AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 49-9062.00

Will AI replace Medical Equipment Repairers?

Medical Equipment Repairers: AI can already handle 3 of 20 tasks; the work mostly needs a frontier-tier model.

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Every task, scored

The 20 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Medical Equipment Repairers, from most to least exposed. 3 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.

Task AI exposure Evidence Model tier Importance
Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations. 65 Estimated Standard 4.1
Evaluate technical specifications to identify equipment or systems best suited for intended use and possible purchase, based on specifications, user needs, or technical requirements. 65 Estimated Frontier 3.5
Supervise or advise subordinate personnel. 60 Estimated Frontier 3.4
Contribute expertise to develop medical maintenance standard operating procedures. 50 Estimated Frontier 3.6
Study technical manuals or attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge. 35 Estimated Efficient 4.0
Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices. 30 Estimated Efficient 4.6
Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments. 30 Estimated Efficient 4.5
Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment. 20 Estimated Efficient 4.4
Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers. 20 Estimated Efficient 4.4
Install medical equipment. 20 Estimated Efficient 4.1
Research catalogs or repair part lists to locate sources for repair parts, requisitioning parts and recording their receipt. 20 Estimated Standard 3.9
Repair shop equipment, metal furniture, or hospital equipment, including welding broken parts or replacing missing parts, or bring item into local shop for major repairs. 20 Estimated Efficient 3.8
Compute power and space requirements for installing medical, dental, or related equipment and install units to manufacturers' specifications. 20 Estimated Standard 3.7
Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment. 15 Estimated No tier 4.5
Examine medical equipment or facility's structural environment and check for proper use of equipment to protect patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards and to ensure compliance with safety regulations. 15 Estimated No tier 4.2
Explain or demonstrate correct operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel. 15 Estimated No tier 4.0
Solder loose connections, using soldering iron. 15 Estimated No tier 3.8
Fabricate, dress down, or substitute parts or major new items to modify equipment to meet unique operational or research needs, working from job orders, sketches, modification orders, samples, or discussions with operating officials. 15 Estimated No tier 3.5
Make computations relating to load requirements of wiring or equipment, using algebraic expressions and standard formulas. 15 Estimated No tier 3.3
Plan and carry out work assignments, using blueprints, schematic drawings, technical manuals, wiring diagrams, or liquid or air flow sheets, following prescribed regulations, directives, or other instructions as required. 10 Estimated No tier 4.1

Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 20 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 20 of 20. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.

The model tier this role needs

A frontier-tier model or lower covers 66% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 66% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 35% is hands-on.

Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.

Wages, employment and outlook

US employment
65,990
Median annual wage
$61,660
Middle half of earners
$47,470 to $78,500
Projected change, 2024 to 2034
+12.9%

Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.

Adjacent roles

The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.

Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.

Questions about Medical Equipment Repairers and AI

Will AI replace Medical Equipment Repairers?

AI already handles 3 of the 20 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 27 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +12.9% from 2024 to 2034.

What is the AI exposure of Medical Equipment Repairers?

27 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 0 of the 20 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 20 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.

Which Medical Equipment Repairers tasks can AI already do?

The tasks with the highest exposure are: Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations; Evaluate technical specifications to identify equipment or systems best suited for intended use and possible purchase, based on specifications, user needs, or technical requirements; Supervise or advise subordinate personnel. They are the tasks that reach 60 or more.

What AI model tier does this role need?

A frontier-tier model or lower covers 66% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 35% is hands-on work that no model tier covers. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.

How many people work as Medical Equipment Repairers, and what do they earn?

65,990 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $61,660 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +12.9% from 2024 to 2034.

How to cite

Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.

JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Medical Equipment Repairers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/medical-equipment-repairers

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