Medical Appliance Technicians salary

SOC 51-9082 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$48,030

per year, nationally

Middle half

$42,210–$60,580

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

11,280

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.7%

1,500 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.

$36,510$75,740

10th: $36,510
25th: $42,210
Median: $48,030
75th: $60,580
90th: $75,740

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 appliance technicians 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	Arizona	$72,760	100.7	300	1.29×
2	Pennsylvania	$60,920	97.6	200	0.46×
3	Massachusetts	$59,810	105.8	—	—
4	Colorado	$59,560	103.1	—	—
5	Virginia	$56,260	101.1	260	0.87×
6	New Hampshire	$54,980	104.2	40	0.76×
7	Nebraska	$54,770	90.1	170	2.29×
8	North Carolina	$54,650	94.3	600	1.67×
9	Connecticut	$54,430	103.6	130	1.05×
10	Minnesota	$53,750	98.6	—	—
11	South Dakota	$52,950	88.6	30	0.93×
12	New Jersey	$52,400	108.8	310	0.99×
13	Iowa	$51,790	87.8	80	0.71×
14	California	$51,530	110.7	1,300	0.99×
15	Louisiana	$50,770	88.2	—	—
16	Oklahoma	$49,870	87.8	110	0.90×
17	Michigan	$49,140	96.2	480	1.51×
18	Rhode Island	$49,100	102.3	—	—
19	Wisconsin	$48,890	94.1	100	0.46×
20	New York	$48,080	107.9	720	1.03×
21	Washington	$48,030	107.0	310	1.20×
22	Idaho	$48,020	95.5	40	0.69×
23	Maine	$47,670	97.0	30	0.72×
24	Maryland	$46,940	105.0	160	0.79×
25	Missouri	$46,750	90.8	350	1.62×
26	Oregon	$46,450	103.4	130	0.88×
27	Texas	$46,430	97.1	310	0.30×
28	Illinois	$46,370	100.0	790	1.80×
29	Florida	$46,110	103.4	1,800	2.49×
30	Nevada	$45,870	100.0	90	0.80×
31	Indiana	$45,820	93.3	130	0.58×
32	Ohio	$45,710	92.8	420	1.04×
33	Kentucky	$45,690	90.2	—	—
34	Mississippi	$45,100	87.0	110	1.29×
35	Tennessee	$44,700	91.9	370	1.55×
36	Utah	$44,110	98.9	170	1.31×
37	South Carolina	$42,230	93.7	200	1.18×
38	Arkansas	$39,450	86.9	60	0.66×
39	Georgia	$37,440	96.3	50	0.15×
40	Kansas	$37,090	90.1	—	—

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 appliance technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for medical appliance technicians

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	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$81,600	103.3	190	1.11×
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$61,890	108.9	80	0.34×
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$59,910	108.3	250	1.29×
4	Richmond, VA	$58,210	97.9	60	1.34×
5	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$57,880	97.3	130	1.32×
6	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$56,490	98.2	100	1.80×
7	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$56,390	95.7	60	0.74×
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$55,720	105.8	—	—
9	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$55,680	98.6	50	0.21×
10	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$55,560	106.4	100	0.80×
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$53,950	113.6	420	0.93×
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$53,860	111.1	80	0.50×
13	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$53,750	104.8	—	—
14	Oklahoma City, OK	$53,380	90.4	70	1.47×
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$52,820	115.6	140	0.80×
16	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$51,670	94.8	30	3.69×
17	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$51,230	96.9	50	0.87×
18	Winston-Salem, NC	$51,090	92.0	40	2.04×
19	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$49,920	100.3	190	1.39×
20	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$49,460	102.6	200	0.93×
21	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$49,450	91.7	30	1.13×
22	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$49,100	101.8	150	2.87×
23	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$48,850	112.6	690	1.01×
24	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$48,520	96.3	120	1.54×
25	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$48,140	101.4	130	1.28×
26	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$47,740	104.5	50	0.46×
27	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$47,670	105.4	100	1.18×
28	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$47,560	98.1	30	0.34×
29	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,340	111.9	290	2.57×
30	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$47,320	102.3	40	1.99×
31	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$47,310	103.6	640	1.95×
32	Jackson, MS	$47,150	89.0	50	2.56×
33	Columbus, OH	$47,010	95.5	60	0.81×
34	St. Louis, MO-IL	$46,750	95.1	170	1.78×
35	Jacksonville, FL	$46,610	99.5	220	3.93×
36	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$46,390	94.7	40	0.48×
37	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$46,370	102.7	60	1.31×
38	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$46,210	100.9	340	3.21×
39	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$45,870	100.2	70	0.81×
40	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$45,870	114.2	—	—

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 appliance technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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