Arizona·Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations·SOC 49-2011

Best Computer programs in Arizona, ranked by enrollment

Repair, maintain, or install computers, word processing systems, automated teller machines, and electronic office machines, such as duplicating and fax.

10 schools in Arizona run programs that feed this job, graduating 467 people a year. The job pays a median of $49,620 in Arizona across about 1,000 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledCopier TechnicianService TechnicianComputer TechnicianATM Technician (Automated Teller Machine Technician)MechanicRepair AgentField EngineerField Technician
Graduates / yr
467
in Arizona
Median pay · Arizona
$49,620
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,000
people employed
Schools
10
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
20%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Arizona that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Arizona that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Arizona (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Arizona page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 47.0104In Arizona
467
100.0%
10$37,415$9,500

Top 10 schools in Arizona

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 10 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Rio Salado College
Tempe, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
161Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician9%
2Glendale Community College
Glendale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
103Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician16%
3Mesa Community College
Mesa, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
60Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician16%
4Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
48Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician14%
5Estrella Mountain Community College
Avondale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
41Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician32%
6GateWay Community College
Phoenix, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
26Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician29%
7Chandler - Gilbert Community College
Chandler, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
14Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician30%
8South Mountain Community College
Phoenix, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
7Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician16%
9Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
4Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician17%
10Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
3Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician19%

All 10 schools in Arizona

Every school in Arizona with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Arizona that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Rio Salado CollegeTempePublic1611
Glendale Community CollegeGlendalePublic1031
Mesa Community CollegeMesaPublic601
Phoenix CollegePhoenixPublic481
Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondalePublic411
GateWay Community CollegePhoenixPublic261
Chandler - Gilbert Community CollegeChandlerPublic141
South Mountain Community CollegePhoenixPublic71
Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdalePublic41
Paradise Valley Community CollegePhoenixPublic31

What computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers earn in Arizona

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Arizona
$49,620
Mean annual
$51,010
Jobs in state
1,000
What the range looks like
10th pct$36,670Median$49,62090th pct$63,470
Versus the national median
+3.8%

U.S. median $47,810. Arizona pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.73×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Arizona

Tucson, AZ
$47,920median
140 jobs
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
$52,030median
720 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-0.9%
Little or no change
Openings per year
7,600
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-700
79,100 → 78,400
Typical entry education
Some college, no degree
Plus short-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers page.

How to become a Computer

Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0
Typical entry education
Some college, no degree
On-the-job training
Short-term on-the-job training

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Arizona

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 2 majors mapped to Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 47.0102Business Machine Repair(no graduates reported)
  • 47.0104Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician

Common questions

Answers for people weighing computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers programs in Arizona.

What degree do you need to become a Computer?+

Some college, no degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician, which awarded 467 degrees in Arizona in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Computer?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. Together they graduate about 467 people a year in Arizona.

How much do computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers earn in Arizona?+

The median is $49,620 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 3.8% above the U.S. median of $47,810. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers growing?+

BLS projects a -0.9% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 7,600 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Arizona?+

10 institutions in Arizona reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Copier Technician, Service Technician, Computer Technician, ATM Technician (Automated Teller Machine Technician) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 49-2011.

Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers in other statesGeorgiaNew YorkCaliforniaLouisianaOklahomaFloridaTexasMississippi

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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