Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021
49-9062 Medical Equipment Repairers
Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.
National estimates for Medical Equipment Repairers
Industry profile for Medical Equipment Repairers
Geographic profile for Medical Equipment Repairers
National estimates for Medical Equipment Repairers:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Medical Equipment Repairers:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 53,400 |
3.5 % |
$ 27.13 |
$ 56,420 |
1.3 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Medical Equipment Repairers:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 15.04 |
$ 18.39 |
$ 24.00 |
$ 33.62 |
$ 39.35 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 31,280 |
$ 38,250 |
$ 49,910 |
$ 69,920 |
$ 81,850 |
Industry profile for Medical Equipment Repairers:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Medical Equipment Repairers are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Medical Equipment Repairers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Medical Equipment Repairers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
21,150 |
3.16 |
$ 27.42 |
$ 57,030 |
| Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance |
9,890 |
9.62 |
$ 27.08 |
$ 56,320 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
7,090 |
0.13 |
$ 33.18 |
$ 69,010 |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
3,450 |
0.35 |
$ 26.42 |
$ 54,950 |
| Rental and leasing services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) |
3,110 |
1.07 |
$ 18.49 |
$ 38,470 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Medical Equipment Repairers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance |
9,890 |
9.62 |
$ 27.08 |
$ 56,320 |
| Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
21,150 |
3.16 |
$ 27.42 |
$ 57,030 |
| Rental and leasing services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) |
3,110 |
1.07 |
$ 18.49 |
$ 38,470 |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
3,450 |
0.35 |
$ 26.42 |
$ 54,950 |
| Health and Personal Care Stores |
3,080 |
0.31 |
$ 19.20 |
$ 39,930 |
Top paying industries for Medical Equipment Repairers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only) |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 37.51 |
$ 78,030 |
| Scientific Research and Development Services |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 34.10 |
$ 70,930 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
7,090 |
0.13 |
$ 33.18 |
$ 69,010 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises |
460 |
0.02 |
$ 33.03 |
$ 68,690 |
| Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing |
400 |
0.10 |
$ 32.48 |
$ 67,560 |
Geographic profile for Medical Equipment Repairers:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Medical Equipment Repairers are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Medical Equipment Repairers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Medical Equipment Repairers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
5,950 |
0.36 |
0.95 |
$ 33.49 |
$ 69,660 |
| Texas |
4,530 |
0.37 |
0.98 |
$ 25.30 |
$ 52,630 |
| Florida |
4,440 |
0.52 |
1.36 |
$ 24.55 |
$ 51,070 |
| Michigan |
2,870 |
0.71 |
1.87 |
$ 27.47 |
$ 57,150 |
| Ohio |
2,490 |
0.48 |
1.26 |
$ 28.37 |
$ 59,010 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Medical Equipment Repairers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Michigan |
2,870 |
0.71 |
1.87 |
$ 27.47 |
$ 57,150 |
| Mississippi |
710 |
0.65 |
1.71 |
$ 17.77 |
$ 36,950 |
| Maryland |
1,420 |
0.56 |
1.48 |
$ 25.06 |
$ 52,120 |
| Kentucky |
1,010 |
0.55 |
1.44 |
$ 22.15 |
$ 46,070 |
| Kansas |
720 |
0.54 |
1.42 |
$ 22.12 |
$ 46,010 |
Top paying states for Medical Equipment Repairers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New Jersey |
960 |
0.25 |
0.65 |
$ 35.52 |
$ 73,880 |
| Nevada |
130 |
0.10 |
0.26 |
$ 34.93 |
$ 72,660 |
| Maine |
170 |
0.29 |
0.77 |
$ 34.60 |
$ 71,970 |
| Oregon |
380 |
0.21 |
0.55 |
$ 34.14 |
$ 71,010 |
| Utah |
160 |
0.11 |
0.28 |
$ 33.75 |
$ 70,200 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Medical Equipment Repairers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
2,420 |
0.42 |
1.11 |
$ 33.06 |
$ 68,760 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1,760 |
0.42 |
1.10 |
$ 24.08 |
$ 50,090 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1,700 |
0.20 |
0.52 |
$ 32.91 |
$ 68,450 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1,580 |
0.88 |
2.31 |
$ 26.05 |
$ 54,190 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
1,340 |
0.37 |
0.98 |
$ 27.24 |
$ 56,660 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
1,270 |
0.52 |
1.36 |
$ 26.81 |
$ 55,760 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1,020 |
0.56 |
1.47 |
$ 28.30 |
$ 58,860 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
930 |
0.36 |
0.95 |
$ 27.36 |
$ 56,910 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
920 |
0.44 |
1.15 |
$ 25.44 |
$ 52,910 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
880 |
0.30 |
0.80 |
$ 29.20 |
$ 60,730 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Medical Equipment Repairers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Texarkana, TX-AR |
70 |
1.24 |
3.26 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1,580 |
0.88 |
2.31 |
$ 26.05 |
$ 54,190 |
| Flint, MI |
110 |
0.88 |
2.31 |
$ 29.43 |
$ 61,220 |
| Sioux Falls, SD |
130 |
0.86 |
2.27 |
$ 29.67 |
$ 61,720 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
100 |
0.80 |
2.11 |
$ 22.51 |
$ 46,820 |
| Jackson, MS |
190 |
0.79 |
2.08 |
$ 18.85 |
$ 39,210 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH |
40 |
0.77 |
2.03 |
$ 26.16 |
$ 54,410 |
| Cheyenne, WY |
30 |
0.74 |
1.96 |
$ 24.34 |
$ 50,630 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
460 |
0.74 |
1.96 |
$ 22.72 |
$ 47,250 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
360 |
0.74 |
1.95 |
$ 25.26 |
$ 52,540 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Medical Equipment Repairers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
70 |
0.52 |
1.37 |
$ 40.78 |
$ 84,820 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
300 |
0.28 |
0.75 |
$ 40.40 |
$ 84,030 |
| Reno, NV |
70 |
0.28 |
0.75 |
$ 40.12 |
$ 83,450 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
560 |
0.25 |
0.66 |
$ 39.26 |
$ 81,660 |
| Salt Lake City, UT |
100 |
0.13 |
0.35 |
$ 35.98 |
$ 74,840 |
| Santa Rosa, CA |
40 |
0.19 |
0.51 |
$ 35.92 |
$ 74,720 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
70 |
0.19 |
0.51 |
$ 35.35 |
$ 73,530 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
50 |
0.25 |
0.65 |
$ 35.32 |
$ 73,470 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA |
50 |
0.33 |
0.86 |
$ 34.53 |
$ 71,810 |
| Modesto, CA |
60 |
0.32 |
0.86 |
$ 33.83 |
$ 70,370 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Medical Equipment Repairers:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Medical Equipment Repairers:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Medical Equipment Repairers:
About May 2021 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(8) Estimate not released.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2022
United States Department of Labor
