Jobs Similar to Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to timing device assemblers and adjusters, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Motorcycle Mechanics, Engine and Other Machine Assemblers and Control and Valve Installers and Repairers.
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters: $62,620 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
- 1Motorcycle Mechanics
80% similar · $48,580 (−22%) · Training or associate
- 2Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
79% similar · $53,710 (−14%) · High school · Same group
- 3Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
79% similar · $74,340 (+19%) · Training or associate
- 4Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
79% similar · $57,550 (−8%) · Training or associate
- 5Automotive Body and Related Repairers
79% similar · $54,890 (−12%) · High school
- 6Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
78% similar · $47,880 (−24%) · High school
- 7Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
78% similar · $65,510 (+5%) · Training or associate
- 8Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
78% similar · $74,090 (+18%) · Training or associate
- 9Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
78% similar · $42,660 (−32%) · High school
- 10Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
78% similar · $49,080 (−22%) · High school
- 11Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
78% similar · $44,350 (−29%) · High school
- 12Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
78% similar · $39,630 (−37%) · High school
- 13Industrial Machinery Mechanics
78% similar · $64,520 (+3%) · Training or associate
- 14Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
77% similar · $56,210 (−10%) · Training or associate
- 15Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
77% similar · $52,000 (−17%) · High school
- 16Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
77% similar · $47,180 (−25%) · High school
- 17Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
77% similar · $56,550 (−10%) · Training or associate
- 18Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
77% similar · $46,330 (−26%) · High school
- 19Maintenance Workers, Machinery
77% similar · $60,850 (−3%) · Training or associate
- 20Machinists
77% similar · $58,750 (−6%) · 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
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Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for timing device assemblers and adjusters also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where timing device assemblers and adjusters is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians (82)
- Watch and Clock Repairers (82)
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers (79)
- Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (78)
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers (78)
- Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians (78)
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand (78)
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers (78)
- Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners (78)
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics (78)
Questions about jobs like timing device assemblers and adjusters
What jobs are most similar to timing device assemblers and adjusters?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Motorcycle Mechanics (80% similar), Engine and Other Machine Assemblers (79% similar), Control and Valve Installers and Repairers (79% similar), Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians (79% similar) and Automotive Body and Related Repairers (79% similar).
Which jobs like timing device assemblers and adjusters pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Control and Valve Installers and Repairers ($74,340, +19%; usually training or an associate degree), Electrical and Electronics Repairers (Commercial and Industrial Equipment) ($74,090, +18%; usually training or an associate degree) and Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics ($65,510, +5%; usually training or an associate degree) have the highest BLS median pay compared with timing device assemblers and adjusters ($62,620).
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.