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Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers

Makes, repairs and resizes jewelry, or fixes watches, clocks and cameras by hand.

Typical education to startHigh school diploma or equivalent
Job outlook2025–2035: -15%
Median pay$52,720 a year (2025)
Interest codeRC Realistic, Conventional

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Jewelers design and make rings and necklaces, set stones, resize and repair pieces, and some appraise gems. Watch and clock repairers take apart tiny mechanisms, clean and replace parts, and put them back together. Camera repairers fix lenses and electronics. The work is precise, done at a bench with magnifiers and small tools, often in a store or a small shop.

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Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.