Compare A Industrial Machinery Mechanic ↔ B Biomedical Equipment Technician
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2 moves · -$3,560 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).
- Move 2, to Biomedical Equipment Technician: license not checked yet.
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Industrial Machinery Mechanic to Electric Motor Repairer -$1,640 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.92.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, 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, $3,560 less a year than all Industrial Machinery Mechanics ($61,930), every experience level.
Industrial Machinery Mechanic: 47% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.7 times the share for Biomedical Equipment Technician (28%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common); Biomedical Equipment Technician: license not checked yet.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +21.8% Texas, 6,380 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
2.9 / 5-0.52.5 / 5
- Hazardous equipment-1.69Hazardous equipment: A 4.06, B 2.37
- High places-1.51High places: A 3.08, B 1.57
- Walking or running-0.82Walking or running: A 3.45, B 2.63
- Very hot or cold-0.62Very hot or cold: A 3.21, B 2.59
- Standing-0.41Standing: A 3.95, B 3.54
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 Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.
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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 32%).
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
- Repairing
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Critical Thinking
To build: 0
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