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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians Pay Salary

The median annual wage of electrical and electronic engineering technicians was $56,040 in May 2010. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $34,070, and the top 10 percent earned more than $81,290.

Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of electrical and electronic engineering technicians in May 2010 were as follows:

Federal government, excluding postal service$75,220
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution62,840
Architectural, engineering, and related services54,120
Semiconductor and other electronic
component manufacturing
51,060
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and
control instruments manufacturing
49,930


Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition