Home Appliance Maintenance Technician Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

A count of all the home appliance maintenance technicians in the US adds up to about 57,000 positions. The jobless rate for workers is rated as very low. Approximately 3% of employees were not able to obtain work in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Home appliance maintenance technicians are most common (per capita) in Colorado Springs (Colorado), Burlington (Vermont), and Haverhill (Massachusetts), and least common in Las Vegas (Nevada), Boston (Massachusetts), and Memphis (Tennessee).

Tucson (Arizona), Las Vegas (Nevada), and Columbus (Ohio) offer the highest pay for this career, and Colorado Springs (Colorado), Saginaw (Michigan), and Billings (Montana) offer the lowest salaries.

Training and Education

Long-term on-the-job training is suggested for those who want to pursue this career. About 7% of home appliance maintenance technicians have earned a degree. Those that started college, but did not earn a bachelor's degree, represent about 43% of workers. Employees with a high school education, but no college education, are about 50% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government stats show that 9% of home appliance maintenance technicians are working part-time. Workers who are self-employed total about 27%.

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Home Appliance Maintenance Technicians Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of home appliance maintenance technicians compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for home appliance maintenance technicians.

Alabama

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Birmingham$30,000180
Dothan$23,00040

Alaska

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Anchorage$41,00060

Arizona

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Phoenix$36,000800
Tucson$51,000120
Prescott$27,00040

California

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Santa Ana$47,000460
Sacramento$38,000290
Fresno$38,000220

Colorado

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Denver$35,000460
Colorado Springs$26,000340

Delaware

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Wilmington$35,00090

District of Columbia

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Washington$38,000440

Florida

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Orlando$36,000600
Tampa$37,000460
Miami$37,000420
West Palm Beach$46,000290
Jacksonville$42,000160
Fort Lauderdale$39,000160
Lakeland$40,00090
Deltona$33,00080
Gainesville$40,00030

Georgia

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Atlanta$37,000470
Augusta$32,000110
Columbus$30,00030

Hawaii

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Honolulu$33,00090

Idaho

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Boise$36,000110

Illinois

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Chicago$47,000710

Indiana

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Indianapolis$38,000300
Fort Wayne$41,00060

Iowa

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Iowa City$29,00070
Davenport$39,00060

Kansas

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Wichita$27,00080

Kentucky

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Lexington$28,000100

Louisiana

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Baton Rouge$35,000240

Maryland

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Baltimore$36,000290

Massachusetts

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Boston$40,000150
Haverhill$31,00080
Springfield$37,00050
Barnstable Town$48,00050

Michigan

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Warren$38,000270
Detroit$41,000260
Saginaw$27,00060
Holland60

Minnesota

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Minneapolis$48,000700

Missouri

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
St Louis$36,000540
Kansas City$39,000310
Springfield$31,000100

Montana

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Billings$21,00030

Nebraska

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Omaha$38,000150
Lincoln$36,00040

Nevada

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Las Vegas$51,000100

New Jersey

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Edison$45,000630
Newark$36,000460
Camden$36,000110

New Mexico

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Albuquerque$28,000150

New York

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
New York$34,0001,310
Nassau$40,000970
Buffalo$44,00070
Poughkeepsie$42,00030

North Carolina

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Greensboro$32,00090
Raleigh$35,00080

North Dakota

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Fargo$32,00060

Ohio

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Columbus$46,000270
Cincinnati$38,000190
Dayton$35,000110
Youngstown$32,00090

Oklahoma

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Tulsa$31,000100

Oregon

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Portland$37,000500

Pennsylvania

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Allentown$31,000380
Philadelphia$35,000290
Pittsburgh$37,000200
York$34,000170
Altoona$28,00050
Lebanon$43,00030

Rhode Island

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Providence$39,00080

South Carolina

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Columbia$29,000260
Charleston$28,00070

Tennessee

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Memphis$33,00040

Texas

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Houston$39,0001,040
Dallas$27,000460
Austin130
Mcallen$23,00060

Utah

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Salt Lake City$45,000200
Ogden$31,00090
Provo$38,00060

Vermont

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Burlington$32,000120

Virginia

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Richmond$36,000630
Virginia Beach$28,000180
Harrisonburg30
Lynchburg30

Washington

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Seattle$40,000590
Spokane$33,000150
Bremerton$34,00050

West Virginia

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Huntington$28,00030

Wisconsin

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Milwaukee$35,000330
Green Bay$32,00060

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