17 Series · SOC 17-3027

Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$68,730

per year

Median Hourly

$33.04/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$72,450

average

Employment

37,450

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$46,940$57,330$68,730$82,980$100,890
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$22.57$27.56$33.04$39.89$48.51
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$46,940

25th Percentile

$57,330

Median

$68,730

75th Percentile

$82,980

90th Percentile

$100,890

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Louisiana $100,430 +46% above national
2 New Mexico $87,800 +28% above national
3 Indiana $83,200 +21% above national
4 California $82,210 +20% above national
5 Colorado $81,700 +19% above national
6 Rhode Island $81,400 +18% above national
7 Missouri $81,200 +18% above national
8 Connecticut $80,970 +18% above national
9 Nebraska $77,900 +13% above national
10 District of Columbia $77,270 +12% above national
11 Maryland $76,890 +12% above national
12 New York $75,680 +10% above national
13 Maine $75,150 +9% above national
14 Texas $74,330 +8% above national
15 Illinois $74,010 +8% above national
16 Washington $73,980 +8% above national
17 Oregon $73,690 +7% above national
18 Minnesota $72,800 +6% above national
19 New Jersey $71,230 +4% above national
20 Mississippi $70,300 +2% above national
21 North Dakota $69,680 +1% above national
22 Tennessee $68,640 same as national
23 Arizona $68,280 1% below national
24 New Hampshire $67,890 1% below national
25 Kentucky $67,780 1% below national
26 Idaho $67,600 2% below national
27 Ohio $67,510 2% below national
28 Massachusetts $66,950 3% below national
29 Iowa $66,160 4% below national
30 Wisconsin $66,150 4% below national
31 Georgia $66,100 4% below national
32 Delaware $65,800 4% below national
33 Nevada $64,960 5% below national
34 Florida $64,810 6% below national
35 South Carolina $64,010 7% below national
36 Virginia $63,860 7% below national
37 Michigan $63,130 8% below national
38 Oklahoma $63,090 8% below national
39 North Carolina $62,760 9% below national
40 Pennsylvania $61,550 10% below national
41 Alabama $61,220 11% below national
42 West Virginia $61,040 11% below national
43 Utah $60,830 11% below national
44 Kansas $59,540 13% below national
45 South Dakota $51,480 25% below national
46 Puerto Rico $50,450 27% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Baton Rouge, LA $130,220 +89% above national
2 Kennewick-Richland, WA $108,820 +58% above national
3 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $107,380 +56% above national
4 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $106,940 +56% above national
5 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $102,200 +49% above national
6 Kansas City, MO-KS $98,850 +44% above national
7 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $97,800 +42% above national
8 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $97,130 +41% above national
9 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $96,960 +41% above national
10 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $93,150 +36% above national
11 Albuquerque, NM $89,140 +30% above national
12 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $86,810 +26% above national
13 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $85,390 +24% above national
14 Boulder, CO $84,880 +23% above national
15 Columbus, IN $83,200 +21% above national
16 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $81,010 +18% above national
17 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $80,800 +18% above national
18 Eugene-Springfield, OR $80,520 +17% above national
19 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $80,230 +17% above national
20 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $79,920 +16% above national
21 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $79,920 +16% above national
22 Peoria, IL $79,730 +16% above national
23 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $79,650 +16% above national
24 Vallejo, CA $79,480 +16% above national
25 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $79,260 +15% above national
26 Dalton, GA $78,510 +14% above national
27 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $78,400 +14% above national
28 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $78,290 +14% above national
29 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $78,210 +14% above national
30 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $77,900 +13% above national
31 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $77,730 +13% above national
32 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $77,680 +13% above national
33 Chattanooga, TN-GA $77,540 +13% above national
34 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $77,530 +13% above national
35 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $77,260 +12% above national
36 Lexington Park, MD $76,900 +12% above national
37 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $76,650 +12% above national
38 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $76,530 +11% above national
39 Lexington-Fayette, KY $76,500 +11% above national
40 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $76,450 +11% above national
41 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $76,030 +11% above national
42 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $76,010 +11% above national
43 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $75,980 +11% above national
44 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $75,960 +11% above national
45 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $75,740 +10% above national
46 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $75,680 +10% above national
47 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $75,620 +10% above national
48 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $75,610 +10% above national
49 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $75,530 +10% above national
50 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $75,460 +10% above national
51 Fond du Lac, WI $75,330 +10% above national
52 Portland-South Portland, ME $75,150 +9% above national
53 Madison, WI $75,080 +9% above national
54 New Haven, CT $74,990 +9% above national
55 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $74,970 +9% above national
56 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $74,910 +9% above national
57 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $74,790 +9% above national
58 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $74,680 +9% above national
59 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $74,400 +8% above national
60 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $74,270 +8% above national
61 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $73,770 +7% above national
62 Sheboygan, WI $73,650 +7% above national
63 El Paso, TX $73,570 +7% above national
64 Appleton, WI $73,520 +7% above national
65 Raleigh-Cary, NC $73,170 +6% above national
66 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $72,920 +6% above national
67 Dubuque, IA $72,890 +6% above national
68 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $72,500 +5% above national
69 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $72,370 +5% above national
70 Knoxville, TN $71,730 +4% above national
71 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $71,670 +4% above national
72 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $71,670 +4% above national
73 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $71,520 +4% above national
74 Manchester-Nashua, NH $71,430 +4% above national
75 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $71,280 +4% above national
76 St. Joseph, MO-KS $70,980 +3% above national
77 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $70,950 +3% above national
78 Pittsburgh, PA $70,350 +2% above national
79 Ann Arbor, MI $70,340 +2% above national
80 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $69,440 +1% above national
81 St. Louis, MO-IL $69,150 +1% above national
82 Columbia, SC $69,120 +1% above national
83 Oklahoma City, OK $68,680 same as national
84 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $68,430 same as national
85 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $68,340 1% below national
86 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $67,800 1% below national
87 Huntsville, AL $67,770 1% below national
88 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $67,690 2% below national
89 Boise City, ID $67,600 2% below national
90 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $67,560 2% below national
91 Cleveland, OH $67,510 2% below national
92 Mobile, AL $67,510 2% below national
93 Rochester, NY $67,070 2% below national
94 Columbus, OH $66,980 3% below national
95 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $66,980 3% below national
96 Toledo, OH $66,680 3% below national
97 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $66,640 3% below national
98 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $66,640 3% below national
99 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $66,620 3% below national
100 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $66,350 3% below national
101 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $66,000 4% below national
102 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $65,790 4% below national
103 Saginaw, MI $65,770 4% below national
104 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $65,610 5% below national
105 Reading, PA $65,220 5% below national
106 Rockford, IL $65,110 5% below national
107 Cedar Rapids, IA $64,990 5% below national
108 Canton-Massillon, OH $64,800 6% below national
109 Richmond, VA $64,780 6% below national
110 Spartanburg, SC $64,650 6% below national
111 Worcester, MA $64,330 6% below national
112 Omaha, NE-IA $64,290 6% below national
113 Asheville, NC $64,030 7% below national
114 Fresno, CA $63,950 7% below national
115 Green Bay, WI $63,920 7% below national
116 York-Hanover, PA $63,820 7% below national
117 Niles, MI $63,750 7% below national
118 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $63,630 7% below national
119 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $63,630 7% below national
120 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $63,590 7% below national
121 Janesville-Beloit, WI $63,510 8% below national
122 Akron, OH $63,040 8% below national
123 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $62,710 9% below national
124 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $62,640 9% below national
125 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $62,490 9% below national
126 Ogden, UT $62,410 9% below national
127 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $62,160 10% below national
128 Evansville, IN $61,930 10% below national
129 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $61,640 10% below national
130 Lancaster, PA $61,640 10% below national
131 Bloomington, IL $61,560 10% below national
132 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $61,340 11% below national
133 Tucson, AZ $61,290 11% below national
134 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $61,210 11% below national
135 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $61,010 11% below national
136 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $60,920 11% below national
137 Battle Creek, MI $60,910 11% below national
138 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $60,890 11% below national
139 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $60,820 12% below national
140 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $60,790 12% below national
141 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $60,660 12% below national
142 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $60,010 13% below national
143 Greensboro-High Point, NC $59,960 13% below national
144 Flint, MI $59,310 14% below national
145 Jackson, MI $59,160 14% below national
146 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $59,010 14% below national
147 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $58,760 15% below national
148 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $58,650 15% below national
149 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $58,380 15% below national
150 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $58,360 15% below national
151 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $58,070 16% below national
152 Tulsa, OK $57,990 16% below national
153 Springfield, MA $57,540 16% below national
154 Reno, NV $57,180 17% below national
155 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $57,060 17% below national
156 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $56,950 17% below national
157 Kenosha, WI $56,640 18% below national
158 Fort Wayne, IN $56,590 18% below national
159 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $55,480 19% below national
160 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $55,180 20% below national
161 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,040 20% below national
162 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $54,000 21% below national
163 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $53,960 21% below national
164 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $53,860 22% below national
165 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $53,830 22% below national
166 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $52,720 23% below national
167 Elizabethtown, KY $52,530 24% below national
168 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $52,190 24% below national
169 Mankato, MN $52,140 24% below national
170 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $52,140 24% below national
171 Wichita, KS $51,550 25% below national
172 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $50,640 26% below national
173 Binghamton, NY $50,470 27% below national
174 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $50,460 27% below national
175 Roanoke, VA $50,020 27% below national
176 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $49,950 27% below national
177 Birmingham, AL $49,690 28% below national
178 Rapid City, SD $49,410 28% below national
179 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $48,840 29% below national
180 Syracuse, NY $47,800 30% below national
181 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $47,700 31% below national
182 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $36,260 47% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.