Household Appliance Servicers

Median Salary: $34,200

Many household appliance servicers across the country share a handful of important professional traits. For example, stress tolerance, independence, and attention to detail can be crucial for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 34,670 folks were employed as household appliance servicers nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's vital to develop these characteristics and receive top-notch training, particularly if you're planning to move forward in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for household appliance servicers in the U.S. was $34,200 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $16.40. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about household appliance servicers, including wages and job density for areas all over the country.

Household appliance servicers should be skilled in:

  • Oral Comprehension
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Control Precision
  • Visualization
  • Flexibility of Closure

Different folks go into different careers; household appliance servicers are typically:

  • Realistic
  • Conventional
  • Investigative

Working as a household appliance servicer requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Mechanical
  • English Language

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of folks employed as household appliance servicers). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of household appliance servicers in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area Employees Median
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Birmingham 130 $31,000 $14.90 $35,700 $17.20 1.5%
Dothan 30 $23,800 $11.40 $25,700 $12.30 124.5%
Huntsville 40 $33,400 $16.00 $37,100 $17.90 -24.5%
Montgomery NA $23,400 $11.20 $35,600 $17.10 NA
Alaska
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Anchorage 80 $43,000 $20.70 $53,500 $25.70 78.1%
Arizona
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Phoenix 800 $38,400 $18.50 $44,200 $21.30 72.1%
Tucson 140 $58,100 $27.90 $66,200 $31.80 50.2%
Arkansas
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Fayetteville NA $23,500 $11.30 $25,600 $12.30 NA
Little Rock NA $35,300 $17.00 $47,800 $23.00 NA
California
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Los Angeles (Area) 840 $39,600 $19.00 $49,800 $24.00 -25.7%
Riverside NA $45,500 $21.90 $49,800 $24.00 NA
Sacramento 290 $38,300 $18.40 $45,800 $22.00 27.9%
San Diego NA $33,900 $16.30 $37,800 $18.20 NA
San Francisco (Area) NA $42,700 $20.50 $49,600 $23.80 NA
San Francisco (City) NA $42,700 $20.50 $49,600 $23.80 NA
San Jose NA $46,900 $22.50 $50,300 $24.20 NA
Colorado
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Boulder NA $38,200 $18.40 $42,400 $20.40 NA
Colorado Springs 200 $40,700 $19.60 $48,000 $23.10 203.4%
Denver 640 $36,300 $17.50 $43,800 $21.10 98.1%
Fort Collins 30 $46,800 $22.50 $55,300 $26.60 -5.7%
Connecticut
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Bridgeport 120 $39,200 $18.80 $47,900 $23.00 11.3%
Hartford NA $24,100 $11.60 $46,400 $22.30 NA
Norwich NA $24,600 $11.80 $30,700 $14.70 NA
District of Columbia
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Washington (Area) 560 $32,900 $15.80 $45,000 $21.60 -8.7%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
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Bradenton 120 $33,500 $16.10 $56,400 $27.10 80.4%
Cape Coral 110 $40,700 $19.60 $47,100 $22.70 105.3%
Deltona 40 $30,000 $14.40 $37,600 $18.10 6.4%
Jacksonville 310 $39,500 $19.00 $45,800 $22.00 100.4%
Lakeland 70 $39,900 $19.20 $53,500 $25.70 38.1%
Miami (Area) NA $34,300 $16.50 $41,200 $19.80 NA
Orlando 310 $32,100 $15.40 $40,800 $19.60 19.2%
Palm Bay NA $36,000 $17.30 $39,600 $19.10 NA
Port St. Lucie NA $18,400 $8.80 $21,700 $10.50 NA
Tallahassee 40 $34,800 $16.70 $51,200 $24.60 -5.7%
Tampa 550 $30,500 $14.70 $37,500 $18.00 81.9%
Georgia
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Atlanta 360 $32,600 $15.70 $48,500 $23.30 -41.1%
Augusta 50 $30,300 $14.60 $32,900 $15.80 1.1%
Macon 50 $30,200 $14.50 $49,700 $23.90 83.8%
Hawaii
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Honolulu 80 $36,000 $17.30 $49,500 $23.80 -27.5%
Idaho
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Boise City NA $31,200 $15.00 $39,000 $18.80 NA
Illinois
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Bloomington NA $32,000 $15.40 $40,600 $19.50 NA
Chicago (Area) NA $34,600 $16.60 $44,800 $21.50 NA
Peoria NA $29,500 $14.20 $35,100 $16.90 NA
Rockford 40 $35,600 $17.10 $40,100 $19.30 -5.7%
Indiana
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Bloomington NA $23,000 $11.10 $28,200 $13.60 NA
Elkhart NA $28,700 $13.80 $38,300 $18.40 NA
Evansville 110 $38,300 $18.40 $41,500 $20.00 141.1%
Fort Wayne NA $43,800 $21.10 $49,700 $23.90 NA
Indianapolis 280 $43,000 $20.70 $48,700 $23.40 21.5%
Iowa
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Davenport 50 $40,000 $19.20 $47,400 $22.80 2.6%
Des Moines NA $38,400 $18.50 $46,000 $22.10 NA
Dubuque NA $42,000 $20.20 $44,900 $21.60 NA
Iowa City 90 $32,300 $15.50 $41,100 $19.70 309.4%
Sioux City NA $40,100 $19.30 $44,900 $21.60 NA
Kansas
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Wichita 60 $29,500 $14.20 $40,000 $19.30 -26.4%
Kentucky
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Lexington 70 $23,200 $11.20 $28,800 $13.90 9.8%
Louisville 250 $41,500 $20.00 $48,700 $23.40 61.9%
Louisiana
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Baton Rouge 330 $37,300 $17.90 $43,500 $20.90 243.4%
Houma 30 $31,300 $15.00 $38,200 $18.40 26%
New Orleans NA $26,100 $12.50 $35,900 $17.30 NA
Maine
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Bangor 30 $28,700 $13.80 $39,500 $19.00 95.1%
Portland NA $37,100 $17.80 $44,500 $21.40 NA
Maryland
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Baltimore 330 $32,500 $15.60 $43,200 $20.80 -2.3%
Hagerstown NA $31,700 $15.20 $34,900 $16.80 NA
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
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Barnstable Town 50 $54,400 $26.10 $64,700 $31.10 87.9%
Boston (Area) 200 $32,100 $15.40 $45,800 $22.00 -54.7%
Springfield 60 $37,600 $18.10 $48,200 $23.20 -19.6%
Worcester 40 $28,100 $13.50 $36,300 $17.50 -39.2%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
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Ann Arbor NA $39,400 $18.90 $47,700 $22.90 NA
Detroit (Area) 570 $36,800 $17.70 $50,300 $24.20 22.3%
Grand Rapids 70 $31,700 $15.30 $44,600 $21.40 -24.5%
Holland 50 $40,700 $19.60 $50,000 $24.00 83%
Kalamazoo NA $24,100 $11.60 $25,900 $12.40 NA
Lansing NA $38,600 $18.60 $47,300 $22.80 NA
Niles NA $30,900 $14.80 $41,700 $20.10 NA
Saginaw NA $18,200 $8.80 $28,300 $13.60 NA
Minnesota
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Duluth 40 $46,800 $22.50 $51,700 $24.90 7.2%
Minneapolis 550 $37,900 $18.20 $43,800 $21.10 19.6%
Missouri
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Kansas City 390 $32,900 $15.80 $42,100 $20.20 48.3%
Springfield 50 $29,700 $14.30 $37,000 $17.80 8.7%
St. Louis 500 $39,100 $18.80 $45,900 $22.10 44.5%
Montana
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Billings NA $25,100 $12.10 $28,200 $13.60 NA
Nebraska
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Omaha 230 NA NA NA NA 90.9%
Nevada
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Carson City NA $30,100 $14.50 $40,600 $19.50 NA
Las Vegas 140 $52,900 $25.40 $59,400 $28.60 -37%
New Jersey
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Atlantic City 30 $37,200 $17.90 $48,500 $23.30 -13.2%
New Mexico
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Albuquerque NA $25,300 $12.20 $29,600 $14.20 NA
New York
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Albany NA $33,900 $16.30 $36,200 $17.40 NA
Buffalo 60 $40,900 $19.70 $52,700 $25.30 -60%
New York (Area) 2,790 $38,000 $18.30 $49,300 $23.70 52.5%
Poughkeepsie 50 $36,000 $17.30 $49,200 $23.70 -30.2%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
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Asheville 50 $39,600 $19.00 $50,300 $24.20 9.8%
Charlotte NA $30,700 $14.80 $38,700 $18.60 NA
Durham NA $31,400 $15.10 $36,500 $17.60 NA
Greensboro 100 $32,400 $15.60 $37,500 $18.00 5.7%
Raleigh 210 $37,900 $18.20 $43,500 $20.90 59.2%
Wilmington NA $30,900 $14.90 $33,000 $15.90 NA
North Dakota
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Fargo 40 $36,000 $17.30 $40,500 $19.50 39.2%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
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Akron 80 $33,600 $16.10 $39,400 $19.00 -3.4%
Cleveland 110 $32,800 $15.80 $39,500 $19.00 -58.9%
Columbus 190 $33,500 $16.10 $41,400 $19.90 -20.4%
Dayton 110 $35,000 $16.80 $50,000 $24.10 7.2%
Lima NA $24,800 $11.90 $28,500 $13.70 NA
Youngstown 70 $32,600 $15.70 $39,700 $19.10 20.4%
Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City 160 $29,800 $14.40 $42,600 $20.50 9.8%
Tulsa 80 $31,000 $14.90 $34,800 $16.70 -29.8%
Oregon
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Bend NA $25,400 $12.20 $38,700 $18.60 NA
Eugene NA $27,700 $13.30 $32,200 $15.50 NA
Portland 610 $36,000 $17.30 $45,600 $21.90 130.6%
Salem 110 $29,500 $14.20 $42,600 $20.50 184.9%
Pennsylvania
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Allentown NA $32,200 $15.50 $39,500 $19.00 NA
Erie NA $33,900 $16.30 $37,800 $18.20 NA
Harrisburg NA $47,500 $22.90 $52,500 $25.20 NA
Lancaster 90 $31,600 $15.20 $38,300 $18.40 54.3%
Lebanon 40 $45,100 $21.70 $54,600 $26.20 223.8%
Philadelphia (Area) 430 $33,300 $16.00 $45,100 $21.70 -38.9%
Pittsburgh 150 $37,300 $17.90 $40,300 $19.40 -49.1%
Reading 40 $35,600 $17.10 $45,900 $22.10 -12.8%
Scranton 100 $24,600 $11.90 $29,200 $14.00 50.6%
York NA $32,600 $15.70 $39,000 $18.80 NA
Rhode Island
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Providence NA $44,000 $21.20 $48,200 $23.20 NA
South Carolina
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Charleston NA $25,000 $12.00 $28,800 $13.90 NA
Columbia NA $26,700 $12.80 $33,700 $16.20 NA
Tennessee
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Knoxville 70 $26,300 $12.60 $36,900 $17.70 -16.6%
Memphis 30 $33,100 $15.90 $46,600 $22.40 -80.4%
Nashville 50 $34,200 $16.50 $40,300 $19.40 -75.5%
Texas
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Dallas (Area) NA NA NA NA NA NA
El Paso 70 $19,200 $9.30 $23,500 $11.30 -3%
Houston 950 $39,700 $19.10 $45,900 $22.10 39.2%
McAllen 40 $19,700 $9.50 $28,000 $13.50 -37%
Odessa 30 $34,100 $16.40 $40,800 $19.60 98.1%
San Antonio NA $40,800 $19.60 $46,300 $22.30 NA
Victoria NA $26,500 $12.70 $30,200 $14.50 NA
Utah
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Ogden 70 $34,200 $16.50 $44,400 $21.40 37.7%
Provo 50 $33,000 $15.90 $39,200 $18.90 10.6%
St. George NA $28,400 $13.70 $32,100 $15.40 NA
Vermont
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Burlington NA $32,700 $15.70 $39,800 $19.10 NA
Virginia
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Charlottesville NA $25,300 $12.20 $30,100 $14.50 NA
Harrisonburg 40 $30,500 $14.70 $35,100 $16.90 160.8%
Richmond 570 $38,200 $18.40 $46,100 $22.10 259.2%
Roanoke NA $32,000 $15.40 $36,100 $17.40 NA
Virginia Beach 250 $31,800 $15.30 $37,300 $17.90 27.9%
Washington
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Bremerton 50 $38,100 $18.30 $50,000 $24.00 110.9%
Seattle (Area) 630 $39,100 $18.80 $44,100 $21.20 26%
Spokane 130 $35,500 $17.10 $39,500 $19.00 147.2%
West Virginia
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Huntington 40 $28,900 $13.90 $34,300 $16.50 20%
Wisconsin
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Appleton NA $32,300 $15.50 $35,600 $17.10 NA
Green Bay NA $33,200 $16.00 $44,800 $21.50 NA
Madison 60 $33,200 $16.00 $43,000 $20.70 -27.2%
Milwaukee 320 $33,700 $16.20 $38,300 $18.40 47.2%