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title: "Medical Equipment Repairer"
description: "Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-equipment-repairer"
last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Medical Equipment Repairer

**Category:** Installation, Maintenance, and Repair · **SOC code:** 49-9062 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 49-9062.00

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.

Also advertised as: Biomedical Electronics Technician (Biomed Electronics Tech); Biomedical Engineering Technician (Biomed Engineering Tech); Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET); Biomedical Technician (Biomed Tech); Dental Equipment Technician (Dental Equipment Tech); Durable Medical Equipment Technician (DME Tech); Medical Equipment Service Tech (Medical Equipment Service Technician); Repair Technician (Repair Tech).

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $61,660 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $29.64/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $38,490 to $98,280, with the middle half between $47,470 and $78,500
- **Total US employment:** 65,990
- **Typical entry education:** Associate's
- **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +12.6% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 8,200 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 49/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 65,990 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $38,490 |
| 25th | $47,470 |
| 50th (median) | $61,660 |
| 75th | $78,500 |
| 90th | $98,280 |
| Mean (average) | $65,930 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AK | $78,570 | $76,759 | 160 |
| MA | $78,230 | $73,971 | 2,200 |
| OR | $76,600 | $74,109 | 490 |
| ID | $74,270 | $77,775 | 310 |
| MT | $74,070 | $78,261 | 80 |
| MN | $73,940 | $74,974 | 2,080 |
| ND | $73,610 | $82,746 | 270 |
| CA | $72,450 | $65,435 | 6,080 |
| HI | $72,360 | $65,811 | 290 |
| MD | $72,310 | $68,894 | 1,660 |
| CT | $71,220 | $68,739 | 1,060 |
| WA | $71,190 | $66,525 | 1,410 |
| NV | $69,820 | $69,835 | 300 |
| SD | $69,530 | $78,489 | 150 |
| NJ | $68,460 | $62,920 | 2,400 |

37 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 52 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-equipment-repairer/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/medical-equipment-repairer.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 71,800 in the 2025–2035 base year to 80,900 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 9,100 jobs, or +12.6%. Much faster than average: 12.6% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 8,200 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Associate's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Some preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Moderate-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 39.3% |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 34.7% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 13.3% |
| Some College Courses | 12.7% |

## What the work involves

- 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.
- Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
- Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
- Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
- Study technical manuals or attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge.
- Explain or demonstrate correct operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel.
- Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Repairing — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Equipment Maintenance — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Troubleshooting — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Monitoring — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Quality Control Analysis — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Equipment Selection — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Mechanical — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Engineering and Technology — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Finger Dexterity — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Inductive Reasoning — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Realistic (R), Conventional (C), Investigative (I).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| R — Realistic | 7.00 |
| C — Conventional | 4.80 |
| I — Investigative | 4.59 |
| S — Social | 1.96 |
| A — Artistic | 1.00 |
| E — Enterprising | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 91.4 |
| ISTP | 80.7 |
| ISFJ | 73.9 |
| INTJ | 73.0 |
| ESTJ | 69.6 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Calibration Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/calibration-technologist-and-technician) — median $67,820
- [Electrical and Electronics Repairer, Commercial and Industrial Equipment](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-and-electronics-repairer-commercial-and-industrial-equipment) — median $74,090
- [Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-and-electronic-engineering-technologist-and-technician) — median $78,190
- [Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aerospace-engineering-and-operations-technologist-and-technician) — median $82,890
- [Photonics Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/photonics-technician) — median $78,350
- [Robotics Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/robotics-technician) — median $73,900
- [Mechanical Engineering Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mechanical-engineering-technologist-and-technician) — median $74,510
- [Electrical and Electronics Installer and Repairer, Transportation Equipment](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-and-electronics-installer-and-repairer-transportation-equipment) — median $84,890
- [Medical Appliance Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-appliance-technician) — median $48,030
- [Avionics Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/avionics-technician) — median $82,280

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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