Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians Salary by City

BLS OEWS May 2025 • 250 metro areas

Top-paying metros for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Baton Rouge, LA	$130,220	200
Norwich, CT	$109,470	80
Kennewick, WA	$108,820	100
Northern New Mexico	$107,380	—
Bakersfield, CA	$106,940	140
Des Moines, IA	$102,200	160

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AL

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Huntsville, AL	$67,770	120
Mobile, AL	$67,510	50
Northeast Alabama	$62,990	40
Alabama	$61,220	350
Birmingham, AL	$49,690	40

AZ

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Phoenix, AZ	$76,030	520
Arizona	$68,280	630
Tucson, AZ	$61,290	70

CA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Bakersfield, CA	$106,940	140
San Francisco, CA	$97,800	670
Santa Rosa, CA	$94,960	30
San Jose, CA	$93,150	400
California	$82,210	3,300
San Luis Obispo, CA	$79,650	40
Vallejo, CA	$79,480	30
Sacramento, CA	$78,210	70
San Diego, CA	$77,680	390
Los Angeles, CA	$75,740	1,040
Oxnard, CA	$72,500	50
Fresno, CA	$63,950	30
Riverside, CA	$58,760	170
Stockton, CA	$58,470	30

CO

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Boulder, CO	$84,880	200
Colorado	$81,700	440
Fort Collins, CO	$76,290	50
Colorado Springs, CO	$66,650	30
Denver, CO	$66,640	170

CT

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Norwich, CT	$109,470	80
Bridgeport, CT	$97,130	40
Connecticut	$80,970	320
Hartford, CT	$80,230	130
New Haven, CT	$74,990	40
Waterbury, CT	$49,950	40

DC

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV	$77,260	260

DE

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Delaware	$65,800	—

FL

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Palm Bay, FL	$74,790	90
Miami, FL	$74,270	100
Tampa, FL	$66,980	50
Florida	$64,810	750
Orlando, FL	$63,630	220

GA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Dalton, GA	$78,510	40
Augusta, GA-SC	$71,670	50
Georgia	$66,100	610
Atlanta, GA	$66,000	360
Warner Robins, GA	$56,530	40

IA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Des Moines, IA	$102,200	160
Davenport, IA-IL	$79,920	230
Dubuque, IA	$72,890	60
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	$67,800	30
Iowa	$66,160	610
Cedar Rapids, IA	$64,990	40
Northeast Iowa	$61,620	30
Southeast Iowa	$60,920	100
Northwest Iowa	$56,950	60
Southwest Iowa	$55,480	40

ID

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Boise City, ID	$67,600	60
Idaho	$67,600	100

IL

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Peoria, IL	$79,730	120
Illinois	$74,010	1,470
Chicago, IL-IN	$68,430	610
Rockford, IL	$65,110	90
West Central Illinois	$62,700	50
Bloomington, IL	$61,560	—

IN

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Lafayette, IN	$86,810	280
Southern Indiana	$85,390	440
Columbus, IN	$83,200	90
Indiana	$83,200	1,750
South Bend, IN-MI	$72,920	30
Terre Haute, IN	$70,340	40
Indianapolis, IN	$65,790	280
Elkhart, IN	$63,590	80
Evansville, IN	$61,930	30
Fort Wayne, IN	$56,590	60
Northern Indiana	$53,960	110

KS

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Kansas	$59,540	200
Kansas	$54,000	60
Wichita, KS	$51,550	40

KY

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Lexington, KY	$76,500	90
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$71,520	130
Kentucky	$67,780	380
South Central Kentucky	$58,070	40
Elizabethtown, KY	$52,530	30

LA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Baton Rouge, LA	$130,220	200
Louisiana	$100,430	410
New Orleans, LA	$79,260	90
Shreveport, LA	$36,260	40

MA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Boston, MA-NH	$71,670	590
Massachusetts	$66,950	720
Worcester, MA	$64,330	110
Springfield, MA	$57,540	70

MD

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Baltimore, MD	$77,530	540
Lexington Park, MD	$76,900	60
Maryland	$76,890	800

ME

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Maine	$75,150	190
Portland, ME	$75,150	160
Bangor, ME	$59,510	30

MI

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Muskegon, MI	$74,450	80
Ann Arbor, MI	$70,340	410
Saginaw, MI	$65,770	50
Niles, MI	$63,750	70
Detroit, MI	$63,630	3,580
Michigan	$63,130	5,470
Grand Rapids, MI	$61,640	430
Kalamazoo, MI	$61,340	150
Battle Creek, MI	$60,910	40
Mid Michigan	$60,660	50
Flint, MI	$59,310	80
Jackson, MI	$59,160	50
Upper Peninsula of Michigan	$55,040	40
Lansing, MI	$52,190	100
Northern Michigan	$50,640	30
Southern Michigan	$47,700	150

MN

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Minneapolis, MN-WI	$73,770	370
Minnesota	$72,800	530
Southeast Minnesota	$67,560	30
Duluth, MN-WI	$60,570	50
Mankato, MN	$52,140	40

MO

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Kansas City, MO-KS	$98,850	—
Missouri	$81,200	740
St. Joseph, MO-KS	$70,980	—
St. Louis, MO-IL	$69,150	250

MS

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Gulfport, MS	$71,280	120
Mississippi	$70,300	230

NC

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Raleigh, NC	$73,170	130
Charlotte, NC-SC	$72,370	230
Burlington, NC	$68,740	30
Asheville, NC	$64,030	40
North Carolina	$62,760	1,010
Hickory, NC	$62,710	60
Central North Carolina	$61,990	70
Durham, NC	$60,010	230
Greensboro, NC	$59,960	100
Western North Carolina	$58,650	30
Winston, NC	$58,330	100

ND

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
North Dakota	$69,680	80

NE

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Northeast Nebraska	$78,290	130
Nebraska	$77,900	320
South Nebraska	$77,900	120
Omaha, NE-IA	$64,290	50

NH

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Manchester, NH	$71,430	230
Northern New Hampshire	$69,440	100
New Hampshire	$67,890	550
Southwestern New Hampshire	$59,010	40

NJ

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Trenton, NJ	$81,010	30
New Jersey	$71,230	360

NM

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Northern New Mexico	$107,380	—
Albuquerque, NM	$89,140	220
New Mexico	$87,800	330
Eastern New Mexico	$74,400	60

NV

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Las Vegas, NV	$76,530	270
Balance of Nevada	$76,450	50
Nevada	$64,960	540
Reno, NV	$57,180	190

NY

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Albany, NY	$79,920	250
Southwest New York	$76,650	60
Buffalo, NY	$75,680	390
New York	$75,680	1,390
New York, NY-NJ	$75,610	620
Rochester, NY	$67,070	120
Binghamton, NY	$50,470	40
Syracuse, NY	$47,800	80

OH

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
West Northwestern Ohio	$76,010	320
Eastern Ohio	$75,960	70
Cleveland, OH	$67,510	300
Ohio	$67,510	1,910
Columbus, OH	$66,980	300
Toledo, OH	$66,680	60
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$66,350	270
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	$65,610	120
Canton, OH	$64,800	70
Akron, OH	$63,040	90
Dayton, OH	$60,890	210

OK

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Southwest Oklahoma	$78,400	40
Oklahoma City, OK	$68,680	40
Oklahoma	$63,090	260
Northwest Oklahoma	$59,240	60
Tulsa, OK	$57,990	60

OR

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Eugene, OR	$80,520	30
Portland, OR-WA	$75,980	240
Oregon	$73,690	310

Other

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
District of Columbia	$77,270	—

PA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$70,950	560
Pittsburgh, PA	$70,350	350
Allentown, PA-NJ	$66,620	140
Harrisburg, PA	$65,400	50
Reading, PA	$65,220	70
York, PA	$63,820	80
Lancaster, PA	$61,640	140
Pennsylvania	$61,550	2,100
Central Pennsylvania	$61,010	30
Scranton, PA	$55,180	40
Northwestern Pennsylvania	$53,830	50

PR

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
San Juan, PR	$50,460	—

RI

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Rhode Island	$81,400	30
Providence, RI-MA	$74,910	90

SC

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Florence, SC	$78,840	30
Northwestern South Carolina	$77,730	80
Northeastern South Carolina	$76,240	40
Columbia, SC	$69,120	70
Spartanburg, SC	$64,650	60
South Carolina	$64,010	910
Charleston, SC	$62,640	240
Greenville, SC	$61,210	310

SD

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
East South Dakota	$52,140	70
South Dakota	$51,480	190
Rapid City, SD	$49,410	50
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$48,840	40

TN

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Nashville, TN	$80,800	110
Chattanooga, TN-GA	$77,540	50
Knoxville, TN	$71,730	60
Tennessee	$68,640	400
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$62,490	50

TX

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Beaumont, TX	$96,960	50
Austin, TX	$75,460	120
Houston, TX	$74,970	750
Dallas, TX	$74,680	400
Texas	$74,330	1,810
El Paso, TX	$73,570	40
Midland, TX	$63,950	40
San Antonio, TX	$52,720	100

UT

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Ogden, UT	$62,410	290
Utah	$60,830	1,180
Salt Lake City, UT	$58,380	710
Provo, UT	$58,360	50

VA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Richmond, VA	$64,780	60
Virginia	$63,860	580
West Virginia	$61,040	90
Virginia Beach, VA-NC	$57,060	200
Roanoke, VA	$50,020	30

WA

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Kennewick, WA	$108,820	100
Seattle, WA	$75,530	570
Washington	$73,980	1,040
Spokane, WA	$67,690	60
Eastern Washington	$53,860	60

WI

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Oshkosh, WI	$75,620	60
Fond du Lac, WI	$75,330	30
Madison, WI	$75,080	190
Sheboygan, WI	$73,650	40
Appleton, WI	$73,520	130
Milwaukee, WI	$68,340	360
South Central Wisconsin	$66,640	80
Wisconsin	$66,150	1,460
Green Bay, WI	$63,920	70
Janesville, WI	$63,510	40
Racine, WI	$62,160	140
Northeastern Wisconsin	$60,820	70
Western Wisconsin	$60,790	70
Kenosha, WI	$56,640	40

WV

Metro area	Median salary	Employed
Charleston, WV	$47,660	—
Huntington, WV-KY-OH	$47,410	30