Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General

Engineering Technologies

Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General graduates with a bachelor's typically earned about $78,671, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Associate's median $61,110, $55,135 to $69,208; Bachelor's median $78,671, $72,544 to $81,690.$55k$68k$82kAssociate's$61,110Bachelor's$78,671
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Associate's Degree$61,110$55,135 to $69,20814100%
Bachelor's Degree$78,671$72,544 to $81,69037100%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +2% (2024 to 2034), about 28,100 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$77,180+0.6%8,400
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$64,790+1.7%6,300
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$77,390+1.5%5,700
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$64,200+2.1%5,500
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians$70,760+1.1%1,300
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians$79,830+8.1%900

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.