Best Cities for Musical Instrument Repairers and Tunerss

Cities ranked by purchasing power — where musical instrument repairers and tunerss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.

How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.

#	Location	Score	Raw Salary	Adjusted Salary	Rent/Income
1	MichiganState	1.39	$59,570	$64,540	23%
2	TennesseeState	1.38	$58,730	$64,186	26%
3	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TNMetro	1.37	$61,300	$63,721	30%
4	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXMetro	1.18	$53,110	$54,640	36%
5	New JerseyState	1.16	$58,730	$53,980	37%
6	MissouriState	1.15	$47,220	$53,296	26%
7	OregonState	1.15	$54,800	$53,204	35%
8	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDMetro	1.13	$55,470	$52,429	36%
9	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIMetro	1.11	$47,150	$51,700	31%
10	Kansas City, MO-KSMetro	1.10	$47,180	$50,841	33%
11	IllinoisState	1.09	$49,250	$50,565	32%
12	MarylandState	1.09	$55,130	$50,485	37%
13	North DakotaState	1.09	$46,780	$50,518	25%
14	TexasState	1.09	$48,250	$50,471	34%
15	WisconsinState	1.09	$46,540	$50,423	28%
16	UtahState	1.08	$50,180	$50,080	36%
17	ConnecticutState	1.06	$52,940	$49,201	36%
18	PennsylvaniaState	1.06	$47,520	$48,990	33%
19	KansasState	1.05	$43,680	$48,533	28%
20	MaineState	1.05	$48,530	$48,627	32%
21	South CarolinaState	1.05	$44,870	$48,772	34%
22	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDMetro	1.04	$49,950	$48,261	38%
23	New YorkState	1.02	$53,420	$47,484	42%
24	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCMetro	1.02	$45,260	$47,244	40%
25	West VirginiaState	1.00	$38,920	$46,223	26%
26	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVMetro	0.99	$51,880	$45,993	46%
27	North CarolinaState	0.98	$42,970	$45,519	36%
28	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIMetro	0.98	$45,080	$45,307	39%
29	MinnesotaState	0.97	$44,230	$45,133	35%
30	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAMetro	0.96	$47,820	$44,360	45%
31	OhioState	0.95	$39,900	$44,137	31%
32	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHMetro	0.95	$50,090	$44,132	61%
33	VirginiaState	0.94	$45,140	$43,614	42%
34	CaliforniaState	0.93	$47,580	$42,981	57%
35	FloridaState	0.93	$44,030	$43,379	47%
36	IowaState	0.93	$38,700	$43,386	30%
37	MassachusettsState	0.93	$46,820	$43,152	58%
38	IndianaState	0.92	$38,440	$42,475	33%
39	Pittsburgh, PAMetro	0.90	$38,790	$41,935	36%
40	ColoradoState	0.89	$43,670	$41,433	51%
41	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAMetro	0.88	$47,580	$40,841	57%
42	WashingtonState	0.87	$43,330	$40,382	53%
43	NevadaState	0.83	$38,500	$38,423	45%
44	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAMetro	0.82	$43,700	$38,233	60%
45	ArizonaState	0.81	$37,850	$37,512	47%
46	OklahomaState	0.76	$31,160	$35,209	37%
47	GeorgiaState	0.68	$29,640	$31,734	57%
48	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAMetro	0.66	$29,570	$30,548	66%
49	MississippiState	0.61	$23,980	$28,278	45%

Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).