Calibration Technologists and Technicians · SOC 17-3028

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Calibration Technologists and Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for calibration technologists and technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 74 metro areas

Calibration Technologists and Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$107,220	240	0.1
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$101,840	150	0.1
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$99,660	240	0.1
4	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$99,400	260	1.6
5	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$95,180	40	0.1
6	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$86,280	110	0.1
7	Portland-South Portland, ME	$85,180	70	0.2
8	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$83,500	70	0.1
9	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$82,100	60	0.1
10	Baton Rouge, LA	$80,670	330	0.8
11	Columbus, OH	$79,950	170	0.2
12	Richmond, VA	$79,040	40	0.1
13	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$78,610	1,930	0.6
14	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$77,470	130	0.1
15	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$77,410	330	0.1
16	Corpus Christi, TX	$77,380	150	0.8
17	Reno, NV	$75,720	30	0.1
18	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$75,450	80	0.2
19	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$75,080	50	0.0
20	Boulder, CO	$73,100	40	0.2
21	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$71,950	630	0.1
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$71,640	430	0.1
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$71,570	140	0.0
24	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$69,110	130	0.7
25	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$68,830	Not published	Not published

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Calibration Technologists and Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.