Highest-paying Cities for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

The top 100 highest paying cities for musical instrument repairers and tuners (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of musical instrument repairers and tuners in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $58,610, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is the highest paying city for musical instrument repairers and tuners. It is followed by Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts (average annual salary $55,960). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of musical instrument repairers and tuners in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$58,610	$52,700	190
2	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$55,960	$37,390	110
3	Syracuse, New York	$54,870	$28,160	n/a
4	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$49,690	$29,510	50
5	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,850	$29,530	50
6	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$48,060	$27,230	60
7	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$47,750	$41,300	170
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$47,200	$31,680	340
9	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$47,180	$33,620	240
10	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$47,130	$33,060	40
11	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$46,300	$25,940	30
12	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$46,220	$29,730	60
13	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$45,960	$24,630	130
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$45,900	$35,140	220
15	Tacoma, Washington	$45,840	$20,250	120
16	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$45,060	$33,840	40
17	Modesto, California	$44,850	$27,070	n/a
18	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$43,610	$28,560	130
19	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$43,590	$22,990	n/a
20	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$42,900	$32,790	70
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$41,450	$26,280	140
22	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$39,860	$23,310	n/a
23	Wichita, Kansas	$39,850	$29,020	120
24	Amarillo, Texas	$39,790	$27,910	n/a
25	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$39,020	$22,830	60
26	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$38,850	$32,770	60
27	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$38,720	$18,700	n/a
28	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$38,600	$31,820	30
29	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$38,510	$25,370	260
30	El Paso, Texas	$38,430	$27,470	n/a
31	Richmond, Virginia	$38,270	$22,880	60
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$38,200	$19,000	370
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$38,100	$29,330	60
34	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$38,080	$21,800	n/a
35	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$37,780	$24,640	280
36	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$37,490	$29,610	120
37	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$37,320	$20,830	80
38	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,110	$31,240	40
39	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$36,960	$26,950	70
40	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$36,960	$29,660	290
41	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$36,910	$29,330	50
42	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$36,720	$26,520	360
43	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$36,350	$27,110	n/a
44	Toledo, Ohio	$36,210	$22,200	n/a
45	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$36,100	$18,800	160
46	Jacksonville, Florida	$36,040	$27,760	40
47	Memphis, Tennessee	$35,730	$21,120	60
48	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$35,400	$27,070	70
49	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$35,340	$27,120	240
50	Knoxville, Tennessee	$35,110	$24,280	60
51	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$34,720	$21,720	n/a
52	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$34,660	$20,310	40
53	Tucson, Arizona	$34,440	$27,820	60
54	Kansas City, Missouri	$34,390	$25,680	60
55	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$34,320	$22,810	50
56	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$34,300	$27,130	40
57	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$34,150	$26,110	50
58	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$33,910	$32,410	170
59	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$33,860	$27,050	n/a
60	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$33,710	$24,150	340
61	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$33,500	$27,650	80
62	Salem, Oregon	$33,150	$21,020	30
63	Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$32,990	$17,600	30
64	Provo-Orem, Utah	$32,910	$28,410	50
65	Columbia, South Carolina	$32,430	$21,400	n/a
66	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$32,250	$25,840	40
67	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$31,480	$26,070	40
68	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$31,160	$26,970	90
69	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$30,890	$21,980	50
70	Dayton, Ohio	$30,880	$17,940	n/a
71	Columbus, Ohio	$30,720	$21,640	40
72	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$30,460	$24,580	30
73	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$30,430	$22,940	80
74	Spokane, Washington	$30,240	$28,550	n/a
75	Akron, Ohio	$29,920	$19,140	110
76	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$29,880	$17,430	30
77	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$29,720	$19,670	160
78	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$29,710	$22,080	130
79	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$29,340	$18,100	300
80	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$29,320	$21,040	n/a
81	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$29,130	$21,930	190
82	St Louis, Missouri	$28,590	$27,930	110
83	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$28,380	$22,050	30
84	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$27,560	$21,880	n/a
85	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$27,420	$24,780	n/a
86	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$27,380	$20,940	n/a
87	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$27,370	$22,620	40
88	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$26,790	$22,710	n/a
89	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$26,390	$17,350	n/a
90	Topeka, Kansas	$24,300	$20,440	n/a
91	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$23,820	$20,600	40
92	Montgomery, Alabama	$23,400	$17,620	30
93	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$22,490	$20,360	30
94	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$19,830	$16,880	50
95	Rockford, Illinois	$18,850	$17,670	30
96	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$18,340	$16,250	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for musical instrument repairers and tuners.