Medical Equipment Repair Technicians: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Medical Equipment Repair Technicians

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 38,000 people work as medical equipment repair technicians. For this occupation, the unemployment is considered to be very low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees that work part-time represent 10% of the total in 2008. Medical equipment repair technicians who work for themselves represent about 14% of the total.

Training and Education

An associate degree is useful when pursuing this career. Among employees, 15% graduated from college with 4 year degrees. 57% of people working as medical equipment repair technicians went to college but did not obtain a degree. 28% of workers completed high school but did not pursue a college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Finding jobs for employees may be easier in Elizabethtown (Kentucky), Morgantown (West Virginia), and Johnstown (Pennsylvania), and the most challenging in Raleigh (North Carolina), Wichita (Kansas), and Charlotte (North Carolina).

The pay for these jobs is highest in Knoxville (Tennessee), Canton (Ohio), and Salt Lake City (Utah) and lowest in Wichita Falls (Texas), Johnstown (Pennsylvania), and Elizabethtown (Kentucky).

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Medical Equipment Repair Technicians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Medical Equipment Repair Technicians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Medical Equipment Repair Technicians are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Medical Equipment Repair Technicians are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	190	$42,190	1.6
Alabama	Mobile	100	$39,960	2.5
Alabama	Montgomery	60	$41,740	1.6
Arizona	Phoenix	490	$40,630	1.2
Arkansas	Little Rock	160	$40,560	2.1
California	Fresno	40	$40,650	0.5
California	Modesto	40	$47,470	1.1
California	Oakland	290	$51,230	1.3
California	Oxnard	50	$43,550	0.8
California	Sacramento	120	$44,090	0.6
California	San Diego	460	$58,660	1.5
California	San Francisco	200	$55,930	0.9
California	San Jose	600	$48,830	2.9
California	Santa Ana	460	$53,490	1.3
California	Vallejo	40	$50,380	1.6
Colorado	Denver	520	$49,840	1.8
Colorado	Greeley	30	$49,110	2
Connecticut	Hartford	90	$48,720	0.7
Connecticut	Norwich	40	$45,510	1.5
Delaware	Wilmington	150	$40,510	2.1
District of Columbia	Washington	340	$42,800	0.7
Florida	Gainesville	90	$35,480	3.7
Florida	Jacksonville	190	$48,890	1.4
Florida	Miami	220	$41,210	1
Florida	Orlando	260	$41,340	1.1
Florida	Palm Bay	100	$41,600	2.4
Florida	Tampa	370	$49,360	1.4
Georgia	Atlanta	470	$41,470	0.9
Georgia	Augusta	120	$47,240	2.7
Indiana	Anderson	40	$34,340	5.3
Indiana	Evansville	70	$40,770	1.9
Indiana	Fort Wayne	90	$40,230	2
Indiana	Indianapolis	420	$39,760	2.1
Indiana	Terre Haute	40	$35,220	2.9
Iowa	Davenport	40	$42,000	1
Iowa	Des Moines	100	$46,170	1.4
Iowa	Iowa City	60	$47,640	4.1
Kansas	Wichita	30	$59,570	0.4
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	60	$23,710	7.2
Kentucky	Lexington	140	$35,100	2.6
Kentucky	Louisville	320	$36,010	2.3
Maine	Portland	40	$45,760	0.9
Maryland	Baltimore	330	$43,710	1.1
Maryland	Bethesda	110	$40,200	0.9
Massachusetts	Boston	750	$38,930	1.9
Massachusetts	Haverhill	50	$52,960	3.2
Massachusetts	Worcester	240	$37,770	4.4
Michigan	Detroit	260	$52,450	1.6
Michigan	Flint	40	$49,560	1.4
Michigan	Warren	340	$43,860	1.3
Minnesota	Duluth	50	$47,230	1.9
Minnesota	Minneapolis	630	$49,060	1.6
Mississippi	Jackson	50	$55,780	0.9
Missouri	Kansas City	270	$43,890	1.2
Missouri	Springfield	70	$43,380	1.7
Missouri	St Louis	440	$44,520	1.4
Nebraska	Omaha	120	$40,990	1.2
New Hampshire	Manchester	50	$44,150	2.3
New Hampshire	Nashua	40	$36,950	1.4
New Jersey	Camden	110	$52,190	0.9
New Jersey	Edison	180	$48,170	0.8
New Jersey	Newark	260	$48,100	1.1
New Jersey	Trenton	50	$44,560	1.1
New York	Albany	110	$46,520	1.1
New York	Buffalo	300	$41,780	2.5
New York	Nassau	350	$57,210	1.2
New York	New York	800	$50,330	0.7
New York	Poughkeepsie	80	$46,500	1.5
New York	Rochester	160	$39,990	1.4
New York	Syracuse	60	$43,150	0.9
New York	Utica	40	$40,550	1.5
North Carolina	Charlotte	70	$52,370	0.4
North Carolina	Durham	50	$47,000	0.8
North Carolina	Raleigh	60	$41,110	0.5
North Carolina	Winston Salem	80	$50,900	1.7
Ohio	Akron	170	$44,770	2.3
Ohio	Canton	110	$59,830	2.9
Ohio	Cincinnati	470	$43,470	2
Ohio	Cleveland	310	$53,630	1.3
Ohio	Columbus	210	$50,030	1
Ohio	Dayton	180	$36,920	2.1
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	210	$35,620	1.7
Oregon	Eugene	70	$44,630	2.2
Oregon	Medford	30	$41,070	1.7
Oregon	Portland	320	$55,210	1.4
Pennsylvania	Allentown	120	$42,500	1.6
Pennsylvania	Erie	50	$39,240	1.9
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	60	$42,790	0.9
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	70	$27,530	6.3
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	40	$45,860	0.8
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	880	$47,520	2.1
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	410	$41,820	1.6
Pennsylvania	Reading	50	$47,460	1.4
Pennsylvania	Scranton	140	$39,290	2.5
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	40	$30,210	4
Rhode Island	Providence	190	$44,770	1.5
South Carolina	Charleston	180	$34,740	2.8
South Carolina	Greenville	70	$36,970	1
South Dakota	Rapid City	50	$35,490	4
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	90	$49,690	3.1
Tennessee	Kingsport	30	$33,270	1.3
Tennessee	Knoxville	70	$65,440	0.9
Tennessee	Memphis	130	$41,960	0.9
Tennessee	Nashville	310	$39,790	1.8
Texas	Abilene	50	$29,400	4.1
Texas	Austin	250	$34,780	1.5
Texas	Dallas	680	$41,800	1.4
Texas	Fort Worth	270	$55,900	1.4
Texas	Houston	950	$40,430	1.6
Texas	Lubbock	110	$34,090	4.3
Texas	San Antonio	260	$32,100	1.4
Texas	Wichita Falls	40	$31,940	3.5
Utah	Salt Lake City	360	$58,640	2.6
Vermont	Burlington	30	$46,040	1.3
Virginia	Charlottesville	40	$35,240	2.1
Virginia	Richmond	180	$41,310	1.3
Virginia	Roanoke	50	$34,480	1.5
Virginia	Virginia Beach	170	$34,020	1
Washington	Seattle	760	$52,950	2.4
Washington	Spokane	70	$44,830	1.5
Washington	Tacoma	70	$33,030	1.2
West Virginia	Huntington	30	$33,550	1.3
West Virginia	Morgantown	60	$37,070	6.7
Wisconsin	Madison	70	$49,230	1
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	360	$51,470	1.9

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