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Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians · SOC 17-3024

Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Salary in the Hickory Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area

Figures describe the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Hickory city limits.

Median annual wage$57,810
Median hourly wage$27.79

Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area earned a median of $57,810 per year ($27.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $48,130 at the 10th percentile to $70,780 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians in the Hickory metro area earn more than $57,810 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $57,160 and $65,500.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$48,130$57,160$57,810$65,500$70,780
Hourly$23.14$27.48$27.79$31.49$34.03

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Hickory metro areathis metro area
    $57,810
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $63,330
  • United Statesnational
    $73,900

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −9% vs North Carolina overall and −22% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$48,560$69,037$89,513$109,990Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,560Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $52,160Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $57,810Burlington, NC — $58,310Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $58,520Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $58,810Tulsa, OK — $59,640Pittsburgh, PA — $60,200Worcester, MA — $60,660Rochester, NY — $60,730Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $62,120Kansas City, MO-KS — $63,000Columbia, SC — $63,250Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $63,330Boise City, ID — $63,480Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $63,630Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $64,040Columbus, OH — $64,260Chattanooga, TN-GA — $64,300Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $64,640Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $64,700Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $64,930Oklahoma City, OK — $65,100Lafayette, LA — $65,150Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $66,330Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,020Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $67,020Colorado Springs, CO — $67,040Winston-Salem, NC — $67,240Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $67,380Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $67,500Greensboro-High Point, NC — $67,940Springfield, MA — $70,520St. Louis, MO-IL — $70,870Madison, WI — $71,600Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $71,690Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $71,960Lancaster, PA — $72,040New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $72,300Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $73,550Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $73,630Appleton, WI — $74,040Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $74,430Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $74,600Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $75,330Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $75,940Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $76,300San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $77,030Spartanburg, SC — $77,310Boulder, CO — $77,350Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $78,060Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $78,150Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $78,260Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $78,590Richmond, VA — $78,660Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $79,400San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $80,250Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $80,380Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $80,640Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $80,930Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $81,190Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $81,390Reno, NV — $82,790Portland-South Portland, ME — $83,250Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $92,360Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $97,200Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $100,090Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $103,780Toledo, OH — $109,890San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $109,990

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Hickory metro area has the 68th-highest published median for this occupation among the 70 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Hickory metro areathis page
    $57,810
  • Durham metro area
    $81,190
  • Greensboro metro area
    $67,940
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $67,240
  • Charlotte metro area
    $63,330
  • Burlington metro area
    $58,310

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Industrial Engineers$86,640Mechanical Engineers$89,960Electrical Engineers$107,750Civil Engineers$94,720Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$78,720Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$60,290

Highest-paying metro areas for electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Hickory Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.