Florida·Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations·SOC 49-9031

Best Home Appliance Repairer programs in Florida, ranked by enrollment

Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and.

3 schools in Florida run programs that feed this job, graduating 22 people a year. The job pays a median of $57,280 in Florida across about 3,000 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledVacuum RepairerRepair TechnicianService Technician (Service Tech)Appliance Technician (Appliance Tech)HandymanRepair ManGas TechnicianRange Mechanic
Graduates / yr
22
in Florida
Median pay · Florida
$57,280
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
3,000
people employed
Schools
3
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
33%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Florida that lead to this job

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

1 programs in Florida that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Florida (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 Florida page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 47.0106In Florida
22
100.0%
3$37,415$9,500

Top 3 schools in Florida

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 3 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Fort Myers Technical College
Fort Myers, FL Public · 1 feeder programs
14Appliance Installation and Repair Technology/Technician81%
2Robert Morgan Educational Center and Technical College
Miami, FL Public · 1 feeder programs
6Appliance Installation and Repair Technology/Technician13%
3Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College
Miami Lakes, FL Public · 1 feeder programs
2Appliance Installation and Repair Technology/Technician5%

All 3 schools in Florida

Every school in Florida 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 Florida that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Fort Myers Technical CollegeFort MyersPublic141
Robert Morgan Educational Center and Technical CollegeMiamiPublic61
Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical CollegeMiami LakesPublic21

What home appliance repairers earn in Florida

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

Median annual in Florida
$57,280
Mean annual
$57,230
Jobs in state
3,000
What the range looks like
10th pct$34,200Median$57,28090th pct$80,220
Versus the national median
+12.3%

U.S. median $50,990. Florida pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.46×

Concentrated here: Florida employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Florida

Naples-Marco Island, FL
$64,070median
50 jobs
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
$56,270median
60 jobs
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
$58,720median
30 jobs
Jacksonville, FL
$58,640median
210 jobs
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$57,030median
880 jobs
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
$59,870median
110 jobs
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
$56,610median
40 jobs
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
$55,760median
340 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.6%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
3,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
1,000
37,300 → 38,300
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Plus moderate-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 Home Appliance Repairers page.

How to become a Home Appliance Repairer

Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.

Top skills

Critical ThinkingSpeakingActive ListeningReading ComprehensionActive LearningMonitoring

The same job in other states

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

Related careers in Florida

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Home Appliance Repairers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 47.0106Appliance Installation and Repair Technology/Technician

Common questions

Answers for people weighing home appliance repairers programs in Florida.

What degree do you need to become a Home Appliance Repairer?+

High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Appliance Installation and Repair Technology/Technician, which awarded 22 degrees in Florida in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Home Appliance Repairer?+

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 22 people a year in Florida.

How much do home appliance repairers earn in Florida?+

The median is $57,280 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 12.3% above the U.S. median of $50,990. 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 home appliance repairers growing?+

BLS projects a +2.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

3 institutions in Florida 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 home appliance repairers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Vacuum Repairer, Repair Technician, Service Technician (Service Tech), Appliance Technician (Appliance Tech) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 49-9031.

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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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