% similar), Locksmiths and Safe Repairers (78% similar), Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers (78% similar), Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers (78% similar) and Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics (78% similar).
Which jobs like home appliance repairers pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers ($109,910, +116%; usually training or an associate degree), Control and Valve Installers and Repairers ($74,340, +46%; usually training or an associate degree) and Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers ($74,330, +46%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with home appliance repairers ($50,990). Without more preparation than home appliance repairers usually need: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers, Mechanical Door Repairers and Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians.
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.