Medical Equipment Repairers Career, Salary and Skills
Medical Equipment Repairers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $61,660 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 65,990. Wage data is published for 239 locations.
Occupation description
Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.
O*NET code
49-9062.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$61,660
Hourly median
$29.64
Employment
65,990
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$38,490
10th
$47,470
25th
$61,660
Median
$78,500
75th
$98,280
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Repairing | 4.25 | 4.00 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.50 | 3.88 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.38 | 3.62 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.12 | 3.75 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.12 | 3.62 |
| Active Listening | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Active Learning | 3.00 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
- Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments.
- Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
- Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
- Examine medical equipment or facility's structural environment and check for proper use of equipment to protect patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards and to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
- Install medical equipment.
- Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations.
- Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
Technology
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- FaceTime
- Inventory control system software
- Medical equipment diagnostic software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Salesforce software
- SAP software
- Web browser software
Medical Equipment Repairers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in CAMedian $72,450 · Employment 6,080
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in TXMedian $58,370 · Employment 5,540
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in FLMedian $56,940 · Employment 4,260
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in OHMedian $57,370 · Employment 3,520
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in New York, NYMedian $68,460 · Employment 3,010
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in NYMedian $63,670 · Employment 2,790
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in NCMedian $59,190 · Employment 2,650
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in AZMedian $62,810 · Employment 2,630
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in ILMedian $67,380 · Employment 2,620
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in NJMedian $68,460 · Employment 2,400
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $62,160 · Employment 2,270
- Medical Equipment Repairers Salary in MAMedian $78,230 · Employment 2,200
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- Industrial Machinery MechanicsNational median $64,520
- Electromechanical Equipment AssemblersNational median not published
- Bioengineers and Biomedical EngineersNational median $109,370
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersNational median $47,810
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, GeneralNational median $49,590
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.