Compare A Biomedical Equipment Technician ↔ B Facilities Technician
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1 move · -$11,700 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
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- Move 1, to Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
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Biomedical Equipment Technician to Facilities Technician -$11,700 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
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All Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: Texas median $46,670, $11,700 less a year than all Medical Equipment Repairers ($58,370), 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 No headline record for this level
B $21.63 to $23.79/h City of Austin (incl. Austin Energy) pay range, 2025
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
Gates on the route: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +21.9% Texas, 780 openings a year
B +14.9% Texas, 16,100 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.5 / 5+1.03.4 / 5
- Hazardous equipment+1.84Hazardous equipment: A 2.37, B 4.21
- Outdoors, all weather+1.78Outdoors, all weather: A 2.46, B 4.24
- Very hot or cold+1.59Very hot or cold: A 2.59, B 4.18
- High places+1.43High places: A 1.57, B 3
- Walking or running+1.26Walking or running: A 2.63, B 3.89
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: 2% 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 state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license.
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: 47%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Equipment Maintenance
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
To build: 1
- Installation +0.50
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