Compare A Facilities Technician ↔ B Biomedical Equipment Technician

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2 moves · +$11,700 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electric Motor Repairer: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Biomedical Equipment Technician: license not checked yet.

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Electric Motor Repairer +$13,620 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 = 0.92.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Quality Control Analysis, Complex Problem Solving
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Biomedical Equipment Technician -$1,920 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.89 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license not checked yet.

Side by side

All Medical Equipment Repairers: Texas median $58,370, $11,700 more a year than all Maintenance and Repair Workers, General ($46,670), every experience level.

Facilities Technician: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.2 times the share for Biomedical Equipment Technician (28%).

This level's pay

A $21.63 to $23.79/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025

B No headline record for this level

No published schedule lists both jobs, so no level-specific difference is shown.

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

$46,670+$11,700$58,370

Gates on the route: Biomedical Equipment Technician: license not checked yet.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year

B +21.9% Texas, 780 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

62%-35 pts28%

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

3.4 / 5-1.02.5 / 5

Hazardous equipment-1.84Hazardous equipment: A 4.21, B 2.37
Outdoors, all weather-1.78Outdoors, all weather: A 4.24, B 2.46
Very hot or cold-1.59Very hot or cold: A 4.18, B 2.59
High places-1.43High places: A 3, B 1.57
Walking or running-1.26Walking or running: A 3.89, B 2.63

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).

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

License

A No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.

B 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.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 47%).

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

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Equipment Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Active Learning
Active Listening

To build: 1

Systems Analysis +0.50

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