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

Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other Salary in the Columbia Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Columbia, SC metro area

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

Median annual wage$93,640
Median hourly wage$45.02

Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in the Columbia, SC metro area earned a median of $93,640 per year ($45.02 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $65,580 at the 10th percentile to $96,450 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in the Columbia metro area earn more than $93,640 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $78,030 and $96,450.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$65,580$78,030$93,640$96,450$96,450
Hourly$31.53$37.51$45.02$46.37$46.37

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

  • Columbia metro areathis metro area
    $93,640
  • South Carolinastate (SC)
    $80,540
  • United Statesnational
    $78,350

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

The median here is +16% vs South Carolina overall and +20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$40,080$63,003$85,927$108,850San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $40,080Knoxville, TN — $45,670Birmingham, AL — $45,720Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $46,760Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $47,730Bozeman, MT — $48,350Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $48,440Tallahassee, FL — $49,130Athens-Clarke County, GA — $49,580Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $51,200Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $51,400Monroe, LA — $52,300Canton-Massillon, OH — $53,980Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $56,430Greensboro-High Point, NC — $56,510Burlington, NC — $56,580Hammond, LA — $57,460Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $57,570Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $57,960Utica-Rome, NY — $58,240Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $58,380Gainesville, FL — $58,400Longview, TX — $58,460Springfield, MA — $58,640Tucson, AZ — $59,040Morgantown, WV — $59,150Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,190College Station-Bryan, TX — $59,480Midland, TX — $59,490Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $60,150Decatur, AL — $60,220Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $60,320Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,340Rochester, NY — $60,410Wichita, KS — $60,570North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,720York-Hanover, PA — $60,840Lincoln, NE — $61,110Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,110Gainesville, GA — $61,150Kennewick-Richland, WA — $61,170Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $61,220Ocala, FL — $61,300Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $61,610Chattanooga, TN-GA — $61,760Erie, PA — $62,060Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,300Wichita Falls, TX — $62,330New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $62,430Syracuse, NY — $62,590Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $62,800Mobile, AL — $62,860El Paso, TX — $63,130Worcester, MA — $63,270Chambersburg, PA — $63,290Idaho Falls, ID — $63,560Pittsburgh, PA — $63,690Modesto, CA — $63,750Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $63,830Lake Charles, LA — $63,840New Haven, CT — $63,980Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $64,470Greeley, CO — $64,860Odessa, TX — $64,870Billings, MT — $65,000Cedar Rapids, IA — $65,170Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $65,560Lexington-Fayette, KY — $65,660Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $65,780Savannah, GA — $65,880Lafayette, LA — $66,050Peoria, IL — $66,370Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $66,770Reading, PA — $66,770Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $66,910Bend, OR — $67,200Baton Rouge, LA — $67,360Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $67,480Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $67,850Lancaster, PA — $68,930Toledo, OH — $69,110Bellingham, WA — $69,770Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $69,890St. Louis, MO-IL — $70,610San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $71,150Colorado Springs, CO — $71,630Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $71,930Boise City, ID — $72,010Youngstown-Warren, OH — $72,300Waco, TX — $72,500Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $72,580Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $72,710Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $73,900Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $74,120Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $74,400Omaha, NE-IA — $74,600Stockton-Lodi, CA — $74,700Salem, OR — $74,780Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $74,850Madison, WI — $74,940Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $75,290Tulsa, OK — $75,970Asheville, NC — $76,090Raleigh-Cary, NC — $76,090Winston-Salem, NC — $76,090Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $76,120Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $76,400Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $76,500Columbus, OH — $76,830Corpus Christi, TX — $77,070Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $77,400Akron, OH — $77,500Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $77,590Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $77,710Richmond, VA — $78,030Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $78,080Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $78,120Boulder, CO — $78,370Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $78,500Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $78,650Reno, NV — $78,870Wilmington, NC — $78,870New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $78,890Kansas City, MO-KS — $79,040Iowa City, IA — $79,220Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $79,260Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $79,350Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $79,370Eugene-Springfield, OR — $79,440Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $79,440Fond du Lac, WI — $79,760Bloomington, IL — $79,800Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $80,290Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $80,540Fresno, CA — $80,780Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $80,790Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $81,070Manchester-Nashua, NH — $81,170Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $81,290Yuma, AZ — $81,330Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $81,470Ann Arbor, MI — $81,640Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $81,660Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $81,740Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $81,950San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $81,980Albany, OR — $82,310Jacksonville, NC — $82,340Cleveland, OH — $82,430Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $83,520Clarksville, TN-KY — $83,780Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $83,780Jacksonville, FL — $83,780San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $83,940Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $84,140Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $84,240Oklahoma City, OK — $84,430San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $84,670Fayetteville, NC — $84,930Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $85,110Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $88,050Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $88,710Fairbanks-College, AK — $89,170Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $89,710Ogden, UT — $90,130Warner Robins, GA — $91,310Wheeling, WV-OH — $91,420Huntsville, AL — $92,390San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $92,480Urban Honolulu, HI — $92,620Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $92,750Columbia, SC — $93,640Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $93,640Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $94,520Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $94,570Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $94,810Las Cruces, NM — $96,100Charleston, WV — $96,510Vallejo, CA — $97,470Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $99,540Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $101,770Anchorage, AK — $103,110Lexington Park, MD — $105,560Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $107,140Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $108,010Portland-South Portland, ME — $108,850

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 Columbia metro area has the 14th-highest published median for this occupation among the 186 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 South Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Columbia metro areathis page
    $93,640
  • Charleston metro area
    $94,520
  • Greenville metro area
    $80,540
  • Hilton Head Island metro area
    $78,500

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:

Civil Engineers$94,520Industrial Engineers$98,780Electrical Engineers$101,320Mechanical Engineers$102,280Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$57,640Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$63,960

Highest-paying metro areas for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Columbia 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.