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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 Salem Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Salem, OR metro area

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

Median annual wage$74,780
Median hourly wage$35.95

Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in the Salem, OR metro area earned a median of $74,780 per year ($35.95 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $52,000 at the 10th percentile to $81,110 at the 90th. BLS estimates 30 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in the Salem metro area earn more than $74,780 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $59,200 and $79,340.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$52,000$59,200$74,780$79,340$81,110
Hourly$25.00$28.46$35.95$38.14$39.00

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

  • Salem metro areathis metro area
    $74,780
  • Oregonstate (OR)
    $76,960
  • United Statesnational
    $78,350

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

The median here is −3% vs Oregon overall and −5% 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 Salem metro area has the 89th-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 Oregon

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.

  • Salem metro areathis page
    $74,780
  • Albany metro area
    $82,310
  • Eugene metro area
    $79,440
  • Portland metro area
    $79,350
  • Bend metro area
    $67,200

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$115,480Mechanical Engineers$98,010Electrical Engineers$125,270Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$86,200Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$114,550Architectural and Civil Drafters$70,870

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