Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other · SOC 49-9069

Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other Salary in the Columbus Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Columbus, OH metro area

Figures describe the Columbus, OH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Columbus city limits.

Median annual wage$68,870
Median hourly wage$33.11

Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other in the Columbus, OH metro area earned a median of $68,870 per year ($33.11 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $58,490 at the 10th percentile to $101,350 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other in the Columbus metro area earn more than $68,870 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $58,490 and $84,320.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$58,490$58,490$68,870$84,320$101,350
Hourly$28.12$28.12$33.11$40.54$48.73

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Columbus metro areathis metro area
    $68,870 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $58,490 to $84,320
  • Ohiostate (OH)
    $80,200 median for Ohio; middle half earns $61,860 to $100,460
  • $68,990 median for United States; middle half earns $51,070 to $84,390

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −14% vs Ohio overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$33,870$62,880$91,890$120,900Pittsburgh, PA — $33,870Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $36,240Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,910Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $45,960Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $46,030Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $48,240Birmingham, AL — $48,920Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,340Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $52,880Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $54,300Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $55,410Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $57,830Portland-South Portland, ME — $57,860Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $58,240Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $58,980Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,320Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $59,760Tulsa, OK — $60,490Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,070Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $61,380Oklahoma City, OK — $61,670Omaha, NE-IA — $61,680Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,390Jacksonville, FL — $63,040Cleveland, OH — $63,910San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $64,360Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $64,990Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $66,500Columbus, OH — $68,870Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $70,830Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $71,350Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $71,600Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $73,640Warner Robins, GA — $73,690Richmond, VA — $74,300Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $75,030Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $75,120Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $76,320Topeka, KS — $77,360Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $79,440New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $79,520Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $81,220Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $82,200Knoxville, TN — $85,100Kansas City, MO-KS — $85,520San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $88,860San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $99,310Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $100,030Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $100,460Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $101,770San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $102,720Baton Rouge, LA — $104,470Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $120,900

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Columbus metro area has the 25th-highest published median for this occupation among the 53 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Columbus metro areathis page
    $68,870 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $58,490 to $84,320
  • $100,460 median for Cincinnati metro area; middle half earns $65,410 to $101,810
  • $81,220 median for Dayton metro area; middle half earns $80,410 to $97,610
  • $63,910 median for Cleveland metro area; middle half earns $57,320 to $82,640

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.