The annual salary statistics of mechanical engineering technicians in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of mechanical engineering technicians in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $46,240 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,400 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $83,250 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $87,730 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $99,330 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for mechanical engineering technicians in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $99,330. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $83,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,240.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of mechanical engineering technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $83,250 | 21.65% | 28.07% |
| 2021 | $65,230 | 3.37% | - |
| 2020 | $63,030 | -14.45% | - |
| 2019 | $72,140 | 13.43% | - |
| 2013 | $62,450 | 4.12% | - |
| 2012 | $59,880 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $83,250, Santa Rosa-Petaluma is the second highest paying city for mechanical engineering technicians in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $95,410). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of mechanical engineering technicians in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is 12.7 percent (12.7%) lower.