SOC 49-9063 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $43,700. The 10th percentile is $40,160 and the 90th percentile is $63,550. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$43,700

10th percentile
$40,160
25th percentile
$41,960
Median
$43,700
75th percentile
$46,980
90th percentile
$63,550
Mean
$47,530

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners, the published 10th percentile is $40,160 and the 90th percentile is $63,550. The difference is $23,390, which is 53.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $41,960 to the 75th at $46,980, covers $5,020.

The mean annual wage is $47,530, which sits above the median of $43,700. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 5.9% lower than the national median of $46,420 for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,322, which is 15.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.9% higher than the Washington median of $43,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,700 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners at $39,322 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $47,820 and employment of 60. That median is 9.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,361, against $39,322 here.

Employment share

Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (70 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (5,380 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.97 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $43,700. The 10th percentile is $40,160 and the 90th percentile is $63,550. Employment is 70.

How does that compare with the national median for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners?

The local median is 5.9% lower than the national median of $46,420.

What is Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $43,700 is $39,322. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA compare with nearby metros for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners?

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 134 miles away, at $47,820. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.