Connecticut·Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations·SOC 49-9062

Best Medical Equipment Repairer programs in Connecticut, ranked by enrollment

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical.

1 schools in Connecticut run programs that feed this job, graduating 2 people a year. The job pays a median of $71,220 in Connecticut across about 1,060 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledService Technician (Service Tech)Biomedical Technician (Biomed Tech)Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET)Biomedical Electronics Technician (Biomed Electronics Tech)Cryogenics RepairerEquipment SpecialistHearing Aid MechanicHearing Aid Repairer
Graduates / yr
2
in Connecticut
Median pay · Connecticut
$71,220
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,060
people employed
Schools
1
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
24%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Connecticut that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Connecticut that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Connecticut (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Connecticut page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
12
100.0%
1$60,286$15,383

Top 1 schools in Connecticut

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 1 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Connecticut State Community College
New Britain, CT Public · 1 feeder programs
2Biomedical Technology/Technician24%

All 1 schools in Connecticut

Every school in Connecticut with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Connecticut that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Connecticut State Community CollegeNew BritainPublic21

What medical equipment repairers earn in Connecticut

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Connecticut
$71,220
Mean annual
$74,370
Jobs in state
1,060
What the range looks like
10th pct$47,210Median$71,22090th pct$99,630
Versus the national median
+15.5%

U.S. median $61,660. Connecticut pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.47×

Concentrated here: Connecticut employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Connecticut

New Haven, CT
$75,700median
150 jobs
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
$71,220median
230 jobs
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
$68,260median
400 jobs
Waterbury-Shelton, CT
$65,040median
70 jobs
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
$59,860median
30 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+12.9%
Much faster than average
Openings per year
7,300
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
8,800
68,000 → 76,800
Typical entry education
Associate's degree
Plus moderate-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Medical Equipment Repairers page.

How to become a Medical Equipment Repairer

Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0
Typical entry education
Associate's degree
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Top skills

Critical ThinkingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningActive LearningMonitoringMathematics

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Connecticut

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Medical Equipment Repairers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 15.0401Biomedical Technology/Technician

Common questions

Answers for people weighing medical equipment repairers programs in Connecticut.

What degree do you need to become a Medical Equipment Repairer?+

Associate's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Biomedical Technology/Technician, which awarded 2 degrees in Connecticut in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Medical Equipment Repairer?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians. Together they graduate about 2 people a year in Connecticut.

How much do medical equipment repairers earn in Connecticut?+

The median is $71,220 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 15.5% above the U.S. median of $61,660. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for medical equipment repairers growing?+

BLS projects a +12.9% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 7,300 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Connecticut?+

1 institutions in Connecticut reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do medical equipment repairers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Service Technician (Service Tech), Biomedical Technician (Biomed Tech), Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET), Biomedical Electronics Technician (Biomed Electronics Tech) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 49-9062.

Programs in ConnecticutBiomedical Technology/Technician

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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