Career
Medical equipment repairers
Keep hospital equipment safe and working.
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- 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.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on objects & tools, then information & systems?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Operations Monitoring.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
2 years of education after high school (associate's degree), for a median of $61,660 a year and 8,200 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Biomedical Technology/TechnicianCIP 15.0401
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians$67,820 · +4.8%
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,090 · +0.3%
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$78,190 · +2.4%
- Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians$82,890 · +11.9%
- Photonics Technicians
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.