As of June 2026, Medical Equipment Repairers has an AI-exposure score of 56/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
AI Exposure Score for
Medical Equipment Repairers
56/100
Elevated exposure
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More exposed than 53% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$61,660. About 7,300 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
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How you compare to similar Installation & Repair roles
Medical Equipment Repairers (you)
56
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55
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Your tasks, by AI exposure
Automatable
- Research catalogs or repair part lists to locate sources for repair parts, requisitioning parts and recording their receipt.
Augmentable
- Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
- Explain or demonstrate correct operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel.
- Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
- Make computations relating to load requirements of wiring or equipment, using algebraic expressions and standard formulas.
- Compute power and space requirements for installing medical, dental, or related equipment and install units to manufacturers' specifications.
- Study technical manuals or attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge.
- Plan and carry out work assignments, using blueprints, schematic drawings, technical manuals, wiring diagrams, or liquid or air flow sheets, following prescribed regulations, directives, or other instructions as required.
- Install medical equipment.
- Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
- 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.
- Repair shop equipment, metal furniture, or hospital equipment, including welding broken parts or replacing missing parts, or bring item into local shop for major repairs.
- Evaluate technical specifications to identify equipment or systems best suited for intended use and possible purchase, based on specifications, user needs, or technical requirements.
- Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations.
- Solder loose connections, using soldering iron.
- Contribute expertise to develop medical maintenance standard operating procedures.
- Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
Durable
- Supervise or advise subordinate personnel.
- Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments.
- Fabricate, dress down, or substitute parts or major new items to modify equipment to meet unique operational or research needs, working from job orders, sketches, modification orders, samples, or discussions with operating officials.
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