Compare A Millwright ↔ B Biomedical Equipment Technician
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2 moves · -$4,260 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
Millwright to Electric Motor Repairer -$2,340 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 = 0.84 (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
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, $4,260 less a year than all Millwrights ($62,630), every experience level.
Millwright: 82% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.9 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: Biomedical Equipment Technician: license not checked yet.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +5.0% Texas, 300 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
3.7 / 5-1.32.5 / 5
- High places-2.29High places: A 3.86, B 1.57
- Hazardous equipment-2.13Hazardous equipment: A 4.5, B 2.37
- Protective gear-2.10Protective gear: A 4.23, B 2.13
- Outdoors, all weather-1.90Outdoors, all weather: A 4.36, B 2.46
- Very hot or cold-1.55Very hot or cold: A 4.14, B 2.59
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 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).
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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 27%).
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
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
To build: 1
- Repairing +0.63
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