Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance

At the midpoint this work grossed $19,130 for the year — $1,594 a month in revenue. That is a real second income and a long way short of a first one, and Census cannot tell you which of those the typical filer intended.

29,016 people filed under this code, almost none of whom appear in any employment statistic. Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance is part of the economy salary surveys simply do not see.

A 13.3% share — 3,859 filers — grossed $100,000 or more. That is well above what most codes here manage, and it says the middle of Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance is closer to a business than to a sideline.

This suits people whose customers come back and send others, since in repair work reputation is the whole marketing budget.

There is no qualification, licence or minimum to appear in this data — you file and you are counted. Read the receipts distribution as the price of that: no barrier at the door means no filter before the numbers.

Bottom quarter under $5,868, top quarter over $53,683: 9.1x, or $3,984 a month. At this stretch the label has stopped describing one occupation, and every summary statistic about it — including the midpoint — should be treated with suspicion.

The bottom quarter of Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance earns under $5,868 — $44,152 below the $50,020 a typical American job pays. Entering at the bottom and waiting is a live risk here, not a theoretical one, and some people never leave that quarter.

Do not start this without a customer base already forming; the van payment starts immediately and the referrals do not.

36.9% of the 29,016 people who filed in 2022 grossed under $10,000 for the year — 10,698 people. Approaching half of everyone who tried Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance took in less revenue than a part-time wage, before costs.

Take it as a floor, not an estimate. The $10,000 threshold is measured on money received, before materials, rent, fuel, insurance and self-employment tax, so the true share of filers who ended the year with no income is higher than the figure shown — we simply cannot say how much higher.

From $5,868 to $53,683 is 9.1x — the shape of a field where a minority captures most of the money. The midpoint of $19,130 is arithmetic, not a forecast, and treating it as one is the standard mistake here.

Put in money rather than ratios: $5,868 at the 25th percentile, $19,130 at the midpoint, $53,683 at the 75th. $47,815 separates the quarter of Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance at the bottom from the quarter at the top.

Between $5,868 and $53,683 — the two ends of the middle half — sits $19,130. Moving from the midpoint to the upper quarter is worth $34,553; the whole climb from the lower quarter is $47,815.

The top quarter of Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance begins $34,553 above the $19,130 midpoint, while the bottom quarter starts only $13,262 below it. A range stretched that far in one direction is the signature of a field where a small group earns a great deal more than the middle does.

Per hour of a full-time year, the middle of Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance takes $9.19 in revenue — $2.82 at the bottom quarter and $25.80 at the top. Costs have not been deducted from any of those figures, so none of them is an hourly wage.

Counted straight off the return: 6,530 filers grossed under $5,000, 4,168 took $5,000 to $9,999, 6,259 took $10,000 to $24,999, 3,855 cleared $100,000 and 1,034 cleared $250,000.