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

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$42,000	190
Mobile	$40,000	100
Montgomery	$42,000	60

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$41,000	490

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$41,000	160

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
San Jose	$49,000	600
Santa Ana	$53,000	460
San Diego	$59,000	460
Oakland	$51,000	290
San Francisco	$56,000	200
Sacramento	$44,000	120
Oxnard	$44,000	50
Modesto	$47,000	40
Vallejo	$50,000	40
Fresno	$41,000	40

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$50,000	520
Greeley	$49,000	30

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$49,000	90
Norwich	$46,000	40

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$41,000	150

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$43,000	340

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$49,000	370
Orlando	$41,000	260
Miami	$41,000	220
Jacksonville	$49,000	190
Palm Bay	$42,000	100
Gainesville	$35,000	90

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$41,000	470
Augusta	$47,000	120

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$40,000	420
Fort Wayne	$40,000	90
Evansville	$41,000	70
Anderson	$34,000	40
Terre Haute	$35,000	40

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$46,000	100
Iowa City	$48,000	60
Davenport	$42,000	40

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$60,000	30

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$36,000	320
Lexington	$35,000	140
Elizabethtown	$24,000	60

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$46,000	40

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$44,000	330
Bethesda	$40,000	110

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$39,000	750
Worcester	$38,000	240
Haverhill	$53,000	50

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$44,000	340
Detroit	$52,000	260
Flint	$50,000	40

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$49,000	630
Duluth	$47,000	50

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$56,000	50

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$45,000	440
Kansas City	$44,000	270
Springfield	$43,000	70

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$41,000	120

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Manchester	$44,000	50
Nashua	$37,000	40

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Newark	$48,000	260
Edison	$48,000	180
Camden	$52,000	110
Trenton	$45,000	50

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$50,000	800
Nassau	$57,000	350
Buffalo	$42,000	300
Rochester	$40,000	160
Albany	$47,000	110
Poughkeepsie	$47,000	80
Syracuse	$43,000	60
Utica	$41,000	40

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Winston Salem	$51,000	80
Charlotte	$52,000	70
Raleigh	$41,000	60
Durham	$47,000	50

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cincinnati	$43,000	470
Cleveland	$54,000	310
Columbus	$50,000	210
Dayton	$37,000	180
Akron	$45,000	170
Canton	$60,000	110

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$36,000	210

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$55,000	320
Eugene	$45,000	70
Medford	$41,000	30

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$48,000	880
Pittsburgh	$42,000	410
Scranton	$39,000	140
Allentown	$43,000	120
Johnstown	$28,000	70
Harrisburg	$43,000	60
Reading	$47,000	50
Erie	$39,000	50
Williamsport	$30,000	40
Lancaster	$46,000	40

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$45,000	190

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$35,000	180
Greenville	$37,000	70

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$50,000	90
Rapid City	$35,000	50

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$40,000	310
Memphis	$42,000	130
Knoxville	$65,000	70
Kingsport	$33,000	30

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$40,000	950
Dallas	$42,000	680
Fort Worth	$56,000	270
San Antonio	$32,000	260
Austin	$35,000	250
Lubbock	$34,000	110
Abilene	$29,000	50
Wichita Falls	$32,000	40

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$59,000	360

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$46,000	30

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Richmond	$41,000	180
Virginia Beach	$34,000	170
Roanoke	$34,000	50
Charlottesville	$35,000	40

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$53,000	760
Tacoma	$33,000	70
Spokane	$45,000	70

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Morgantown	$37,000	60
Huntington	$34,000	30

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$51,000	360
Madison	$49,000	70

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