Earnings
 Median
annual earnings of engineering technicians by specialty are shown below.
- Aerospace engineering
and operations technicians: $53,300
- Electrical and
electronic engineering technicians: $50,660
- Industrial
engineering technicians: $46,810
- Mechanical
engineering technicians: $45,850
- Electro-mechanical
technicians: $44,720
- Civil engineering
technicians: $40,560
- Environmental
engineering technicians: $40,560
Median
annual earnings of wage-and-salary electrical and electronics
engineering technicians is $50,660. The middle 50 percent earned between
$39,270 and $60,470. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $30,120, and
the highest 10 percent earned more than $73,200. Median annual earnings
in the industries employing the largest numbers of electrical and
electronics engineering technicians are:
|
Wired
telecommunications carriers |
$54,780 |
|
Engineering
services |
$48,330 |
|
Semiconductor
and other electronic component manufacturing |
$45,720 |
|
Navigational,
measuring, electromedical, and control instruments
manufacturing |
$45,140 |
|
Employment
services |
$38,910 |
Median annual earnings
of wage-and-salary civil engineering technicians is $40,560. The middle
50 percent earned between $31,310 and $51,230. The lowest 10 percent
earned less than $25,250, and the highest 10 percent earned more than
$62,920. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest
numbers of civil engineering technicians are:
|
Local
government |
$45,800 |
|
Architectural
services |
$42,310 |
|
Engineering
services |
$41,180 |
|
State
government |
$35,870 |
|
Testing
laboratories |
$31,800 |
 The median annual salary
for aerospace engineering and operations technicians in the aerospace
products and parts manufacturing industry was $52,060, and the median
annual salary for environmental engineering technicians in the
architectural, engineering, and related services industry was $38,060.
The median annual salary for industrial engineering technicians in the
aerospace product and parts manufacturing industry was $57,330. In the
architectural, engineering, and related services industry, the median
annual salary for mechanical engineering technicians was $43,920.
Electro-mechanical technicians earned a median salary of $41,550 in the
navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments
manufacturing industry.
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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