# Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

SOC 17-3023. Page: https://educationguide.com/careers/electrical-and-electronic-engineering-technologists-and-technicians

Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use by engineering staff in making engineering design decisions.

## Pay and outlook
- U.S. median wage $78,190 (middle half $61,610–$97,650; BLS May 2025)
- Ages 25-34: median $65,991; 30% hold a bachelor's or higher (Census ACS 2020-2024)
- Jobs 2025-35: 2.4%; ~8.1k openings a year; typical entry: Associate's degree

## Fields of degree of young workers (ages 25-34, bachelor's+)
- Electrical Engineering: 17% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/electrical-engineering)
- Electrical Engineering Technology: 11% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/electrical-electronic-engineering-technologies-technicians)
- Drama And Theater Arts: 8% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/theatre, https://educationguide.com/degrees/arts-and-entertainment-management)
- Economics: 5% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/economics)
- Biology: 4% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/biology)
- General Business: 3% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/business)
- Film Video And Photographic Arts: 3% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/film-and-photography)
- Computer Science: 3% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/computer-science)
- Business Management And Administration: 2% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/business-administration)
- Computer And Information Systems: 2% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/computer-and-information-sciences)

## Median wage by state
- AK: $92,760
- AL: $74,500
- AR: $69,960
- AZ: $77,960
- CA: $86,090
- CO: $77,440
- CT: $81,390
- DC: $97,620
- DE: $67,360
- FL: $73,190
- GA: $78,070
- GU: $75,360
- HI: $96,200
- IA: $74,840
- ID: $77,170
- IL: $85,510
- IN: $70,540
- KS: $70,310
- KY: $64,120
- LA: $82,990
- MA: $77,710
- MD: $95,830
- ME: $83,440
- MI: $74,800
- MN: $78,280
- MO: $72,120
- MS: $81,180
- MT: $82,050
- NC: $76,040
- ND: $80,930
- NE: $65,490
- NH: $74,560
- NJ: $85,510
- NM: $96,070
- NV: $88,160
- NY: $77,040
- OH: $63,300
- OK: $80,880
- OR: $77,990
- PA: $76,070
- PR: $44,590
- RI: $98,600
- SC: $73,450
- SD: $58,340
- TN: $63,750
- TX: $74,050
- UT: $72,670
- VA: $79,540
- VT: $74,760
- WA: $93,930
- WI: $71,880
- WV: $85,440
- WY: $99,840

Method: https://educationguide.com/how-we-score#careers

Free to reuse with attribution: cite "EducationGuide.com" with a link to the page URL. Most figures are U.S. government data (public domain); loan default rates and athletics come from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (ODC-By 1.0, attribution required) and founding years from Wikidata (CC0). O*NET data: CC BY 4.0, O*NET 31.0 (USDOL/ETA).