Career
Camera and photographic equipment repairers
Repair cameras and photographic equipment.
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- 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.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on objects & tools, then information & systems?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, or equipment such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, or lens systems, using hand tools.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Troubleshooting, Repairing, Critical Thinking, Quality Control Analysis.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though long-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $52,720 a year and 100 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians, OtherCIP 47.0499
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators$40,610 · -5.6%
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians$67,820 · +4.8%
- Motion Picture Projectionists$38,270 · -6.2%
- Lighting Technicians$68,060 · -4.8%
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,090 · +0.3%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.