Comments on: Computer Maintenance Technician Salaries – USA 2006

By: jhimer

jhimer — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:53:40 +0000

is this available until now??
cause the date is not updated still 2006..

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:50:43 +0000

A good salary can be had in the computer repair industry, but you have to work your ass off. You have to be experienced and work on everyones computer. You have to be able to service everything. Not just PC’s. You have to service Apples, all laptops, and servers. You better be able to work on 3 machines at a time not just watching progress bars and working on one machine. A 9 to 5 job wont pay much, but if you have a full time service on the side as I do and you are working 80 hours a week, you can pull a 6 figure salary. But it is exhausting work. The one thing to keep in mind is that when service is slow, and you will have slow days, you should be re-furbishing machines for re-sale, and know how to deal with local recyclers for cheap computers and parts.

I have been a bench electronics tech for 20 years and a computer tech for 10 years. I work holidays, weekends. A day off, whats that? In the beginning an inexperience tech will not get a lot of work. The problem is there is so many inexperienced people that are working on computers. If you can hold out in the beginning and slowly build up your knowledge and experience the work will come to you, because you will shine above all the other inexperience that is out there.

By: ESS

ESS — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:48:11 +0000

Dear Sir,

I Have been in the computer feild as a pc repair technician for over 20 years, trust me i have worked in more than one country and a lot of companies and discovered one common fault with me and all the technicians i knew we all end up without money, and no future plans, Why? i don’t know, so i would recomend another feild for example a real estate broker salesman would bring big earnings and a better future without A+ MSCE garbage and at the end a shop clerk is happier and fresh. Think Twice

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:46:18 +0000

Dear Sir,

now I m looking for a job in USA virginia as one of my relative also live there getting green card. I m looking for IT job. i have subimitted my CV here.

By: zuchero

zuchero — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:28:18 +0000

Well i think that being a comp.tech. opens many more doors and room to grow rather than a grocery store clerk. If you are certified you can be a Help Desk Tech which i believe pays more than a PC repair tech. It all comes down to Experience for higher pay.

By: colton

colton — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:45:10 +0000

I’m thinking of becoming a comp. tech in kentucky do you think it will be worth it or should i choose another way to go about my life???

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:43:09 +0000

This is an older topic, but I have to ask where these were taken from. I’m about 100 miles from Austin, and the average starting “salary” for PC techs is 7/hr. Max around here is about 9/hr unless you run your own place. If you work for a big company, you can get between 20 and 30K.

Teachers start off at 35-37K around here. A teacher’s salary is heaven compared to a PC techs.

As the poster above me stated, working at a chain retail sales usually nets higher pay. Grocery store clerks start off at higher pays, and the local UPS pays up to 12/hr for box movers.

Maybe I’m just in a bad area, but it’s hard to imagine it being too different in other places, especially double the pay.

By: Flextech

Flextech — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:40:37 +0000

Yeah, I know I don’t make that kinda money as a tech. I work freelance but still…..

At the last retail shop I was working at I probably would have made more working at The Gap or something.

I guess people want awesome service for free

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:06:42 +0000

Try Working in Retail say for Harvey’s in australia.. you might as well work for McDonalds flipping burgers.

By: VIJAY PATEL

VIJAY PATEL — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:22:06 +0000

ONLY NEWYORK