Employment
Engineering technicians hold
about 497,300 jobs in the United States. About 34 percent of all
engineering technicians worked in manufacturing. Another 25 percent
worked in professional, scientific, and technical service industries,
mostly in engineering or business services companies that do engineering
work on contract for government, manufacturing firms, or other
organizations. The Federal Government employed 35,300 engineering
technicians. State governments employed 31,300, and local governments
employed 25,100.
A break out of the various
disciplines can be seen in the table below. Be sure to explore the
different disciplines within engineering
technology.
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Electrical
and electronic engineering technicians |
164,000 |
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Civil
engineering technicians |
91,700 |
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Industrial
engineering technicians |
72,600 |
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Mechanical
engineering technicians |
46,100 |
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Environmental
engineering technicians |
21,200 |
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Electro-mechanical technicians |
16,400 |
|
Aerospace
engineering and operations technicians |
8,700 |
|
Engineering
technicians, except drafters, all other |
76,600 |
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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