How Much Do Musical Instrument Tuners Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.

Salary
$39770
Becoming One
Medium
Education
Post-secondary certificate
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

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Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$39770 per year
Hourly wage
$19 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$23,930 to $29,270 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$12 to $14 per hour

Entry-level Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $23,930 to $29,270 per year or $12 to $14 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
D

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $29 $60,890
Senior (Top 25%) $23 $47,970
Middle (Mid 50%) $18 $36,810
Junior (Bottom 25%) $14 $29,270
No experience (Bottom 10%) $12 $23,930

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
NM $34 $71,310
WA $22 $44,940
NY $21 $44,030
PA $21 $43,070
MA $21 $42,910
TX $20 $42,590
AR $20 $42,070
CA $20 $42,020
MO $20 $41,610
MN $20 $41,510

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Musical Instrument Repairer and Tuner is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NM doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NM might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Musical Instrument Tuners are in the states of NM, WA, NY, PA and MA.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Performing Arts Companies $64230 $30.88
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $59270 $28.49
Elementary and Secondary Schools $55140 $26.51
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing $40390 $19.42
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores $39970 $19.22
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods $35020 $16.83
Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance $32930 $15.83

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