Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians salary

SOC 17-3023 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$78,190

per year, nationally

Middle half

$61,610–$97,650

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

95,130

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+0.6%

8,400 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$49,510$115,700

10th: $49,510
25th: $61,610
Median: $78,190
75th: $97,650
90th: $115,700

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Associate's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Wyoming	$99,840	92.7	200	1.18×
2	Rhode Island	$98,600	102.3	290	0.95×
3	District of Columbia	$97,620	109.9	240	0.56×
4	Hawaii	$96,200	110.0	460	1.19×
5	New Mexico	$96,070	92.2	1,000	1.88×
6	Maryland	$95,830	105.0	2,170	1.29×
7	Washington	$93,930	107.0	2,540	1.17×
8	Alaska	$92,760	102.4	230	1.13×
9	Nevada	$88,160	100.0	1,140	1.20×
10	California	$86,090	110.7	13,450	1.21×
11	Illinois	$85,510	100.0	1,980	0.53×
12	New Jersey	$85,510	108.8	2,250	0.86×
13	West Virginia	$85,440	89.5	300	0.70×
14	Maine	$83,440	97.0	270	0.68×
15	Louisiana	$82,990	88.2	1,000	0.84×
16	Montana	$82,050	94.6	140	0.44×
17	Connecticut	$81,390	103.6	1,190	1.14×
18	Mississippi	$81,180	87.0	650	0.91×
19	North Dakota	$80,930	89.0	120	0.47×
20	Oklahoma	$80,880	87.8	1,170	1.12×
21	Virginia	$79,540	101.1	4,670	1.86×
22	Minnesota	$78,280	98.6	1,540	0.85×
23	Georgia	$78,070	96.3	1,630	0.54×
24	Oregon	$77,990	103.4	1,920	1.59×
25	Arizona	$77,960	100.7	2,260	1.14×
26	Massachusetts	$77,710	105.8	4,030	1.81×
27	Colorado	$77,440	103.1	1,410	0.80×
28	Idaho	$77,170	95.5	650	1.24×
29	New York	$77,040	107.9	4,390	0.74×
30	Pennsylvania	$76,070	97.6	3,470	0.93×
31	North Carolina	$76,040	94.3	2,490	0.83×
32	Iowa	$74,840	87.8	880	0.93×
33	Michigan	$74,800	96.2	2,350	0.87×
34	Vermont	$74,760	98.0	300	1.62×
35	New Hampshire	$74,560	104.2	590	1.42×
36	Alabama	$74,500	88.8	1,620	1.25×
37	Texas	$74,050	97.1	8,960	1.04×
38	South Carolina	$73,450	93.7	2,060	1.46×
39	Florida	$73,190	103.4	4,710	0.78×
40	Utah	$72,670	98.9	1,420	1.34×
41	Missouri	$72,120	90.8	1,390	0.77×
42	Wisconsin	$71,880	94.1	1,520	0.84×
43	Indiana	$70,540	93.3	1,800	0.92×
44	Kansas	$70,310	90.1	770	0.87×
45	Arkansas	$69,960	86.9	310	0.39×
46	Delaware	$67,360	99.8	130	0.43×
47	Nebraska	$65,490	90.1	710	1.13×
48	Kentucky	$64,120	90.2	1,060	0.86×
49	Tennessee	$63,750	91.9	1,820	0.91×
50	Ohio	$63,300	92.8	3,260	0.96×
51	South Dakota	$58,340	88.6	200	0.73×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$106,250	105.6	250	4.31×
2	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$103,480	98.9	50	0.51×
3	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$103,170	100.9	540	2.59×
4	Lexington Park, MD	$102,640	100.8	310	7.11×
5	Baton Rouge, LA	$102,380	90.8	290	1.14×
6	Albuquerque, NM	$102,250	95.5	390	1.57×
7	Casper, WY	$99,840	93.8	40	1.78×
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$98,180	111.1	1,570	1.23×
9	Lake Charles, LA	$97,740	85.9	40	0.58×
10	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$97,680	110.5	690	3.48×
11	Wheeling, WV-OH	$97,450	88.3	50	1.35×
12	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$96,870	97.9	1,430	3.06×
13	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$96,660	100.2	750	1.08×
14	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$96,400	91.9	130	0.94×
15	Urban Honolulu, HI	$96,200	111.0	420	1.53×
16	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$95,280	110.4	2,880	4.15×
17	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$94,330	104.5	930	1.12×
18	Billings, MT	$94,150	93.5	50	0.94×
19	Cheyenne, WY	$94,020	96.5	40	1.34×
20	Anchorage, AK	$92,570	105.4	130	1.19×
21	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$92,180	103.9	30	1.07×
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$91,620	111.9	1,980	2.11×
23	Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	$91,170	97.3	70	1.34×
24	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$91,020	115.6	1,570	1.08×
25	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$90,660	101.1	70	0.71×
26	Tuscaloosa, AL	$89,610	87.7	40	0.53×
27	Ogden, UT	$88,040	100.3	300	1.82×
28	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$86,370	101.0	520	2.16×
29	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$86,180	94.2	70	0.99×
30	Las Cruces, NM	$85,780	90.2	180	3.76×
31	La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	$85,540	91.8	40	0.84×
32	Jacksonville, FL	$85,510	99.5	420	0.89×
33	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$85,510	108.8	130	1.10×
34	Portland-South Portland, ME	$85,510	101.9	160	0.90×
35	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$85,510	103.6	1,590	0.58×
36	Richmond, VA	$85,510	97.9	480	1.19×
37	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$85,510	100.3	200	1.25×
38	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$85,510	92.6	180	0.66×
39	Charleston, WV	$85,510	88.7	40	0.68×
40	Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	$85,370	89.2	30	1.58×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Architectural and Civil Drafters$66,150
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$66,120
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$64,950
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$78,350
Surveying and Mapping Technicians$54,240
Mechanical Drafters$71,550
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$74,510
Electrical and Electronics Drafters$76,870

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians salary

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