Skilled Trades
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.
Median salary (BLS)
$52,720
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$34k – $84k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $70,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Education
Typical entry: No degree (trade/license)
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Entry / Junior
$34,320
~2 yrs to advance
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Established
$52,720
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Senior
$68,330
Key skills
A typical day
- •Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, or equipment such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, or lens systems, using hand tools.
- •Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.
- •Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, diaphragm alignment, lens mounts, or film transport, using precision gauges.
- •Clean and lubricate cameras and polish camera lenses, using cleaning materials and work aids.
- •Requisition parts or materials.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.