Job Opportunities in the Medical Device Industry

The medical device industry is one of the nation’s most rapidly growing, highest paying and most innovative manufacturing industries. 

Profile of the Medical Device Industry

Medical Device Career Opportunities

The U.S. Census Bureau indicates that the U.S.medical device industry employed almost 346,000 workers in 2002.  From 1992 through 2004, the medical device employment grew by 21 percent, which made it one of the most rapidly expanding U.S. manufacturing industries.

However, the base data on industry employment does not tell the whole story.  Federal employment reports do not include specific employment totals for this industry’s substantial number of U.S.-based suppliers of manufactured goods.  Technicians and production workers employed by these suppliers typically have very similar education and training needs as the same types of workers in the medical device industry.