Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other · SOC 17-3029

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Others

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other. 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 186 metro areas

Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Portland-South Portland, ME	$108,850	750	2.6
2	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$108,010	1,160	12.4
3	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$107,140	930	0.7
4	Lexington Park, MD	$105,560	450	6.4
5	Anchorage, AK	$103,110	160	0.9
6	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$101,770	610	1.8
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$99,540	1,660	0.5
8	Vallejo, CA	$97,470	30	0.2
9	Charleston, WV	$96,510	90	0.9
10	Las Cruces, NM	$96,100	60	0.7
11	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$94,810	330	1.0
12	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$94,570	430	0.6
13	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$94,520	150	0.4
14	Columbia, SC	$93,640	40	0.1
15	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$93,640	80	0.5
16	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$92,750	570	0.3
17	Urban Honolulu, HI	$92,620	390	0.9
18	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$92,480	1,450	0.9
19	Huntsville, AL	$92,390	250	0.9
20	Wheeling, WV-OH	$91,420	40	0.7
21	Warner Robins, GA	$91,310	190	2.5
22	Ogden, UT	$90,130	330	1.2
23	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$89,710	30	0.2
24	Fairbanks-College, AK	$89,170	50	1.4
25	Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	$88,710	200	2.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other 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.