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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Medical Equipment Repairers

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.

Also called: Biomedical Electronics Technician (Biomed Electronics Tech), Biomedical Engineering Technician (Biomed Engineering Tech), Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET), Biomedical Technician (Biomed Tech), Dental Equipment Technician (Dental Equipment Tech), Durable Medical Equipment Technician (DME Tech)

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Median pay in Greater Boston
$78,480
$37.73/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
1,660
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+8.4%
150 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Associate's degree
plus Moderate-term on-the-job training

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$50,690$64,020$78,480$94,910$100,490

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
  • Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
  • Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments.
  • Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
  • Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
  • Examine medical equipment or facility's structural environment and check for proper use of equipment to protect patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards and to ensure compliance with safety regulations.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Moderate exposure39 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 39
  • Language-model AIOE 32
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 46

Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for this job is moderate, and observed AI use is little or none. AI tools could help with record keeping, looking up manuals, and troubleshooting steps. Testing, taking apart, and repairing equipment by hand still takes a trained person.

Likely to change

  • Keeping maintenance and repair records
  • Looking up manuals and troubleshooting steps

Still relies on people

  • Taking apart and repairing equipment by hand
  • Testing and calibrating devices in person

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