Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
The published band from $47,030 to $118,330 is the distinctive signal for this role, not a twin of Petroleum Engineers.
Same-major-group titles next to Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other: Petroleum Engineers ($145K) , Industrial Engineers ($102K) , Engineers, All Other ($123K) , Chemical Engineers ($125K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.
Highest-pay states for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
State names lead when O*NET tasks are absent for this SOC, geography mass differs by occupation even when peer titles overlap.
- 1. Maryland $99,970
- 2. Maine $107,060
- 3. Rhode Island $94,570
- 4. Indiana $88,880
- 5. New Mexico $101,750
- 6. Virginia $98,410
- 7. Nevada $93,670
- 8. Hawaii $90,040
- 9. Washington $99,720
- 10. Alaska $89,810
Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations careers next to Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
Same BLS major group, ordered by national median.
- 1. Engineers, All Other $122,930
- 2. Chemical Engineers $125,040
- 3. Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors $115,160
- 4. Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers $109,370
- 5. Nuclear Engineers $133,970
- 6. Industrial Engineers $102,440
- 7. Mechanical Engineers $104,110
- 8. Materials Engineers $112,860
- 9. Marine Engineers and Naval Architects $112,230
- 10. Environmental Engineers $107,110
- 11. Petroleum Engineers $144,910
- 12. Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers $106,220
Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments
The OEWS band for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other runs from $47,030 (10th) to $118,330 (90th), about 2.5× wide, with median $78,350. That spread, not the midpoint alone, is the distinctive published fact.
Employment Projections expect +2% change between 2024 and 2034 (about as fast as average vs baseline 3.1%). About 5,700 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns Associate's degree as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.
Highest published state median in this ranking: Maryland at $99,970. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Petroleum Engineers at $144,910. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other pay-rank #23 in Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other sits at pay-rank #23 of 36 detailed Architecture and Engineering Occupations, the middle third of the major-group median table. ROW_NUMBER on median; title breaks ties.
Other mid-table titles · closest medians
Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other: pay spread is wide, and location matters
The 10th-to-90th percentile spread for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other is unusually wide, so the state map and peer comparison carry more signal than the median alone.
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other salary map
State, metro, and percentile for SOC 17-3029
Maryland · top state for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
$100K published median
Maine · #2 state pay
$107K · behind Maryland
Petroleum Engineers
Highest-pay peer vs Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other · $145K
Industrial Engineers
Lower-pay peer beside Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other · $102K
Compare Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
Head-to-head OEWS medians with another SOC
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025
Federal sources on this Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other card
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 17-3029. bls.gov/oes
- O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other. onetcenter.org
- BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
- IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics