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Medical Equipment Repairers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
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
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
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repairing | 4.3 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Troubleshooting | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.5 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.4 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.1 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.1 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Active Listening | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Learning | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Equipment Selection | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Medical Equipment RepairersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene, OR | $92,760 | 30 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $88,190 | 650 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $84,970 | 390 | 2025 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $83,020 | 150 | 2025 |
| Duluth, MN | $81,810 | 40 | 2025 |
| Charlottesville, VA | $78,940 | 60 | 2025 |
| Anchorage, AK | $78,570 | 120 | 2025 |
| AK | $78,570 | 160 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $78,480 | 1,660 | 2025 |
| MA | $78,230 | 2,200 | 2025 |
| Modesto, CA | $77,530 | 50 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $77,020 | 930 | 2025 |
| OR | $76,600 | 490 | 2025 |
| Boulder, CO | $76,490 | 100 | 2025 |
| Salem, OR | $76,150 | 40 | 2025 |
| Madison, WI | $76,020 | 210 | 2025 |
| Portland, OR | $75,900 | 370 | 2025 |
| Grand Junction, CO | $75,880 | 40 | 2025 |
| New Haven, CT | $75,700 | 150 | 2025 |
| Stockton, CA | $75,590 | 60 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Build a transition comparisonCareer 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.