Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$68,730

National average

Salary Range

$46,940 – $100,890

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Baton Rouge, LA$130,220$64,020$203,960
Kennewick-Richland, WA$108,820$53,870$139,270
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$107,380$87,800$107,380
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$106,940$63,070$109,020
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$102,200$61,780$125,380
Louisiana$100,430$47,200$191,380
Kansas City, MO-KS$98,850$74,640$123,900
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$97,800$68,640$130,940
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$97,130$49,720$112,880
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$96,960$45,620$114,400
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$93,150$60,890$134,490
Albuquerque, NM$89,140$50,820$107,950
New Mexico$87,800$50,820$107,950
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$86,810$76,110$98,860
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$85,390$61,240$97,230
Boulder, CO$84,880$61,650$132,070
Indiana$83,200$48,540$97,230
Columbus, IN$83,200$58,250$103,170
California$82,210$52,070$121,240
Colorado$81,700$54,980$126,350
Rhode Island$81,400$64,110$133,590
Missouri$81,200$59,770$123,900
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$81,010$62,650$105,060
Connecticut$80,970$43,440$124,810
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$80,800$58,840$92,600
Eugene-Springfield, OR$80,520$51,240$99,670
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$80,230$43,030$97,210
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$79,920$48,580$99,840
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$79,920$43,920$79,920
Peoria, IL$79,730$50,270$87,180
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$79,650$52,040$160,430
Vallejo, CA$79,480$47,550$136,290
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$79,260$63,950$204,520
Dalton, GA$78,510$42,380$115,750
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$78,400$68,160$138,020
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$78,290$52,750$78,290
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$78,210$46,050$108,930
Nebraska$77,900$51,110$90,240
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$77,900$51,480$102,330
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$77,730$51,270$82,170
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$77,680$51,860$118,350
Chattanooga, TN-GA$77,540$48,640$77,550
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$77,530$50,280$127,100
District of Columbia$77,270$77,260$103,910
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$77,260$54,630$103,900
Lexington Park, MD$76,900$45,300$103,670
Maryland$76,890$49,420$111,500
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$76,650$49,750$97,740
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$76,530$47,470$108,460
Lexington-Fayette, KY$76,500$61,300$99,910
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$76,450$47,900$98,710
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$76,030$47,690$103,070
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$76,010$49,880$89,660
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$75,980$53,100$100,800
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$75,960$46,170$102,710
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$75,740$49,750$110,400
New York$75,680$47,800$102,290
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$75,680$52,920$81,610
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$75,620$48,890$78,690
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$75,610$42,170$119,030
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$75,530$58,240$110,950
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$75,460$46,540$106,250
Fond du Lac, WI$75,330$44,730$96,020
Portland-South Portland, ME$75,150$60,150$100,130
Maine$75,150$60,150$100,130
Madison, WI$75,080$54,920$95,860
New Haven, CT$74,990$44,960$127,040
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$74,970$47,360$101,970
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$74,910$50,640$133,590
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$74,790$48,290$105,050
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$74,680$48,710$103,720
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$74,400$56,980$113,420
Texas$74,330$47,100$102,530
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$74,270$53,560$92,570
Illinois$74,010$50,270$87,180
Washington$73,980$53,860$111,500
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$73,770$45,280$98,810
Oregon$73,690$50,500$98,610
Sheboygan, WI$73,650$55,490$83,150
El Paso, TX$73,570$45,600$107,770
Appleton, WI$73,520$46,110$78,800
Raleigh-Cary, NC$73,170$49,960$99,330
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$72,920$44,960$99,350
Dubuque, IA$72,890$31,200$102,520
Minnesota$72,800$45,220$98,260
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$72,500$48,720$110,250
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$72,370$47,040$94,810
Knoxville, TN$71,730$60,050$96,030
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$71,670$43,090$115,260
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$71,670$51,420$97,580
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$71,520$52,050$101,940
Manchester-Nashua, NH$71,430$52,640$78,720
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$71,280$54,010$81,990
New Jersey$71,230$44,130$99,280
St. Joseph, MO-KS$70,980$59,770$92,190
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$70,950$48,820$106,590
Pittsburgh, PA$70,350$45,180$130,830
Ann Arbor, MI$70,340$37,270$97,110
Mississippi$70,300$51,440$82,130
North Dakota$69,680$50,620$85,070
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$69,440$55,630$87,610
St. Louis, MO-IL$69,150$57,330$113,140
Columbia, SC$69,120$53,060$86,570
Oklahoma City, OK$68,680$51,160$106,970
Tennessee$68,640$48,640$91,980
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$68,430$50,230$94,700
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$68,340$46,400$93,030
Arizona$68,280$49,400$101,220
New Hampshire$67,890$52,510$87,610
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$67,800$52,470$80,580
Kentucky$67,780$48,060$99,910
Huntsville, AL$67,770$39,310$102,620
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$67,690$49,660$101,670
Idaho$67,600$54,340$77,870
Boise City, ID$67,600$54,340$71,330
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$67,560$38,750$83,750
Ohio$67,510$46,190$89,660
Cleveland, OH$67,510$47,680$90,370
Mobile, AL$67,510$51,700$110,930
Rochester, NY$67,070$49,750$86,100
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$66,980$51,530$89,850
Columbus, OH$66,980$46,870$93,330
Massachusetts$66,950$50,310$95,420
Toledo, OH$66,680$45,200$87,880
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$66,640$50,840$126,350
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$66,640$47,020$83,500
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$66,620$33,070$94,380
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$66,350$48,480$87,730
Iowa$66,160$50,450$121,060
Wisconsin$66,150$46,440$88,370
Georgia$66,100$45,130$97,890
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$66,000$48,130$106,000
Delaware$65,800$59,650$78,230
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$65,790$48,580$81,470
Saginaw, MI$65,770$43,510$100,640
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$65,610$48,890$82,660
Reading, PA$65,220$23,690$90,430
Rockford, IL$65,110$54,720$86,250
Cedar Rapids, IA$64,990$58,140$87,690
Nevada$64,960$47,470$98,500
Florida$64,810$46,180$90,630
Canton-Massillon, OH$64,800$51,520$82,120
Richmond, VA$64,780$56,150$89,730
Spartanburg, SC$64,650$44,270$111,180
Worcester, MA$64,330$47,260$94,600
Omaha, NE-IA$64,290$49,030$94,030
Asheville, NC$64,030$55,460$82,670
South Carolina$64,010$47,750$84,950
Fresno, CA$63,950$44,680$94,790
Green Bay, WI$63,920$49,990$95,500
Virginia$63,860$44,800$88,700
York-Hanover, PA$63,820$49,090$84,960
Niles, MI$63,750$43,290$79,770
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$63,630$38,180$78,360
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$63,630$37,490$89,640
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$63,590$42,850$78,220
Janesville-Beloit, WI$63,510$41,600$88,020
Michigan$63,130$37,820$87,880
Oklahoma$63,090$49,280$98,350
Akron, OH$63,040$39,420$81,850
North Carolina$62,760$47,540$91,840
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$62,710$50,430$82,770
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$62,640$51,520$82,980
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$62,490$47,460$97,600
Ogden, UT$62,410$46,800$76,370
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$62,160$49,720$75,270
Evansville, IN$61,930$39,480$89,640
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$61,640$42,090$80,480
Lancaster, PA$61,640$52,870$79,510
Bloomington, IL$61,560$47,750$77,110
Pennsylvania$61,550$48,820$92,670
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$61,340$39,570$96,820
Tucson, AZ$61,290$54,600$82,270
Alabama$61,220$41,850$102,620
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$61,210$47,750$84,360
West Virginia$61,040$35,610$82,240
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$61,010$46,680$83,960
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$60,920$56,780$72,610
Battle Creek, MI$60,910$48,680$80,140
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$60,890$45,300$85,600
Utah$60,830$47,080$83,070
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$60,820$48,620$81,520
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$60,790$48,410$81,370
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$60,660$44,620$72,760
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$60,010$47,670$92,240
Greensboro-High Point, NC$59,960$43,660$78,910
Kansas$59,540$40,960$112,160
Flint, MI$59,310$43,950$78,340
Jackson, MI$59,160$43,840$99,200
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$59,010$46,970$86,510
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$58,760$44,880$97,820
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$58,650$50,690$74,380
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$58,380$49,040$83,070
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$58,360$38,610$78,810
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$58,070$44,160$77,530
Tulsa, OK$57,990$47,160$78,800
Springfield, MA$57,540$49,410$79,600
Reno, NV$57,180$44,420$75,180
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$57,060$44,790$83,190
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$56,950$47,010$77,680
Kenosha, WI$56,640$46,110$80,640
Fort Wayne, IN$56,590$37,350$78,620
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$55,480$50,900$63,260
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$55,180$43,780$79,130
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$55,040$39,260$73,720
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$54,000$32,910$105,250
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$53,960$37,820$76,540
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$53,860$52,620$75,180
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$53,830$42,400$79,350
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$52,720$42,230$82,230
Elizabethtown, KY$52,530$48,350$81,210
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$52,190$37,920$81,740
Mankato, MN$52,140$40,210$75,390
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$52,140$39,400$75,770
Wichita, KS$51,550$29,870$71,380
South Dakota$51,480$43,240$69,340
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$50,640$36,400$75,380
Binghamton, NY$50,470$32,730$62,290
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$50,460$35,100$73,190
Puerto Rico$50,450$32,080$69,430
Roanoke, VA$50,020$47,830$77,190
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$49,950$42,830$90,740
Birmingham, AL$49,690$46,730$82,270
Rapid City, SD$49,410$43,240$61,290
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$48,840$43,860$69,990
Syracuse, NY$47,800$47,800$76,730
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,700$30,950$80,550
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$36,260$31,670$67,530

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How much does a Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians is $68,730, with a typical range of $46,940 – $100,890 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians?β–Ύ

Entry-level Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians positions typically start around $46,940 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicianss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.