Appliance Technicians Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

About 57,000 appliance technicians can be found working in the US. A very low unemployment level has been the case recently. Employees without jobs were about 3%.

Flexibility

Self-employed appliance technicians represent an estimated 27% of the total. Workers working part-time accounted for 9% of those employed in 2006.

Education

You'll generally want long-term on-the-job training for this career path. Of current appliance technicians, 7% graduated from college with degrees. Some 43% of workers attened college but did not go on to get a bachelor's degree. A high school education was sufficient for 50% of employees.

Local Outlook

Finding appliance technicians is easiest in Fond du Lac (Wisconsin), Lebanon (Pennsylvania), and Allentown (Pennsylvania), and by comparison more challenging in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), Santa Ana (California), and Des Moines (Iowa). The pay is best in Salinas (California), Tucson (Arizona), and Minneapolis (Minnesota) and worst in Colorado Springs (Colorado), Waco (Texas), and Oklahoma City (Oklahoma).

Detailed local employment conditions for Appliance Technicians in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for Appliance Technicians

Employment info for Appliance Technicians, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alabama	Birmingham	0.85	90	$31,000
Alaska	Anchorage	1.62	50	$40,000
Arizona	Phoenix	1.73	680	$38,000
Arizona	Tucson	1.05	80	$43,000
California	Los Angeles	1.14	980	$38,000
California	Oakland	0.71	150	$37,000
California	Sacramento	0.92	170	$45,000
California	Salinas	1.35	40	$49,000
California	San Diego	0.99	270	$38,000
California	San Francisco	1.79	360	$41,000
California	Santa Ana	0.69	220	$31,000
Colorado	Colorado Springs	4.52	230	$24,000
Colorado	Denver	1.21	310	$43,000
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1.58	140	$40,000
District of Columbia	Washington	0.9	430	$38,000
Florida	Deltona	1.93	60	$32,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1.63	250	$34,000
Florida	Jacksonville	1.12	140	$35,000
Florida	Miami	2.58	530	$38,000
Florida	Ocala	2.73	50	$24,000
Florida	Orlando	2.56	560	$38,000
Florida	Panama City	2.34	30	$26,000
Florida	Tampa	2.17	560	$34,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	2.52	290	$44,000
Georgia	Atlanta	1.01	500	$32,000
Hawaii	Honolulu	2.44	210	$36,000
Illinois	Chicago	1.26	1,000	$48,000
Illinois	Rockford	1.72	50	$31,000
Indiana	Evansville	2.93	100	$37,000
Indiana	Fort Wayne	1.64	70	$40,000
Indiana	Indianapolis	1.76	320	$36,000
Indiana	Lafayette	4.35	60	$39,000
Iowa	Davenport	1.7	60	$35,000
Iowa	Des Moines	0.62	40	$40,000
Kansas	Wichita	1.49	90	$23,000
Kentucky	Lexington	1.24	60	$32,000
Louisiana	Lafayette	2.27	60	$25,000
Maryland	Baltimore	1.1	290	$41,000
Massachusetts	Boston	0.86	300	$40,000
Michigan	Detroit	1.19	180	$44,000
Michigan	Kalamazoo	3.66	100	$35,000
Michigan	Saginaw	2.64	40	$26,000
Michigan	Warren	1.21	290	$39,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	1.93	720	$47,000
Missouri	Kansas City	1.77	370	$40,000
Missouri	Springfield	2.37	90	$31,000
Missouri	St Louis	3.05	850	$40,000
Nebraska	Lincoln	1.63	50	$30,000
Nebraska	Omaha	2.38	220	$33,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	0.78	150	$46,000
New Jersey	Edison	2.58	540	$46,000
New Jersey	Newark	3.48	720	$39,000
New Mexico	Albuquerque	1.41	110	$28,000
New York	Nassau	4.03	1,030	$37,000
New York	New York	1.17	1,220	$33,000
North Carolina	Charlotte	1.79	320	$31,000
North Carolina	Greensboro	1.33	100	$30,000
North Dakota	Fargo	2.74	60	$29,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	1.32	280	$32,000
Ohio	Columbus	1.38	260	$45,000
Ohio	Lima	4.12	40	$25,000
Ohio	Toledo	1.69	110	$39,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	0.7	80	$22,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	1.86	160	$33,000
Oregon	Medford	1.92	30	$36,000
Oregon	Portland	1.69	360	$36,000
Pennsylvania	Allentown	4.92	330	$31,000
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	1.95	90	$35,000
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	6.3	50	$41,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	0.78	300	$35,000
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1.15	270	$33,000
Pennsylvania	Reading	1.25	40	$25,000
Pennsylvania	York	3.72	130	$33,000
Rhode Island	Providence	1.6	190	$40,000
South Carolina	Charleston	0.86	50	$28,000
South Carolina	Columbia	2.59	180	$34,000
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	2.3	60	$33,000
Texas	Austin	0.85	130
Texas	Dallas	0.82	350	$28,000
Texas	Houston	1.24	640	$30,000
Texas	Killeen	1.83	40	$30,000
Texas	Mcallen	0.97	40	$26,000
Texas	Waco	2.75	50	$21,000
Utah	Ogden	1.6	60	$30,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	2.34	290	$41,000
Virginia	Richmond	4.29	530	$33,000
Virginia	Winchester	4.23	40	$34,000
Washington	Bellingham	2.73	40	$26,000
Washington	Spokane	3.89	160	$32,000
Wisconsin	Appleton	1.82	40	$30,000
Wisconsin	Fond	6.75	50	$36,000
Wisconsin	Green Bay	1.24	40	$39,000
Wisconsin	Madison	1.52	100	$30,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1.82	320	$35,000