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Instrument Maker & Repairer Salary
in Lexington, North Carolina

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$44,086 (USD)

Average Salary

$21/hr

Average Hourly

$688

Average Bonus

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Salary Recap

The average pay for an Instrument Maker & Repairer is $44,086 a year and $21 an hour in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. The average salary range for an Instrument Maker & Repairer is between $32,447 and $52,374. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Lexington, North Carolina.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$49,520
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Lexington, North Carolina

Lexington Cost of Living Score:

Description: Lexington is the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 19,632. It is located in central North Carolina, 20 miles (32 km) south of Winston-Salem. Major highways include I-85, I-85B, U.S. Route 29, U.S. Route 70, U.S. Route 52 / I-285 and U.S. Route 64. Lexington is part of the Piedmont Triad region of the state. Lexington has been noted as one of America's top four best cities for barbecue by U.S. News & World Report. The City calls itself the "Barbecue Capital of the World". Lexington, Thomasville, and the rural areas surrounding them are...
Description:
  • Sets up and operates machine tools to remodel electrical and electronic instruments used in electrical logging, gun perforating, sub-surface surveying, and other oil, gas, or borehole prospecting, testing and servicing operations, following engineering orders and specifications and applying knowledge of electronics, mechanics, metal properties, shop mathematics, and machining procedures: measures, marks, and scribes dimensions of parts to be made on metal or plastic stock, using layout tools, such as rule, square, or scribe lay-out worker.
  • Machines parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, drill presses, and grinders machinist.
  • Assembles fabricated mechanical parts and such purchased parts as pulleys, springs, and dials, using bolts, screws, tweezers, wrenches, and screwdrivers instrument maker.
  • Installs electrical and electronic parts, such as sockets, switches, and rheostats, in chassis.
  • Connects circuit components, such as tubes, coils, and switches, using wire strippers and soldering iron and following circuit diagrams.
  • Tests instruments to determine conformance to specifications, using equipment, such as voltmeters and ohmmeters.
  • May be designated according to product remodeled or repaired.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for an Instrument Maker & Repairer is $44,086 a year and $21 an hour in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. The average salary range for an Instrument Maker & Repairer is between $32,447 and $52,374. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Lexington, North Carolina.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Instrument Maker & Repairer Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Job family population: 63,370

Estimated population of Instrument Maker & Repairer jobs: 23,391

Rate of error: 1.9%

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Lexington Cost of Living Score:

Description: Lexington is the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 19,632. It is located in central North Carolina, 20 miles (32 km) south of Winston-Salem. Major highways include I-85, I-85B, U.S. Route 29, U.S. Route 70, U.S. Route 52 / I-285 and U.S. Route 64. Lexington is part of the Piedmont Triad region of the state. Lexington has been noted as one of America's top four best cities for barbecue by U.S. News & World Report. The City calls itself the "Barbecue Capital of the World". Lexington, Thomasville, and the rural areas surrounding them are...
Description:
  • Sets up and operates machine tools to remodel electrical and electronic instruments used in electrical logging, gun perforating, sub-surface surveying, and other oil, gas, or borehole prospecting, testing and servicing operations, following engineering orders and specifications and applying knowledge of electronics, mechanics, metal properties, shop mathematics, and machining procedures: measures, marks, and scribes dimensions of parts to be made on metal or plastic stock, using layout tools, such as rule, square, or scribe lay-out worker.
  • Machines parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, drill presses, and grinders machinist.
  • Assembles fabricated mechanical parts and such purchased parts as pulleys, springs, and dials, using bolts, screws, tweezers, wrenches, and screwdrivers instrument maker.
  • Installs electrical and electronic parts, such as sockets, switches, and rheostats, in chassis.
  • Connects circuit components, such as tubes, coils, and switches, using wire strippers and soldering iron and following circuit diagrams.
  • Tests instruments to determine conformance to specifications, using equipment, such as voltmeters and ohmmeters.
  • May be designated according to product remodeled or repaired.
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