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Electrical & Electronic Technicians

SOC 17-3023

Build, test, and repair electronic equipment and prototypes.

The job
Median pay
$78k
$62k to $98k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.4% projected
Openings a year
8k
BLS projection
Typical education
Associate's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
8/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
75th pct
More exposed than 75% of occupations · modeled estimate · 69th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
49/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California13,4500.71.2×$86k
Texas8,9600.61.0×$74k
Florida4,7100.50.8×$73k
Virginia4,6701.11.9×$80k
New York4,3900.50.7×$77k
Massachusetts4,0301.11.8×$78k
Pennsylvania3,4700.60.9×$76k
Ohio3,2600.61.0×$63k
Washington2,5400.71.2×$94k
North Carolina2,4900.50.8×$76k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Michigan2,3500.50.9×$75k
Arizona2,2600.71.1×$78k
New Jersey2,2500.50.9×$86k
Maryland2,1700.81.3×$96k
South Carolina2,0600.91.5×$73k
Illinois1,9800.30.5×$86k
Oregon1,9201.01.6×$78k
Tennessee1,8200.60.9×$64k
Indiana1,8000.60.9×$71k
Georgia1,6300.30.5×$78k
Alabama1,6200.81.3×$75k
Minnesota1,5400.50.8×$78k
Wisconsin1,5200.50.8×$72k
Utah1,4200.81.3×$73k
Colorado1,4100.50.8×$77k
Missouri1,3900.50.8×$72k
Connecticut1,1900.71.1×$81k
Oklahoma1,1700.71.1×$81k
Nevada1,1400.71.2×$88k
Kentucky1,0600.50.9×$64k
Louisiana1,0000.50.8×$83k
New Mexico1,0001.11.9×$96k
Iowa8800.60.9×$75k
Kansas7700.50.9×$70k
Nebraska7100.71.1×$65k
Idaho6500.81.2×$77k
Mississippi6500.60.9×$81k
New Hampshire5900.91.4×$75k
Hawaii4600.71.2×$96k
Arkansas3100.20.4×$70k
Vermont3001.01.6×$75k
West Virginia3000.40.7×$85k
Rhode Island2900.60.9×$99k
Maine2700.40.7×$83k
Washington DC2400.30.6×$98k
Alaska2300.71.1×$93k
South Dakota2000.40.7×$58k
Wyoming2000.71.2×$100k
Montana1400.30.5×$82k
Delaware1300.30.4×$67k
North Dakota1200.30.5×$81k

Top metro areas

  1. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,290 jobs · $78k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,230 jobs · $82k median
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,960 jobs · $82k median
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA2,880 jobs · $95k median
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,720 jobs · $76k median
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,590 jobs · $84k median
  7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,200 jobs · $69k median
  8. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA1,980 jobs · $92k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.