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Key facts
+1.8%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.8% (BLS).
The job
Musical instrument makers and tuners (ISCO 7312). Musical instrument makers and tuners make, assemble, repair, adjust and restore musical instruments and tune them to the required pitch with hand or power tools.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
143 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- bass technician
- bell maker
- bell neck hammerer
- bow maker
- bow rehairer
- brass instrument assembler
- brass instrument builder
- brass instrument craftsman
- brass instrument craftswoman
- brass instrument maker
- cello builder
- cello maker
- celtic harp builder
- celtic harp maker
- concussion idiophone maker
- double bass builder
- double bass maker
- drum maker
- frame drum maker
- friction drum maker
- friction idiophone maker
- guitar builder
- guitar craftsman
- guitar craftswoman
- guitar inspector
- guitar maker
- guitar quality inspector
- guitar quality tester
- guitar technician
- guitar tester
- harp maker
- harpsichord maker
- harpsicord builder
- harpsicord craftsman
- harpsicord craftswoman
- harpsicord inspector
- harpsicord quality inspector
- harpsicord quality tester
- harpsicord technician
- harpsicord tester
- idiophone maker
- idiophone musical instrument builder
- idiophone musical instrument maker
- idiophone musical instruments builder
- idiophone musical instruments maker
- instrument fixer
- instrument repairer
- instrument repairman
- instrument technician
- instrument tuner
- kazoo maker
- kettle drum maker
- keyboard musical instrument assembler
- keyboard musical instrument builder
- keyboard musical instrument constructor
- keyboard musical instrument craftsman
- keyboard musical instrument craftswoman
- keyboard musical instrument maker
- keyboard musical instrument production worker
- lever harp builder
- lever harp maker
- lute builder
- lute maker
- luthier
- membranophone musical instrument assembler
- membranophone musical instrument constructor
- membranophone musical instrument craftsman
- membranophone musical instrument craftswoman
- membranophone musical instrument production worker
- membranophone musical instruments builder
- membranophone musical instruments maker
- mirliton maker
- multi-course harp builder
- multi-course harp maker
- musical instrument fixer
- musical instrument repair specialist
- musical instrument repair technician
- musical instrument repairer
- musical instrument repairman
- musical instrument restoration specialist
- musical instrument restoration technician
- musical instrument restorer
- musical instrument technician
- musical instrument tuner
- organ builder
- organ constructor
- organ designer
- organ maker
- organ repairer
- organ tuner
- pedal harp builder
- pedal harp maker
- percussion idiophone maker
- piano builder
- piano craftsman
- piano craftswoman
- piano maker
- piano maker/inspector
- piano maker/technician
- piano maker/tuner
- piano repairer
- piano technician
- piano tester
- piano tuner
- pipe organ builder
- pipe organ constructor
- pipe organ designer
- pipe organ maker
- plucked idiophone maker
- rattle idiophone maker
- road crew member
- roadie
- scraper idiophone maker
- senior instrument technician
- stringed instrument builder
- stringed instrument inspector
- stringed instrument maker
- stringed instrument quality inspector
- stringed instrument quality tester
- stringed instrument tester
- stringed musical instrument builder
- stringed musical instrument maker
- swazzle maker
- tubular drum maker
- viola builder
- viola maker
- violin assembler
- violin builder
- violin craftsman
- violin craftswoman
- violin maker
- violin repairer
- violin tuner
- wind instrument maker
- wind musical instrument builder
- wind musical instrument maker
- wire harp builder
- wire harp maker
- woodwind instrument assembler
- woodwind instrument builder
- woodwind instrument craftsman
- woodwind instrument craftswoman
- woodwind instrument maker
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Musical instrument repairers and tuners; Craft artists)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $46,374
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.