Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians salary

SOC 17-3027 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$74,510

per year, nationally

Middle half

$59,510–$88,110

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

36,190

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

0.0%

3,200 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.

$48,400$106,050

10th: $48,400
25th: $59,510
Median: $74,510
75th: $88,110
90th: $106,050

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 mechanical 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	Louisiana	$102,800	88.2	270	0.59×
2	New Mexico	$97,560	92.2	320	1.57×
3	Missouri	$92,150	90.8	800	1.17×
4	California	$87,390	110.7	3,660	0.86×
5	Connecticut	$82,660	103.6	350	0.88×
6	Rhode Island	$81,600	102.3	30	0.27×
7	Oregon	$80,840	103.4	260	0.56×
8	Nebraska	$80,050	90.1	250	1.06×
9	Washington	$79,410	107.0	890	1.07×
10	Maryland	$79,180	105.0	640	1.00×
11	Ohio	$78,500	92.8	1,800	1.39×
12	New York	$78,210	107.9	1,140	0.51×
13	Kentucky	$77,990	90.2	520	1.12×
14	Delaware	$77,820	99.8	50	0.43×
15	Indiana	$77,220	93.3	1,500	2.01×
16	Colorado	$77,090	103.1	330	0.50×
17	Illinois	$77,020	100.0	1,170	0.82×
18	Maine	$76,790	97.0	220	1.45×
19	Texas	$76,610	97.1	2,140	0.65×
20	North Dakota	$76,440	89.0	90	0.91×
21	Virginia	$75,650	101.1	670	0.71×
22	Georgia	$73,870	96.3	560	0.50×
23	Nevada	$72,950	100.0	420	1.17×
24	Arizona	$72,090	100.7	730	0.97×
25	Iowa	$71,670	87.8	500	1.37×
26	Pennsylvania	$70,820	97.6	1,620	1.15×
27	Mississippi	$70,570	87.0	220	0.81×
28	South Carolina	$69,580	93.7	1,290	2.40×
29	Idaho	$68,310	95.5	30	0.16×
30	Michigan	$68,170	96.2	4,930	4.81×
31	Wisconsin	$67,850	94.1	900	1.31×
32	New Hampshire	$66,740	104.2	570	3.58×
33	New Jersey	$65,180	108.8	260	0.26×
34	Minnesota	$63,990	98.6	400	0.58×
35	Massachusetts	$62,390	105.8	1,310	1.55×
36	North Carolina	$62,360	94.3	1,190	1.03×
37	Tennessee	$62,270	91.9	580	0.76×
38	Utah	$61,870	98.9	900	2.24×
39	Oklahoma	$61,480	87.8	490	1.24×
40	Alabama	$60,350	88.8	400	0.82×
41	Florida	$59,720	103.4	540	0.24×
42	Kansas	$55,390	90.1	410	1.24×
43	South Dakota	$53,670	88.6	110	1.04×
44	West Virginia	$47,660	89.5	200	1.20×

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 mechanical engineering technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for mechanical 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	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$126,230	100.1	90	3.01×
2	Baton Rouge, LA	$119,630	90.8	90	0.90×
3	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$110,030	100.9	90	1.09×
4	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$109,470	100.4	80	2.59×
5	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$105,160	91.7	110	1.15×
6	Peoria, IL	$102,610	91.2	100	2.64×
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$100,620	115.6	790	1.43×
8	Kansas City, MO-KS	$100,150	92.5	600	2.34×
9	Albuquerque, NM	$98,440	95.5	180	1.90×
10	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$97,300	90.0	60	1.55×
11	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$96,680	110.4	530	2.02×
12	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$96,610	91.9	240	4.39×
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$94,960	107.8	30	0.71×
14	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$91,450	98.6	1,030	1.35×
15	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$85,830	100.3	40	0.73×
16	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$84,930	100.2	210	0.78×
17	Boulder, CO	$84,870	105.2	70	1.49×
18	Ann Arbor, MI	$84,150	100.9	280	5.47×
19	St. Louis, MO-IL	$84,020	95.1	300	0.96×
20	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$82,570	99.6	200	1.92×
21	Columbus, IN	$82,460	93.0	130	10.84×
22	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$82,220	89.1	200	4.86×
23	York-Hanover, PA	$81,330	96.0	90	2.21×
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$81,280	105.4	200	0.70×
25	Dubuque, IA	$81,110	87.3	60	4.08×
26	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$80,860	111.1	520	1.06×
27	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$80,810	110.5	60	0.84×
28	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$80,430	95.4	290	1.14×
29	Columbus, OH	$80,330	95.5	280	1.09×
30	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$80,120	104.5	400	1.27×
31	Cleveland, OH	$80,070	93.9	250	1.04×
32	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$80,060	102.7	150	1.10×
33	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$79,590	106.9	30	0.32×
34	Elkhart-Goshen, IN	$79,570	90.3	100	3.24×
35	Madison, WI	$79,560	97.3	110	1.13×
36	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$79,400	95.7	370	1.44×
37	Lexington Park, MD	$79,120	100.8	50	2.93×
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$79,080	113.6	1,220	0.84×
39	Appleton, WI	$79,040	92.4	90	3.25×
40	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$78,910	105.8	160	0.42×

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 mechanical 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
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$78,190
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
Electrical and Electronics Drafters$76,870

Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians salary

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Getting in

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