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Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians · SOC 17-3027

Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians Salary in the Buffalo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area

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

Median annual wage$78,210
Median hourly wage$37.60

Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area earned a median of $78,210 per year ($37.60 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $61,320 at the 10th percentile to $78,210 at the 90th. BLS estimates 360 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians in the Buffalo metro area earn more than $78,210 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $74,050 and $78,210.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$61,320$74,050$78,210$78,210$78,210
Hourly$29.48$35.60$37.60$37.60$37.60

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

  • Buffalo metro areathis metro area
    $78,210
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $78,210
  • United Statesnational
    $74,510

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

The median here is about the same vs New York overall and +5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$47,410$73,683$99,957$126,230Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $47,410Charleston, WV — $47,660Wichita, KS — $50,130Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $51,440Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $51,620San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $51,860Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $53,140Knoxville, TN — $56,310Warner Robins, GA — $56,530Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $56,580Winston-Salem, NC — $58,330Stockton-Lodi, CA — $58,470Roanoke, VA — $58,510Kenosha, WI — $58,530Reno, NV — $59,090Springfield, MA — $59,210Jackson, MI — $59,480Bangor, ME — $59,510Birmingham, AL — $59,540Saginaw, MI — $59,670Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $60,010Huntsville, AL — $60,280Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,310Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $60,480Duluth, MN-WI — $60,570Oklahoma City, OK — $60,870Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $61,200Tulsa, OK — $61,480Spartanburg, SC — $61,670Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,860Flint, MI — $61,880Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $62,020Omaha, NE-IA — $62,130Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $62,310Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,390Bloomington, IL — $62,530Lancaster, PA — $62,970Fond du Lac, WI — $63,410Chattanooga, TN-GA — $63,590Evansville, IN — $63,590Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $63,770Midland, TX — $63,950Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $64,060Ogden, UT — $64,130Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $64,220Fort Wayne, IN — $64,490Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $64,510Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $64,600Sheboygan, WI — $64,750Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $64,780Raleigh-Cary, NC — $64,840Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $65,020Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $65,400Rochester, NY — $65,400Green Bay, WI — $65,790Niles, MI — $65,880El Paso, TX — $65,980Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $66,300Canton-Massillon, OH — $66,590Colorado Springs, CO — $66,650Rockford, IL — $66,910New Haven, CT — $67,270Reading, PA — $67,400San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $68,540Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $68,700Burlington, NC — $68,740Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $69,490Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $69,580Tucson, AZ — $69,730Terre Haute, IN — $70,340Richmond, VA — $70,550Dalton, GA — $70,640Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $70,880Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $70,990Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $71,910Pittsburgh, PA — $72,180Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $72,330Worcester, MA — $72,650Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $72,690Columbia, SC — $72,830New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $73,400South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $73,810Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $73,940Akron, OH — $74,000Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $74,280Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $74,450Manchester-Nashua, NH — $74,730Cedar Rapids, IA — $75,030Toledo, OH — $75,830Lexington-Fayette, KY — $76,230Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $76,290Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $76,310Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $77,290Portland-South Portland, ME — $77,320Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $77,480Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $77,580Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $77,750San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $77,800Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $78,150Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $78,190Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $78,210Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $78,480Florence, SC — $78,840Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $78,910Appleton, WI — $79,040Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $79,080Lexington Park, MD — $79,120Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $79,400Madison, WI — $79,560Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $79,570Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $79,590Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $80,060Cleveland, OH — $80,070Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $80,120Columbus, OH — $80,330Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $80,430Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $80,810Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $80,860Dubuque, IA — $81,110Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $81,280York-Hanover, PA — $81,330Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $82,220Columbus, IN — $82,460Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $82,570St. Louis, MO-IL — $84,020Ann Arbor, MI — $84,150Boulder, CO — $84,870Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $84,930Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $85,830Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $91,450Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $94,960Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $96,610San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $96,680Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $97,300Albuquerque, NM — $98,440Kansas City, MO-KS — $100,150San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $100,620Peoria, IL — $102,610Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $105,160Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $109,470Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $110,030Baton Rouge, LA — $119,630Kennewick-Richland, WA — $126,230

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 Buffalo metro area has the 43rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 143 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 New York

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

  • Buffalo metro areathis page
    $78,210
  • Albany metro area
    $82,570
  • New York metro area
    $73,400
  • Rochester metro area
    $65,400

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$101,260Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$78,100Civil Engineers$97,060Mechanical Engineers$97,200Electrical Engineers$98,180Engineers, All Other$100,280

Highest-paying metro areas for mechanical engineering technologists and technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Buffalo 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.