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Medical Equipment Repairers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$61,660

United States, 2025

Employment

65,990

United States, 2025

Typical education

Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree

Job Zone 3

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.

O*NET code
49-9062.00
Job zone
3
Experience required
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

Typical tasks

  • Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
  • 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.

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Salary analysis — United States

$38,490
10th
$47,470
25th
$61,660
Median
$78,500
75th
$98,280
90th

10th percentile

$38,490

25th percentile

$47,470

75th percentile

$78,500

90th percentile

$98,280

Most important skills

  • Repairing4.3
  • Equipment Maintenance4.0
  • Troubleshooting3.9
  • Operations Monitoring3.5
  • Quality Control Analysis3.4
  • Critical Thinking3.1
  • Reading Comprehension3.1
  • Active Listening3.0
  • Active Learning3.0
  • Time Management3.0
  • Complex Problem Solving3.0
  • Systems Analysis3.0

What skills do you need?

Select the skills you already have

Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 14 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

14

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Repairing4.34.0Not selected4.0
Equipment Maintenance4.04.0Not selected4.0
Troubleshooting3.94.0Not selected4.0
Operations Monitoring3.53.9Not selected3.9
Quality Control Analysis3.43.6Not selected3.6
Critical Thinking3.13.8Not selected3.8
Reading Comprehension3.13.6Not selected3.6
Active Listening3.03.0Not selected3.0
Active Learning3.03.0Not selected3.0
Complex Problem Solving3.03.0Not selected3.0
Systems Analysis3.03.0Not selected3.0
Equipment Selection3.03.0Not selected3.0
Judgment and Decision Making3.03.0Not selected3.0
Time Management3.02.9Not selected2.9

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Eugene, OR$92,760302025
San Francisco, CA$88,1906502025
San Jose, CA$84,9703902025
Ann Arbor, MI$83,0201502025
Duluth, MN$81,810402025
Charlottesville, VA$78,940602025
Anchorage, AK$78,5701202025
AK$78,5701602025
Boston, MA$78,4801,6602025
MA$78,2302,2002025
Modesto, CA$77,530502025
Seattle, WA$77,0209302025
OR$76,6004902025
Boulder, CO$76,4901002025
Salem, OR$76,150402025
Madison, WI$76,0202102025
Portland, OR$75,9003702025
Grand Junction, CO$75,880402025
New Haven, CT$75,7001502025
Stockton, CA$75,590602025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.