# Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers

> Install, service, adjust, or repair coin, vending, or amusement machines including video games, juke boxes, pinball machines, or slot machines.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/coin-vending-and-amusement-machine-servicers-and-repairers
- SOC code: 49-9091.00
- Career family: Installation and repair
- Median annual pay: $47,450 (10th percentile $34,320, 90th percentile $66,370)
- Projected growth: Decline, -3.4%
- Openings a year: 3,800
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 85 |
| Investigative (I) | 14 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 4 |
| Enterprising (E) | 15 |
| Conventional (C) | 78 |

## What you'd do

- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment (importance 61/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 59/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 56/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 56/100)
- Getting Information (importance 56/100)
- Documenting/Recording Information (importance 56/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 55/100)
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment (importance 53/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 52/100)
- Processing Information (importance 52/100)

## Skills

Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making

## Knowledge

Computers and Electronics, Mechanical, Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Engineering and Technology, Administrative, Sales and Marketing, Mathematics, Administration and Management, Production and Processing

## Also called

Amusement Machine Mechanic, Arcade Game Technician, Arcade Games Mechanic, Arcade Technician, ATM Mechanic (Automatic Teller Machine Mechanic), ATM Technician (Automated Teller Machine Technician), Automatic Coin Machine Mechanic, Automatic Teller Machine Servicer, Bank Teller Machine Mechanic, Cigarette Machine Filler

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- [Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/packaging-and-filling-machine-operators-and-tenders): $43,220 median pay
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## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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