Compare A Biomedical Equipment Technician ↔ B Appliance Service Technician

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Your route

2 moves · -$9,740 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Computer Repair Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Appliance Service Technician: license depends on the work (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).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Biomedical Equipment Technician to Computer Repair Technician -$12,890 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Computer Repair Technician to Appliance Service Technician +$3,150 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.84 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license depends on the work (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).

Side by side

All Home Appliance Repairers: Texas median $48,630, $9,740 less a year than all Medical Equipment Repairers ($58,370), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Appliance Service Technician 32%, Biomedical Equipment Technician 28%.

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

$58,370-$9,740$48,630

Gates on the route: Appliance Service Technician: license depends on the work (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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +21.9% Texas, 780 openings a year

B +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

28%+4 pts32%

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

2.5 / 5+0.32.8 / 5

Very hot or cold+1.28Very hot or cold: A 2.59, B 3.87
Cramped space+1.07Cramped space: A 3.03, B 4.1
Outdoors, all weather+1.03Outdoors, all weather: A 2.46, B 3.49
Protective gear-1.02Protective gear: A 2.13, B 1.11
Kneeling or crawling+0.96Kneeling or crawling: A 2.49, B 3.45

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 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.

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: none (O*NET: 34%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Repairing
Equipment Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Operations Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis
Complex Problem Solving

To build: 3

Critical Thinking +0.63
Speaking +0.62
Installation +0.50

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