Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians salary

SOC 17-3024 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$73,900

per year, nationally

Middle half

$59,780–$88,540

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

15,520

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+1.1%

1,300 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.

$47,840$109,890

10th: $47,840
25th: $59,780
Median: $73,900
75th: $88,540
90th: $109,890

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 electro-mechanical and mechatronics 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	New Mexico	$119,320	92.2	670	7.73×
2	North Dakota	$82,820	89.0	90	2.09×
3	Maine	$82,510	97.0	—	—
4	Nevada	$82,010	100.0	220	1.42×
5	Connecticut	$81,860	103.6	140	0.84×
6	California	$81,550	110.7	1,850	1.02×
7	Washington	$81,220	107.0	570	1.60×
8	Arizona	$80,930	100.7	120	0.37×
9	Alaska	$80,290	102.4	40	1.37×
10	Illinois	$79,400	100.0	250	0.42×
11	Montana	$77,340	94.6	70	1.41×
12	Wisconsin	$76,290	94.1	580	1.98×
13	New Hampshire	$75,780	104.2	80	1.14×
14	Florida	$75,450	103.4	500	0.50×
15	Louisiana	$75,410	88.2	120	0.64×
16	Maryland	$75,330	105.0	90	0.33×
17	Virginia	$74,880	101.1	570	1.39×
18	Colorado	$74,730	103.1	570	1.99×
19	Pennsylvania	$74,710	97.6	650	1.07×
20	Massachusetts	$73,630	105.8	920	2.54×
21	Ohio	$73,050	92.8	350	0.63×
22	Iowa	$73,010	87.8	180	1.19×
23	Nebraska	$72,800	90.1	130	1.23×
24	Mississippi	$71,420	87.0	70	0.56×
25	Idaho	$70,830	95.5	120	1.35×
26	Georgia	$68,720	96.3	170	0.34×
27	New York	$68,010	107.9	410	0.42×
28	South Carolina	$67,610	93.7	270	1.16×
29	Oregon	$67,140	103.4	160	0.82×
30	Alabama	$66,660	88.8	70	0.31×
31	Missouri	$65,360	90.8	230	0.80×
32	Kentucky	$65,270	90.2	70	0.36×
33	Oklahoma	$65,100	87.8	140	0.85×
34	Tennessee	$64,720	91.9	190	0.58×
35	North Carolina	$63,330	94.3	800	1.62×
36	Michigan	$62,460	96.2	850	1.94×
37	Minnesota	$61,670	98.6	400	1.36×
38	New Jersey	$60,040	108.8	200	0.47×
39	Texas	$54,460	97.1	1,800	1.28×
40	Indiana	$47,440	93.3	290	0.91×

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 electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for electro-mechanical and mechatronics 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	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$109,990	115.6	290	1.22×
2	Toledo, OH	$109,890	91.5	40	1.21×
3	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$103,780	106.9	30	0.78×
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$100,090	111.1	360	1.75×
5	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$97,200	102.7	50	0.88×
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$92,360	113.6	500	0.80×
7	Portland-South Portland, ME	$83,250	101.9	—	—
8	Reno, NV	$82,790	101.0	80	2.95×
9	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$81,390	101.8	70	0.93×
10	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$81,190	97.6	60	1.88×
11	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$80,930	103.3	80	0.35×
12	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$80,640	114.2	110	0.40×
13	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$80,380	105.6	40	3.98×
14	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$80,250	111.9	160	1.06×
15	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$79,400	103.6	190	0.42×
16	Richmond, VA	$78,660	97.9	40	0.66×
17	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$78,590	106.7	40	0.37×
18	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$78,260	96.9	220	2.66×
19	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$78,150	91.7	60	1.54×
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$78,060	108.9	180	0.58×
21	Boulder, CO	$77,350	105.2	120	6.04×
22	Spartanburg, SC	$77,310	91.1	90	5.73×
23	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$77,030	110.4	540	4.74×
24	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$76,300	102.6	140	0.48×
25	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$75,940	104.8	190	0.99×
26	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$75,330	104.5	80	0.59×
27	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$74,600	100.0	40	1.47×
28	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$74,430	105.4	140	1.15×
29	Appleton, WI	$74,040	92.4	40	3.62×
30	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$73,630	108.3	750	2.79×
31	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$73,550	100.1	90	0.31×
32	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$72,300	112.6	290	0.30×
33	Lancaster, PA	$72,040	98.3	40	1.70×
34	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$71,960	95.0	40	1.79×
35	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$71,690	100.9	100	1.20×
36	Madison, WI	$71,600	97.3	80	1.95×
37	St. Louis, MO-IL	$70,870	95.1	90	0.64×
38	Springfield, MA	$70,520	96.1	40	1.98×
39	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$67,940	92.9	120	3.43×
40	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$67,500	106.4	100	0.56×

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 electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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