Lock Repairers Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

About 26,000 lock repairers are employed nationally. Workers can expect a very low level of unemployment, if history can be used as a guide. In 2006, 2% of employees could not find jobs.

Flexibility

Some lock repairers, about 28%, work for themselves. Part-time workers are 11% of all surveyed.

Education

Employees often obtain moderate-term on-the-job training before starting. Lock repairers with some college (less than a bachelor's degree) represent about 33% of the total. Some workers, about 56%, had a high-school education.

Local Outlook

Popular locations for employees include West Palm Beach (Florida), Kennewick (Washington), and Augusta (Georgia). Fewer are found in Louisville (Kentucky), Seattle (Washington), and Oakland (California). Lock repairers looking for high salaries should look at Bridgeport (Connecticut), New Haven (Connecticut), and Seattle (Washington), and should avoid Toledo (Ohio), Huntsville (Alabama), and Winston-Salem (North Carolina).

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

Local Jobs Info for Lock Repairers

Employment info for Lock Repairers, 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	Huntsville	2.6	40	$21,000
Arizona	Phoenix	1.81	280	$39,000
Arizona	Tucson	2.67	80	$27,000
Arkansas	Fayetteville	3.26	50	$25,000
California	Fresno	1.53	40	$49,000
California	Los Angeles	1.5	510	$39,000
California	Modesto	6.31	80	$29,000
California	Oakland	0.6	50	$49,000
California	Riverside	2.35	250	$39,000
California	San Diego	3.34	360	$37,000
California	Santa Rosa	4.02	60	$38,000
Colorado	Denver	2.78	280	$39,000
Connecticut	Bridgeport	2.28	80	$52,000
Connecticut	New Haven	1.37	30	$51,000
District of Columbia	Washington	3.07	580	$44,000
Florida	Deltona	5.7	70	$25,000
Florida	Gainesville	3.59	30	$34,000
Florida	Miami	2.96	240	$28,000
Florida	Tampa	2.85	290	$25,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	10.35	470
Georgia	Athens	7.35	40	$27,000
Georgia	Augusta	7.56	120	$28,000
Illinois	Chicago	1.37	430	$33,000
Indiana	Evansville	3.71	50	$29,000
Kentucky	Louisville	0.82	40	$40,000
Massachusetts	Boston	2.68	370	$41,000
Michigan	Lansing	2.57	40
Missouri	St Louis	1.46	160	$31,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	4.21	320	$33,000
New Jersey	Atlantic City	4.71	50	$40,000
New Jersey	Edison	2.06	170	$43,000
New Jersey	Trenton	2.94	50	$44,000
New York	New York	1.83	750	$39,000
New York	Rochester	1.25	50	$36,000
North Carolina	Asheville	2.92	40	$26,000
North Carolina	Fayetteville	3.34	30	$30,000
North Carolina	Winston Salem	5.33	90	$23,000
Ohio	Akron	4.49	120	$29,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	1.44	120	$41,000
Ohio	Toledo	2.34	60	$23,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	2.07	70	$33,000
Oregon	Medford	6.49	40	$30,000
Oregon	Portland	1.79	150	$35,000
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	2.96	70	$32,000
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	2.19	330	$44,000
Rhode Island	Providence	1.28	60	$41,000
South Carolina	Charleston	7	160	$24,000
Tennessee	Knoxville	3.43	90	$27,000
Texas	Austin	2.5	150	$35,000
Texas	College Station	5.22	30	$23,000
Texas	Houston	2.75	560	$34,000
Washington	Bellingham	5.2	30	$32,000
Washington	Kennewick	9.4	60	$40,000
Washington	Seattle	0.78	90	$51,000
Washington	Spokane	1.85	30	$36,000
Washington	Tacoma	2.82	60	$39,000
Wisconsin	Green Bay	3.93	50	$32,000
Wisconsin	Madison	2.31	60	$42,000