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Headline risk

20%

Moderate Risk

Musical instrument repairers and tuners

United States AI Work Index49-9063

AI displacement pressure score for United States AI Work Index, combining global AI task overlap with local wages, employment trends, and demand signals.

6.2 current · 6.3 projectedConfidence medium

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $45K

Median annual wage

Demand 1%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 3

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.

Task evidence

100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage

Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 45,320

Employment 2024

6.2K

Projected Change (2024–34)

1.4%

Openings (2024–34)

0.6K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 30,13025th pctl: USD 35,820Median: USD 45,32075th pctl: USD 56,960Top 10%: USD 73,430

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: High school diploma or equivalent Experience: —

Role Profile

Detail orientedFine motorProblem solving and decision making

Tasks

  • 1. Play instruments to evaluate their sound quality and to locate any defects. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Disassemble instruments and parts for repair and adjustment. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Reassemble instruments following repair, using hand tools and power tools and glue, hair, yarn, resin, or clamps, and lubricate instruments as necessary. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Compare instrument pitches with tuning tool pitches to tune instruments. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Inspect instruments to locate defects, and to determine their value or the level of restoration required. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Katsura Shareware KS Strobe TunerKatsura Shareware ProLevelKatsura Shareware SoundFramesMensurix AudioReyburn CyberTunerTonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome

Requirements

License required: 5.1%Certificate: <10%No education requirement: 46.7%High school diploma: 53.3%On-the-job training: 26.43%Prior work experience: 6.2%Specific vocational preparation: 72.6%

Work context

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate 4.9/5
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls 4.9/5
Telephone Conversations 4.8/5
E-Mail 4.8/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 4.8/5
Freedom to Make Decisions 4.7/5

Worker profile

Median age 47.9 · 55K employed

Under 25: 2% · 25–54: 60% · 55+: 36%

Related

No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.

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