Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners · SOC 49-9063

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tunerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for musical instrument repairers and tuners. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 28 metro areas

Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$63,800	30	0.1
2	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$61,490	60	0.3
3	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$61,300	240	0.2
4	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$59,250	50	0.0
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,730	310	0.0
6	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$58,170	150	0.0
7	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$55,470	Not published	Not published
8	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$53,110	170	0.0
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$51,880	160	0.1
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$50,090	70	0.0
11	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$49,950	120	0.0
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$47,820	60	0.0
13	St. Louis, MO-IL	$47,760	50	0.0
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$47,580	190	0.0
15	Kansas City, MO-KS	$47,180	50	0.1
16	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$47,150	50	0.0
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$45,600	80	0.1
18	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$45,260	30	0.0
19	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$45,240	30	0.0
20	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$45,080	80	0.0
21	Cleveland, OH	$44,570	50	0.0
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$43,700	70	0.0
23	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$43,670	40	0.0
24	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$43,380	40	0.0
25	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$42,040	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.