Career
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
Service vending and amusement machines.
$47,450
Median pay
-3.4%
Job growth, 2025–35
3,800
Openings a year
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical education
None required
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Fill machines with products, ingredients, money, and other supplies.
- Inspect machines and meters to determine causes of malfunctions and fix minor problems such as jammed bills or stuck products.
- Test machines to determine proper functioning.
- Replace malfunctioning parts, such as worn magnetic heads on automatic teller machine (ATM) card readers.
- Maintain records of machine maintenance and repair.
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?
“Fill machines with products, ingredients, money, and other supplies.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though short-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $47,450 a year and 3,800 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- NO MATCHCIP 99.9999
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$47,810 · -3.0%
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,270 · -3.6%
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics$64,520 · +17.8%
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery$60,850 · -1.9%
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$43,220 · +4.1%
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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.