Medical Equipment Preparers salary

SOC 31-9093 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$47,700

per year, nationally

Middle half

$39,800–$58,570

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

77,420

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+10.0%

10,900 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$36,410$69,950

10th: $36,410
25th: $39,800
Median: $47,700
75th: $58,570
90th: $69,950

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where medical equipment preparers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	California	$61,370	110.7	8,720	0.96×
2	Washington	$58,830	107.0	1,670	0.94×
3	Massachusetts	$58,580	105.8	1,900	1.05×
4	New York	$57,320	107.9	5,190	1.08×
5	Delaware	$53,300	99.8	190	0.80×
6	Hawaii	$51,630	110.0	220	0.71×
7	Rhode Island	$51,460	102.3	190	0.78×
8	New Jersey	$50,280	108.8	2,440	1.14×
9	Minnesota	$50,070	98.6	1,390	0.95×
10	Alaska	$49,920	102.4	220	1.38×
11	Vermont	$48,990	98.0	140	0.93×
12	New Hampshire	$48,900	104.2	380	1.11×
13	Oregon	$48,890	103.4	1,570	1.60×
14	Maryland	$48,680	105.0	1,160	0.84×
15	District of Columbia	$48,670	109.9	310	0.89×
16	Wyoming	$48,210	92.7	120	0.83×
17	Illinois	$48,050	100.0	2,800	0.92×
18	Connecticut	$47,980	103.6	1,060	1.25×
19	Utah	$47,980	98.9	600	0.70×
20	Georgia	$47,850	96.3	1,860	0.76×
21	Colorado	$47,700	103.1	1,950	1.36×
22	Wisconsin	$47,570	94.1	1,380	0.94×
23	Tennessee	$46,990	91.9	1,590	0.97×
24	Texas	$46,970	97.1	4,520	0.65×
25	Kentucky	$46,880	90.2	1,120	1.13×
26	Maine	$46,860	97.0	510	1.59×
27	Arizona	$46,790	100.7	2,320	1.44×
28	Nevada	$46,640	100.0	510	0.67×
29	Virginia	$46,580	101.1	1,840	0.90×
30	Idaho	$46,450	95.5	580	1.35×
31	Florida	$45,890	103.4	5,250	1.06×
32	Pennsylvania	$45,820	97.6	3,450	1.14×
33	Michigan	$45,670	96.2	2,420	1.10×
34	Ohio	$45,540	92.8	3,210	1.16×
35	Kansas	$45,280	90.1	740	1.04×
36	Indiana	$45,210	93.3	1,750	1.10×
37	North Carolina	$45,130	94.3	2,900	1.18×
38	West Virginia	$44,830	89.5	530	1.51×
39	Montana	$44,670	94.6	330	1.28×
40	Missouri	$43,480	90.8	1,970	1.35×
41	Oklahoma	$43,460	87.8	690	0.82×
42	South Carolina	$42,510	93.7	1,160	1.01×
43	South Dakota	$42,330	88.6	480	2.12×
44	Nebraska	$41,480	90.1	550	1.08×
45	Iowa	$39,930	87.8	590	0.76×
46	North Dakota	$38,910	89.0	350	1.65×
47	Arkansas	$38,100	86.9	320	0.50×
48	New Mexico	$36,720	92.2	300	0.70×
49	Louisiana	$35,960	88.2	620	0.64×
50	Alabama	$35,800	88.8	1,000	0.95×
51	Mississippi	$35,160	87.0	350	0.60×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where medical equipment preparers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for medical equipment preparers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Vallejo, CA	$82,610	108.5	140	1.95×
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$82,140	115.6	1,070	0.90×
3	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$81,370	109.9	50	1.12×
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$81,090	110.4	540	0.95×
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$79,490	106.7	680	1.27×
6	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$75,800	108.6	60	0.99×
7	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$67,830	111.9	630	0.82×
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$61,870	111.1	910	0.88×
9	Redding, CA	$61,840	100.7	40	1.17×
10	Barnstable Town, MA	$61,160	98.4	40	0.78×
11	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$61,060	105.1	100	0.70×
12	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$60,980	107.8	150	1.44×
13	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$60,840	108.3	1,310	0.98×
14	Salinas, CA	$60,490	109.0	70	0.79×
15	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$60,380	110.5	100	0.64×
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$59,560	106.4	800	0.94×
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$59,520	113.6	3,010	0.96×
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,870	112.6	5,270	1.12×
19	Worcester, MA	$57,760	102.5	200	1.14×
20	Boulder, CO	$54,110	105.2	90	0.92×
21	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$53,420	104.8	920	0.95×
22	Idaho Falls, ID	$51,730	94.4	80	1.95×
23	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$51,660	100.3	140	1.12×
24	Colorado Springs, CO	$51,540	100.7	180	1.12×
25	Urban Honolulu, HI	$51,520	111.0	160	0.71×
26	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$51,360	103.9	30	1.31×
27	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$51,360	101.1	—	—
28	Merced, CA	$51,110	98.3	40	0.93×
29	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$51,010	108.8	80	0.82×
30	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$51,000	105.4	890	1.47×
31	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$50,890	100.9	70	1.13×
32	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$50,860	98.9	90	1.02×
33	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$50,600	108.9	1,070	0.69×
34	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$50,510	102.4	210	1.24×
35	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$50,370	102.6	1,660	1.15×
36	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$50,300	103.1	1,210	0.60×
37	Grants Pass, OR	$50,280	97.8	30	2.10×
38	Ann Arbor, MI	$50,030	100.9	230	2.08×
39	Eau Claire, WI	$49,860	92.8	60	1.51×
40	Madison, WI	$49,600	97.3	220	1.10×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where medical equipment preparers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Medical Assistants$45,690
Dental Assistants$48,070
Phlebotomists$45,230
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$38,150
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$48,430
Massage Therapists$58,450
Medical Transcriptionists$40,410
Pharmacy Aides$37,680