Medical Appliance Technicians · SOC 51-9082

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Medical Appliance Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for medical appliance technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 51 metro areas

Medical Appliance Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$81,600	190	0.1
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$61,890	80	0.0
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$59,910	250	0.1
4	Richmond, VA	$58,210	60	0.1
5	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$57,880	130	0.1
6	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$56,490	100	0.1
7	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$56,390	60	0.1
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$55,720	Not published	Not published
9	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$55,680	50	0.0
10	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$55,560	100	0.1
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$53,950	420	0.1
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$53,860	80	0.0
13	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$53,750	Not published	Not published
14	Oklahoma City, OK	$53,380	70	0.1
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$52,820	140	0.1
16	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$51,670	30	0.3
17	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$51,230	50	0.1
18	Winston-Salem, NC	$51,090	40	0.1
19	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$49,920	190	0.1
20	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$49,460	200	0.1
21	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$49,450	30	0.1
22	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$49,100	150	0.2
23	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$48,850	690	0.1
24	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$48,520	120	0.1
25	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$48,140	130	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Medical Appliance Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.