Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
Install, repair, or adjust audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic entertainment equipment in homes or other venues. May perform routine maintenance.
19,780 people do this job in the US. $52,600 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 7%
- 5%
- 88%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 7%. Today's estimate: 7%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 11 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.Done daily by most who do it. | 24% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 24% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replace loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 16% | 2.1 h38 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 1.7 h38 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Position or mount speakers, and wire speakers to consoles.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Tune or adjust equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 50 min17 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | 95%Half by now | |
| Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Compute cost estimates for labor and materials.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Keep records of work orders and test and maintenance reports.Done daily by most who do it. | 1% | 17 min8 min to 33 min | 100%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers11% now, 14% by 2028
- Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers11% now, 11% by 2028
- Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers1% now, 1% by 2028
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment14% now, 20% by 2028
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles9% now, 9% by 2028
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers17% now, 17% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
- Electronics and Appliance Retailers7,140 people
- Building Equipment Contractors5,450 people
- Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only)1,540 people
- Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)790 people
- Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance770 people
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).