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Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians · SOC 17-3027

Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$96,680
Median hourly wage$46.48

Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $96,680 per year ($46.48 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $74,600 at the 10th percentile to $144,300 at the 90th. BLS estimates 530 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians in the San Jose metro area earn more than $96,680 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $85,040 and $122,340.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$74,600$85,040$96,680$122,340$144,300
Hourly$35.87$40.89$46.48$58.82$69.38

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

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $96,680
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $87,390
  • United Statesnational
    $74,510

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

The median here is +11% vs California overall and +30% 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 San Jose metro area has the 11th-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 California

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.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $96,680
  • Bakersfield metro area
    $110,030
  • San Francisco metro area
    $100,620
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $94,960
  • Oxnard metro area
    $80,810
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $79,080
  • Sacramento metro area
    $78,190

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:

Computer Hardware Engineers$209,860Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$194,370Mechanical Engineers$168,030Engineers, All Other$169,650Industrial Engineers$136,950Electrical Engineers$187,060

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