Engineering Tech Schools and Careers

Careers and Salary Data

This table shows summary data on occupations in the US. Clicking on any occupation name brings you to a page showing job prospects and salaries for that occupation in hundreds of metro areas across the country, with data updated through 2008.(Where data is denoted by an asterisk (*), summary info was not available.

The green bars in the table below indicate the relative salary levels and growth rates of each occupation, compared to the others. The levels are determined by sorting the occupations (by salary or growth rate, separately) and then dividing them into ten groups corresponding to the the ten possible green bar levels. So a single bar means the occupation is in the bottom 10% for that characteristic compared to others on this page.

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Technician

Occupation	Jobs	Median Pay	% Growth 2006-2016	Video
Aerospace Technicians	8,540	$55,040	10.4%
Architectural and Civil Drafters	114,910	$44,490	6.1%
Biological Technicians	72,200	$38,400	16%
Chemical Technicians	65,830	$42,120	5.8%
Civil Engineering Technicians	88,140	$44,290	10.2%
Drafters	20,720	$44,930	11%
Electrical and Electronic Technicians	162,330	$53,240	3.6%
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	32,710	$51,320	4.1%
Electromechanical Technicians	16,290	$46,310	2.6%
Engineering Technicians	73,870	$56,850	2%
Environmental Engineering Technicians	20,740	$41,100	24.8%
Environmental Science Technicians	33,370	$40,230	28%
Forensic Science Technicians	11,990	$49,860	30.7%
Forest and Conservation Technicians	30,850	$32,000	-1.9%
Industrial Engineering Technicians	72,820	$47,180	9.9%
Mechanical Drafters	77,070	$46,640	5.2%
Mechanical Engineering Technicians	45,770	$48,130	6.4%
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	32,930	$27,210	6.6%
Sound Technicians	16,600	$47,490	9.1%
Technical Writers	47,460	$61,620	19.5%