Compare A Biomedical Equipment Technician ↔ B Electric Motor Repairer

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1 move · +$1,920 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

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Biomedical Equipment Technician to Electric Motor Repairer +$1,920 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.89.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving

Side by side

All Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers: Texas median $60,290, $1,920 more a year than all Medical Equipment Repairers ($58,370), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Electric Motor Repairer 38%, Biomedical Equipment Technician 28%.

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$58,370+$1,920$60,290

Gates on the route: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +21.9% Texas, 780 openings a year

B +9.1% Texas, 260 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

28%+10 pts38%

Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first

2.5 / 5+0.53.0 / 5

Hazardous equipment+1.60Hazardous equipment: A 2.37, B 3.97
Standing+0.86Standing: A 3.54, B 4.4
Very hot or cold+0.83Very hot or cold: A 2.59, B 3.42
High places+0.70High places: A 1.57, B 2.27
Hazardous conditions+0.63Hazardous conditions: A 3.23, B 3.86

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

License

A No license for this job title at the agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA). Texas health department rules for X-ray equipment service were not checked.

B No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 40%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 49%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Repairing
Equipment Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Operations Monitoring
Active Listening
Judgment and Decision Making

To build: 4

Equipment Selection +0.75
Critical Thinking +0.63
Complex Problem Solving +0.62
Installation +0.50

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