Career Explorer Installation and repair
Human edge, steady
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.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 41% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is low (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it moderate), and US jobs are projected to change by -3.4% by 2035, expected to shrink. The work leans on physical dexterity.
AI struggles with much of this work. Hiring is expected to grow slower than average, or to shrink.
- Median pay (2025)
- $47,450
- Job growth to 2035
- -3.4%
- Openings a year
- 3,800
- People doing it (2025)
- 34,700
- Usual route in
- High school diploma, then short on-the-job training
Where people already use AI for this work
- Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance
- Test performance of equipment or systems
- Purchase goods or services
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Maintain operational records
- Maintain tools or equipment
- Repair tools or equipment
What the work looks like
- Keep records of merchandise distributed and money collected.
- Fill machines with products, ingredients, money, and other supplies.
- Inspect machines and meters to determine causes of malfunctions and fix minor problems such as jammed bills or stuck products.
- Collect coins and bills from machines, prepare invoices, and settle accounts with concessionaires.
- Test machines to determine proper functioning.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- Fewer of these jobs, as casinos continue replacing coin operated machines with electronic machines that dispense paper receipts.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Tool grinders, filers, and sharpenersHuman edge, steady, Index 44, -6.8%
- Automotive glass installers and repairersHuman edge, growing, Index 81, +5.7%
- Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plasticHuman edge, steady, Index 52, -3.4%
- Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasonsHuman edge, steady, Index 50, -13.7%
Also known as: Field Service Technician, Service Technician, Slot Technician, Vending Technician, Cooler Deliverer, Fountain Vending Mechanic, Full Service Vending Driver, Refurbish Technician.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.