Compare A Appliance Service Technician ↔ B Biomedical Equipment Technician
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1 move · +$9,740 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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Appliance Service Technician to Biomedical Equipment Technician +$9,740 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.85 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
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All Medical Equipment Repairers: Texas median $58,370, $9,740 more a year than all Home Appliance Repairers ($48,630), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Biomedical Equipment Technician 28%, Appliance Service Technician 32%.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
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Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year
B +21.9% Texas, 780 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.8 / 5-0.32.5 / 5
- Very hot or cold-1.28Very hot or cold: A 3.87, B 2.59
- Cramped space-1.07Cramped space: A 4.1, B 3.03
- Outdoors, all weather-1.03Outdoors, all weather: A 3.49, B 2.46
- Protective gear+1.02Protective gear: A 1.11, B 2.13
- Kneeling or crawling-0.96Kneeling or crawling: A 3.45, B 2.49
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 Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer.
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: none (O*NET: 34%).
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
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Learning
- Active Listening
To build: 0
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