Any tech-minded individuals looking for Dallas medical jobs should consider a career as a medical appliance technician.
Medical appliance technicians work to built, fit, maintain or repair medical support devices such as braces, artificial limbs, joints, arch supports, and other surgical and medical appliances.
As medical appliance technicians learn most of what they need to know through on-the-job training, candidates for available jobs should have at least a high school diploma. Although no formal education or training is required, some employers prefer to hire applicants with more advanced degrees.
According to the Texas Workforce Commission, employment of medical appliance technicians in Dallas is expected to remain even at about 200 workers through 2016. Employment throughout Texas, however, should increase from 1,000 workers to 1,150 workers, accounting for 150 additional jobs and an overall growth rate of 15 percent.
Across America, employment of medical appliance technicians is anticipated to grow from 12,323 workers during 2006 to 13,488 workers by 2016, making for 1,200 additional jobs and an overall growth rate of 9.7 percent.
The top industries that employ the majority of medical appliance technicians include:
- Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing - 26.71 percent
- Health and personal care stores - 21.31 percent
- Consumer goods rental - 14.49 percent
- Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers - 12.50 percent
- Converted paper product manufacturing - 4.26 percent
- Facilities support services - 2.27 percent
- General medical and surgical hospitals - 2.27 percent
- Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance - 2.27 percent
During 2009, the average wage for medical appliance technicians in Dallas was $13.41 per hour, while the average wage in Texas was $16.95 per hour and the average wage throughout the country was $18.55 per hour.
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