Highest-paying Cities for Other Engineering Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for other engineering technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of other engineering technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $104,790, California-Lexington Park, Maryland is the highest paying city for other engineering technicians. It is followed by Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia (average annual salary $103,110). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of other engineering technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Engineering Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$104,790	$80,120	250
2	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$103,110	$76,670	230
3	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$99,150	$61,360	730
4	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$97,720	$76,590	610
5	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$97,430	$49,130	730
6	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$96,430	$69,490	110
7	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$96,370	$73,170	960
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$95,800	$60,920	1,370
9	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$89,460	$47,700	90
10	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$88,030	$61,470	2,100
11	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$87,490	$87,490	220
12	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$87,420	$58,170	700
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$86,460	$52,040	1,060
14	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$86,010	$68,740	270
15	St Marys County, Maryland	$85,700	$66,040	310
16	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$84,570	$46,300	680
17	Salinas, California	$84,510	$49,990	40
18	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$83,410	$49,500	100
19	Anchorage, Alaska	$82,820	$42,660	370
20	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$82,400	$45,150	400
21	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$82,310	$36,540	390
22	Bismarck, North Dakota	$82,290	$38,000	80
23	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$82,040	$46,950	60
24	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$82,040	$57,550	50
25	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$82,030	$52,450	410
26	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$81,910	$64,900	280
27	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$81,660	$42,580	160
28	El Centro, California	$81,410	$64,220	40
29	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$81,310	$39,490	100
30	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$80,880	$39,000	200
31	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$80,850	$35,870	130
32	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$80,720	$42,990	80
33	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$80,390	$47,960	380
34	New Bern, North Carolina	$79,350	$36,110	130
35	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$79,340	$49,050	1,030
36	Warner Robins, Georgia	$79,030	$66,210	180
37	New Haven, Connecticut	$79,000	$45,030	80
38	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$78,940	$43,790	100
39	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$78,600	$46,710	120
40	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$78,330	$39,040	550
41	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$78,330	$48,050	2,070
42	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$78,330	$46,520	90
43	Columbia, South Carolina	$77,770	$54,720	70
44	Greeley, Colorado	$77,760	$55,490	40
45	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$77,730	$44,720	30
46	Kansas City, Missouri	$77,720	$47,420	290
47	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$77,670	$51,540	230
48	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$77,510	$55,480	80
49	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$77,500	$60,300	60
50	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$77,290	$48,500	70
51	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$77,230	$54,720	100
52	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$77,230	$44,040	150
53	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$76,800	$42,170	1,040
54	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$76,780	$42,110	650
55	Lawton, Oklahoma	$76,600	$46,970	40
56	Huntsville, Alabama	$76,300	$39,190	340
57	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$76,210	$46,570	40
58	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$75,800	$59,080	60
59	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$75,800	$47,670	140
60	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$75,750	$37,280	180
61	Fresno, California	$75,490	$46,050	100
62	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$75,280	$61,710	n/a
63	Jefferson City, Missouri	$75,090	$52,920	40
64	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$75,030	$46,590	80
65	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$75,030	$42,580	420
66	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$75,030	$47,760	100
67	Jacksonville, North Carolina	$74,990	$60,550	70
68	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$74,930	$49,400	490
69	Boulder, Colorado	$74,760	$48,320	80
70	Midland, Texas	$74,660	$37,600	190
71	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$74,320	$49,550	40
72	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$74,190	$45,010	80
73	Stockton, California	$74,030	$44,690	50
74	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$73,720	$41,700	1,860
75	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$73,570	$42,950	640
76	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$73,530	$42,620	1,500
77	Lynchburg, Virginia	$73,490	$52,410	90
78	Yuma, Arizona	$73,260	$46,840	120
79	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$73,200	$38,770	250
80	Jacksonville, Florida	$73,090	$35,730	500
81	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$72,990	$58,930	40
82	Honolulu, Hawaii	$72,990	$50,190	350
83	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$72,800	$38,680	480
84	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$72,570	$60,800	30
85	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$72,450	$28,220	40
86	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$72,390	$43,250	280
87	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$71,970	$45,720	110
88	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$71,860	$39,570	60
89	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$71,810	$50,040	70
90	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$71,650	$59,500	90
91	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$71,140	$45,200	30
92	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$71,140	$52,830	60
93	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$71,100	$53,600	30
94	Camden, New Jersey	$70,960	$38,280	120
95	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$70,960	$44,090	960
96	Dayton, Ohio	$70,870	$40,570	130
97	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$70,770	$61,080	50
98	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$70,640	$41,600	30
99	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$69,990	$47,110	1,070
100	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$69,990	$36,730	130

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other engineering technicians.