Jobs Similar to Watch and Clock Repairers
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to watch and clock repairers, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers, Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters and Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians.
Watch and Clock Repairers: $67,230 median pay · usual preparation: Training or associate.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
77% similar · $52,720 (−22%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 2Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
75% similar · $62,620 (−7%) · High school
- 3Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
74% similar · $57,550 (−14%) · Training or associate
- 4Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
74% similar · $47,880 (−29%) · High school
- 5Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
74% similar · $46,420 (−31%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 6Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
73% similar · $52,000 (−23%) · High school
- 7Motorcycle Mechanics
72% similar · $48,580 (−28%) · Training or associate
- 8Home Appliance Repairers
72% similar · $50,990 (−24%) · High school · Same group
- 9Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
71% similar · $47,450 (−29%) · High school · Same group
- 10Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
71% similar · $35,670 (−47%) · High school
- 11Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
70% similar · $46,170 (broader group) · High school
- 12Bicycle Repairers
70% similar · $42,780 (−36%) · High school
- 13Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
70% similar · $42,660 (−37%) · High school
- 14Automotive Body and Related Repairers
69% similar · $54,890 (−18%) · High school
- 15Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
69% similar · $56,550 (−16%) · Training or associate
- 16Medical Equipment Repairers
69% similar · $61,660 (−8%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 17Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
69% similar · $56,210 (−16%) · Training or associate
- 18Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
69% similar · $74,340 (+11%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 19Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
68% similar · $48,250 (−28%) · High school
- 20Tire Repairers and Changers
68% similar · $37,710 (−44%) · High school
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 watch and clock repairers.
Similar jobs that need less preparation
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters75% similar · High school
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics74% similar · High school
- Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians73% similar · High school
- Home Appliance Repairers72% similar · High school
- Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers71% similar · High school
- Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants71% similar · High school
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Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for watch and clock repairers also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
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Questions about jobs like watch and clock repairers
What jobs are most similar to watch and clock repairers?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers (77% similar), Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters (75% similar), Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians (74% similar), Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics (74% similar) and Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners (74% similar).
Which jobs like watch and clock repairers pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Control and Valve Installers and Repairers ($74,340, +11%; usually training or an associate degree) have the highest BLS median pay compared with watch and clock repairers ($67,230). Without more preparation than watch and clock repairers usually need: Control and Valve Installers and 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.