Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians · SOC 17-3023

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicianss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (5 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 241 metro areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$106,250	250	2.6
2	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$103,480	50	0.3
3	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$103,170	540	1.6
4	Lexington Park, MD	$102,640	310	4.3
5	Baton Rouge, LA	$102,380	290	0.7
6	Albuquerque, NM	$102,250	390	1.0
7	Casper, WY	$99,840	40	1.1
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$98,180	1,570	0.8
9	Lake Charles, LA	$97,740	40	0.4
10	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$97,680	690	2.1
11	Wheeling, WV-OH	$97,450	50	0.8
12	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$96,870	1,430	1.9
13	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$96,660	750	0.7
14	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$96,400	130	0.6
15	Urban Honolulu, HI	$96,200	420	0.9
16	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$95,280	2,880	2.5
17	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$94,330	930	0.7
18	Billings, MT	$94,150	50	0.6
19	Cheyenne, WY	$94,020	40	0.8
20	Anchorage, AK	$92,570	130	0.7
21	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$92,180	30	0.7
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$91,620	1,980	1.3
23	Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	$91,170	70	0.8
24	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$91,020	1,570	0.7
25	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$90,660	70	0.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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.