Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.
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Licensing, certifications and working conditions
State licensing. CareerOneStop's licensing data records no state license for Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers, which usually means it is not a licensed occupation. Requirements can still vary by employer and state.
Sources: CareerOneStop (licenses and certifications), part of the CareerOneStop suite of web products, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (working conditions, wages). MajorPays has reorganized this information; these agencies have not approved or endorsed it. See it interactively, with state-by-state detail →
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Injury and illness rates. For the broader group "Precision instrument and equipment repairers", which includes this career (BLS did not publish enough cases for this exact occupation), employers reported 51.8 nonfatal injury and illness cases with days away from work per 10,000 full-time workers, compared with 94.6 for all U.S. workers; the median case kept the worker away 6 days (all workers: 8) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023-2024). Rates reflect the work setting as well as the occupation.
Union membership. In the broad group "Installation, maintenance, and repair", which includes this career, 12.5% of wage and salary workers belong to a union (all U.S. workers: 10.0%); median weekly pay is $1,571 for union members and $1,140 for workers not in a union (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, 2025). This is a group figure, not specific to camera and photographic equipment repairers.
Employer benefits. In the broad group "Natural resources, construction, and maintenance", which includes this career, 74% of civilian workers had access to an employer retirement plan, 79% had access to employer medical care benefits, and 78% had paid sick leave, 86% paid vacation and 89% paid holidays (all civilian workers: 75%, 74%, 83%, 77% and 79%) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey, March 2026). This is a group figure, not specific to camera and photographic equipment repairers, and having access to a benefit does not mean every worker uses it. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has not endorsed this presentation. Employers spent about $48.59 per hour worked on total compensation for the occupational group "Natural resources, construction, and maintenance" in June 2026 ($32.96 in wages and salaries and $15.63 in benefits, 32.2% of the total; all civilian workers: $49.46, with 31.6% in benefits) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation).
Work environment. In O*NET's survey of workers in this occupation, the conditions most often placed at the two highest levels for camera and photographic equipment repairers are: importance of being exact or accurate (100%), spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls (96%), indoors, environmentally controlled (91%), determine tasks, priorities and goals (88%), face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams (83%), freedom to make decisions (83%). Each percentage is the share of respondents choosing the top two levels for that condition (for example 'most of the time' or 'continually'), so it describes how common the condition is in the job, not how a particular workplace is (O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Dept. of Labor, ETA, CC BY 4.0).
Typical preparation. In O*NET's survey of workers in this occupation, for related work experience, the most common answer (27% of 15 respondents) was "over 4 years, up to and including 6 years"; for on-the-job training, the most common answer (36% of 15 respondents) was "over 1 year, up to and including 2 years". These are what workers report is needed to do the job; employers' requirements and individual paths vary (O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Dept. of Labor, ETA, CC BY 4.0).
Related careers. O*NET lists these occupations as similar to camera and photographic equipment repairers in the work done and the skills used: Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators, Calibration Technologists and Technicians, Motion Picture Projectionists, Lighting Technicians, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment, Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers, Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians, Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers (O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Dept. of Labor, ETA, CC BY 4.0).
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 PUMS (MajorPays' own estimates from the survey; Census is credited as the source of the original data and has not endorsed them); BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses; BLS Current Population Survey; BLS National Compensation Survey (employee benefits); HRSA National Center for Health Workforce Analysis; U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (LCA disclosure data, FY2025). MajorPays has selected and reorganized these figures; these agencies have not approved or endorsed them. See it interactively →