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Medical Equipment Preparers · SOC 31-9093

Medical Equipment Preparers Salary in the Redding Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Redding, CA metro area

Figures describe the Redding, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Redding city limits.

Median annual wage$61,840
Median hourly wage$29.73

Medical Equipment Preparers in the Redding, CA metro area earned a median of $61,840 per year ($29.73 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $40,000 at the 10th percentile to $79,270 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Medical Equipment Preparers in the Redding metro area earn more than $61,840 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $41,100 and $79,270.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$40,000$41,100$61,840$79,270$79,270
Hourly$19.23$19.76$29.73$38.11$38.11

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Redding metro areathis metro area
    $61,840
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $61,370
  • United Statesnational
    $47,700

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +1% vs California overall and +30% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$29,350$47,103$64,857$82,610Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $29,350Dothan, AL — $30,270Florence, SC — $30,910Alexandria, LA — $31,710San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $34,130Mobile, AL — $34,250Hattiesburg, MS — $34,320Pocatello, ID — $35,550Huntsville, AL — $35,590Longview, TX — $35,780Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $35,830Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $35,980Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $36,080Birmingham, AL — $36,240Tallahassee, FL — $36,250Corpus Christi, TX — $36,320Baton Rouge, LA — $36,660Farmington, NM — $36,720Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $36,810Albuquerque, NM — $36,820Montgomery, AL — $36,920Lafayette, LA — $36,930Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $36,970Champaign-Urbana, IL — $37,160Jackson, MS — $37,190Grand Forks, ND-MN — $37,600Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $37,880Fayetteville, NC — $37,890Wichita, KS — $37,930McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $37,990Springfield, MO — $38,130Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $38,260Greenville, NC — $38,280New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $38,320Columbus, GA-AL — $38,350Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,430Jackson, TN — $38,740Fort Wayne, IN — $38,780Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,890Fargo, ND-MN — $38,910Iowa City, IA — $39,170Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $39,360Omaha, NE-IA — $39,430Port St. Lucie, FL — $39,490Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $39,530Lubbock, TX — $39,580Youngstown-Warren, OH — $39,580Springfield, IL — $39,780Traverse City, MI — $39,840Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $39,930South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $39,950Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $40,000Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $40,100Lima, OH — $40,150Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $40,280Wilmington, NC — $40,580Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $40,760Cedar Rapids, IA — $41,070Lincoln, NE — $41,410Bloomington, IL — $41,550Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $41,550El Paso, TX — $41,620Pittsburgh, PA — $41,670Tulsa, OK — $41,720Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $42,260Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $42,430Reading, PA — $42,590Homosassa Springs, FL — $42,730Janesville-Beloit, WI — $43,010Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $43,180Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $43,250Canton-Massillon, OH — $43,310Chambersburg, PA — $43,480Asheville, NC — $43,540Naples-Marco Island, FL — $43,550Savannah, GA — $43,650Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $43,680Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $43,680Reno, NV — $43,680Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $43,720Erie, PA — $43,870Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $43,950Paducah, KY-IL — $44,050Ocala, FL — $44,120Columbia, SC — $44,180Kenosha, WI — $44,180Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $44,230Rockford, IL — $44,540Tyler, TX — $44,590Tucson, AZ — $44,610Bozeman, MT — $44,670Bloomington, IN — $44,880Joplin, MO-KS — $44,890Amarillo, TX — $45,010Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $45,020Toledo, OH — $45,020Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $45,060Saginaw, MI — $45,060San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,090Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $45,110Winston-Salem, NC — $45,130Cleveland, OH — $45,300Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $45,330Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $45,410Mansfield, OH — $45,460Rapid City, SD — $45,460Johnson City, TN — $45,470Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,480Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,490Akron, OH — $45,540Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $45,570Greensboro-High Point, NC — $45,590Rochester, NY — $45,590Utica-Rome, NY — $45,600Charleston, WV — $45,610Peoria, IL — $45,610Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,620Portland-South Portland, ME — $45,660Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,760Oklahoma City, OK — $45,790Columbus, OH — $45,820Lancaster, PA — $45,820Spartanburg, SC — $45,840Chattanooga, TN-GA — $45,860Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $45,870St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,880Macon-Bibb County, GA — $45,900Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,910Billings, MT — $45,940Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $46,010Yakima, WA — $46,020Jacksonville, FL — $46,030Missoula, MT — $46,080Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,170Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $46,170Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,190Bangor, ME — $46,200Knoxville, TN — $46,250Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,280Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $46,310York-Hanover, PA — $46,320Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $46,330Columbia, MO — $46,340Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,420Boise City, ID — $46,450Springfield, MA — $46,450Binghamton, NY — $46,550Raleigh-Cary, NC — $46,630Flint, MI — $46,640Richmond, VA — $46,640Evansville, IN — $46,650Wausau, WI — $46,650Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $46,740Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $46,780Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $46,830Chico, CA — $46,870Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $46,890Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $47,020Pueblo, CO — $47,030Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $47,050Green Bay, WI — $47,100Lexington-Fayette, KY — $47,150Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,180Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $47,270Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,320Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,420Salem, OR — $47,430Bellingham, WA — $47,440Appleton, WI — $47,460Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,540Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,600Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $47,630Corvallis, OR — $47,670Duluth, MN-WI — $47,800Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,800Syracuse, NY — $47,830Medford, OR — $47,860Bend, OR — $47,880Bismarck, ND — $47,910Rochester, MN — $47,960Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $47,980Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $48,020Kennewick-Richland, WA — $48,050Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $48,050Fresno, CA — $48,060Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,130Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,510Grand Junction, CO — $48,530Ogden, UT — $48,610Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $48,630Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $48,710Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,720Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $48,720Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,800Manchester-Nashua, NH — $48,800Visalia, CA — $48,810Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $48,930Greeley, CO — $48,950New Haven, CT — $48,950Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $49,070Anchorage, AK — $49,260Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,260Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $49,270Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $49,290Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,430Madison, WI — $49,600Eau Claire, WI — $49,860Ann Arbor, MI — $50,030Grants Pass, OR — $50,280Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $50,300Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $50,370North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $50,510Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $50,600Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $50,860Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $50,890Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $51,000Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $51,010Merced, CA — $51,110Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $51,360Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $51,360Urban Honolulu, HI — $51,520Colorado Springs, CO — $51,540Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $51,660Idaho Falls, ID — $51,730Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $53,420Boulder, CO — $54,110Worcester, MA — $57,760New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,870Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $59,520Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $59,560Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $60,380Salinas, CA — $60,490Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $60,840Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $60,980Stockton-Lodi, CA — $61,060Barnstable Town, MA — $61,160Redding, CA — $61,840Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $61,870San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $67,830San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $75,800Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $79,490San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $81,090Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $81,370San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $82,140Vallejo, CA — $82,610

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Redding metro area has the 9th-highest published median for this occupation among the 245 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for medical equipment preparers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Redding metro areathis page
    $61,840
  • Vallejo metro area
    $82,610
  • San Francisco metro area
    $82,140
  • Santa Cruz metro area
    $81,370
  • San Jose metro area
    $81,090
  • Sacramento metro area
    $79,490
  • San Luis Obispo metro area
    $75,800

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,320Nursing Assistants$44,880Medical Assistants$46,210Dental Assistants$48,490Medical Transcriptionists$47,550Phlebotomists$59,320

Highest-paying metro areas for medical equipment preparerss · Highest-paying occupations in Redding Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.