Compare A Stationary Engineer ↔ B Biomedical Equipment Technician

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2 moves · -$5,440 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Industrial Electrical Equipment Technician: license depends on the work (Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8)).
Move 2, to Biomedical Equipment Technician: license not checked yet.

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Stationary Engineer to Industrial Electrical Equipment Technician +$10,670 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8)).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Industrial Electrical Equipment Technician to Biomedical Equipment Technician -$16,110 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Medical Equipment Repairers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.90 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license not checked yet.

Side by side

All Medical Equipment Repairers: Texas median $58,370, $5,440 less a year than all Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators ($63,810), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Biomedical Equipment Technician 28%, Stationary Engineer 32%.

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

$63,810-$5,440$58,370

Gates on the route: Industrial Electrical Equipment Technician: license depends on the work (Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8)); Biomedical Equipment Technician: license not checked yet.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +2.1% United States, 3,800 openings a year

B +21.9% Texas, 780 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

32%-4 pts28%

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

3.3 / 5-0.82.5 / 5

High places-2.09High places: A 3.66, B 1.57
Outdoors, all weather-1.80Outdoors, all weather: A 4.26, B 2.46
Hazardous equipment-1.62Hazardous equipment: A 3.99, B 2.37
Very hot or cold-1.49Very hot or cold: A 4.08, B 2.59
Hazardous conditions-1.06Hazardous conditions: A 4.29, B 3.23

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 found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.

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: 24%).

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
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Active Learning
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving

To build: 4

Repairing +1.00
Equipment Maintenance +0.75
Troubleshooting +0.63
Equipment Selection +0.50

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