Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other job market in District of Columbia

Limited local data: at least one local trend covers only 82.98% of this occupation's industry mix. These figures describe the industries with published data. Read each trend alongside its state data coverage.

In short

In QCEW 2026 Q1, the available industry data for Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other in District of Columbia had -5.5% year-over-year employment change, compared with -2.1% nationally. Establishments changed -1.6%. Average weekly wages in those industries changed +7.1%.

QCEW measures employment, wages and establishments by industry. These figures weight those industry conditions by this occupation’s published industry mix, so they are not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

-5.5%Industry employmentU.S. -2.1%State data coverage: 82.98%
-1.6%EstablishmentsU.S. +0.9%State data coverage: 82.98%
+7.1%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +4.4%State data coverage: 82.98%
30,534Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 89.4%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other in District of Columbia

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the District of Columbia series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other in District of Columbia, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterDistrict of ColumbiaState data coverage
2024 Q2+0.7%96.81%
2024 Q3+0.4%96.81%
2024 Q4-0.9%87.23%
2025 Q1-1.8% Below coverage floor82.98%
2025 Q2-2.2% Below coverage floor84.04%
2025 Q3-3.5% Below coverage floor84.04%
2025 Q4-5.0% Below coverage floor84.04%
2026 Q1-5.5% Below coverage floor82.98%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other in District of Columbia
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Other services26.3%-4.7%9,598$2,669
Trade, transportation, and utilities24.2%-2.5%2,020$1,480
Federal17.9%-12.8%339$3,040
Professional and business services10.5%-4.2%18,577$3,573
Manufacturing Suppressed by BLS9.5%SuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
110099 Suppressed by BLS3.2%SuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
Release date
Not verified
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The feed’s release date for this quarter cannot be verified as a publication date, so it is not presented as one. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other. These figures describe the industries that employ Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other report and about the data.