# Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters

> Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices such as digital clocks or timing devices with electrical or electronic components.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/timing-device-assemblers-and-adjusters
- SOC code: 51-2061.00
- Career family: Production
- Median annual pay: $62,620 (10th percentile $27,880, 90th percentile $78,270)
- Projected growth: Decline, -6.1%
- Openings a year: Fewer than 50
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCI)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 96 |
| Investigative (I) | 19 |
| Artistic (A) | 3 |
| Social (S) | 0 |
| Enterprising (E) | 2 |
| Conventional (C) | 60 |

## What you'd do

- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment (importance 77/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 72/100)
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 68/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 68/100)
- Controlling Machines and Processes (importance 65/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 62/100)
- Getting Information (importance 59/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 59/100)
- Thinking Creatively (importance 58/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 55/100)

## Skills

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

## Knowledge

Mechanical, Mathematics, Production and Processing, Engineering and Technology, Education and Training, Customer and Personal Service, Computers and Electronics, Administration and Management, Physics, English Language

## Also called

Adjuster, Assembler, Balance and Hairspring Assembler, Banking Pin Adjuster, Barrel Assembler, Barrel Bridge Assembler, Barrel Endshake Adjuster, Calibration Specialist, Calibrationist, Calibrator

## Majors that lead here (NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk, 4-digit CIP)

- [Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/4704) (CIP 4704, 33 colleges)

## Colleges with strong outcomes (College Scorecard, 2025)

| College | Program | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yrs | Median debt |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Murray State College-Oklahoma](https://www.collegesref.com/college/murray-state-college-oklahoma-1806) | Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | not reported | $48,487 | not reported |

## Related careers

- [Watch and Clock Repairers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/watch-and-clock-repairers): $67,230 median pay
- [Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/electromechanical-equipment-assemblers): $45,850 median pay
- [Engine and Other Machine Assemblers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/engine-and-other-machine-assemblers): $53,710 median pay
- [Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/electric-motor-power-tool-and-related-repairers): $56,210 median pay
- [Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/electrical-and-electronic-equipment-assemblers): $45,850 median pay
- [Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/lathe-and-turning-machine-tool-setters-operators-and-tenders-metal-and-plastic): $50,620 median pay

## 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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