Medical Maintenance Technician Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

A count of all the medical maintenance technicians in the US adds up to about 38,000 positions. The jobless rate for workers is rated as very low. Approximately 2% of employees were not able to obtain work in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Medical maintenance technicians are most common (per capita) in Elizabethtown (Kentucky), Morgantown (West Virginia), and Johnstown (Pennsylvania), and least common in Raleigh (North Carolina), Wichita (Kansas), and Charlotte (North Carolina).

Knoxville (Tennessee), Canton (Ohio), and Salt Lake City (Utah) offer the highest pay for this career, and Wichita Falls (Texas), Johnstown (Pennsylvania), and Elizabethtown (Kentucky) offer the lowest salaries.

Training and Education

An associate degree is suggested for those who want to pursue this career. About 15% of medical maintenance technicians have earned a degree. Those that started college, but did not earn a bachelor's degree, represent about 57% of workers. Employees with a high school education, but no college education, are about 28% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government stats show that 10% of medical maintenance technicians are working part-time. Workers who are self-employed total about 14%.


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Medical Maintenance Technicians Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of medical maintenance technicians compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for medical maintenance technicians.

Alabama

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Birmingham$42,000190
Mobile$40,000100
Montgomery$42,00060

Arizona

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Phoenix$41,000490

Arkansas

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Little Rock$41,000160

California

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
San Jose$49,000600
Santa Ana$53,000460
San Diego$59,000460
Oakland$51,000290
San Francisco$56,000200
Sacramento$44,000120
Oxnard$44,00050
Modesto$47,00040
Vallejo$50,00040
Fresno$41,00040

Colorado

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Denver$50,000520
Greeley$49,00030

Connecticut

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Hartford$49,00090
Norwich$46,00040

Delaware

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Wilmington$41,000150

District of Columbia

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Washington$43,000340

Florida

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Tampa$49,000370
Orlando$41,000260
Miami$41,000220
Jacksonville$49,000190
Palm Bay$42,000100
Gainesville$35,00090

Georgia

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Atlanta$41,000470
Augusta$47,000120

Indiana

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Indianapolis$40,000420
Fort Wayne$40,00090
Evansville$41,00070
Anderson$34,00040
Terre Haute$35,00040

Iowa

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Des Moines$46,000100
Iowa City$48,00060
Davenport$42,00040

Kansas

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Wichita$60,00030

Kentucky

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Louisville$36,000320
Lexington$35,000140
Elizabethtown$24,00060

Maine

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Portland$46,00040

Maryland

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Baltimore$44,000330
Bethesda$40,000110

Massachusetts

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Boston$39,000750
Worcester$38,000240
Haverhill$53,00050

Michigan

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Warren$44,000340
Detroit$52,000260
Flint$50,00040

Minnesota

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Minneapolis$49,000630
Duluth$47,00050

Mississippi

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Jackson$56,00050

Missouri

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
St Louis$45,000440
Kansas City$44,000270
Springfield$43,00070

Nebraska

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Omaha$41,000120

New Hampshire

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Manchester$44,00050
Nashua$37,00040

New Jersey

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Newark$48,000260
Edison$48,000180
Camden$52,000110
Trenton$45,00050

New York

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
New York$50,000800
Nassau$57,000350
Buffalo$42,000300
Rochester$40,000160
Albany$47,000110
Poughkeepsie$47,00080
Syracuse$43,00060
Utica$41,00040

North Carolina

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Winston Salem$51,00080
Charlotte$52,00070
Raleigh$41,00060
Durham$47,00050

Ohio

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Cincinnati$43,000470
Cleveland$54,000310
Columbus$50,000210
Dayton$37,000180
Akron$45,000170
Canton$60,000110

Oklahoma

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Oklahoma City$36,000210

Oregon

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Portland$55,000320
Eugene$45,00070
Medford$41,00030

Pennsylvania

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Philadelphia$48,000880
Pittsburgh$42,000410
Scranton$39,000140
Allentown$43,000120
Johnstown$28,00070
Harrisburg$43,00060
Reading$47,00050
Erie$39,00050
Williamsport$30,00040
Lancaster$46,00040

Rhode Island

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Providence$45,000190

South Carolina

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Charleston$35,000180
Greenville$37,00070

South Dakota

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Sioux Falls$50,00090
Rapid City$35,00050

Tennessee

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Nashville$40,000310
Memphis$42,000130
Knoxville$65,00070
Kingsport$33,00030

Texas

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Houston$40,000950
Dallas$42,000680
Fort Worth$56,000270
San Antonio$32,000260
Austin$35,000250
Lubbock$34,000110
Abilene$29,00050
Wichita Falls$32,00040

Utah

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Salt Lake City$59,000360

Vermont

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Burlington$46,00030

Virginia

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Richmond$41,000180
Virginia Beach$34,000170
Roanoke$34,00050
Charlottesville$35,00040

Washington

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Seattle$53,000760
Tacoma$33,00070
Spokane$45,00070

West Virginia

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Morgantown$37,00060
Huntington$34,00030

Wisconsin

LocationMedian PayWorkersPopularity
Milwaukee$51,000360
Madison$49,00070

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