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
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$46,940
25th Percentile
$57,330
Median
$68,730
75th Percentile
$82,980
90th Percentile
$100,890
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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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
Highest Paying Metros
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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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