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Semiconductor Technicians

SOC 51-9141

Operate and monitor the equipment that fabricates semiconductor wafers.

The job
Median pay
$51k
$46k to $65k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+8.2% projected
Openings a year
3k
BLS projection
Typical education
Associate's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
10/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
51st pct
More exposed than 51% of occupations · modeled estimate · 30th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
48/100

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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. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Oregon6,6203.416.6×$63k
Texas6,1100.42.1×$38k
California4,6500.31.3×$48k
Arizona2,2700.73.5×$79k
New York1,7500.20.9×$49k
Ohio1,6580.31.5×$52k~
Illinois1,5140.21.2×$51k~
Indiana1,2990.42.0×$52k~
Massachusetts1,1900.31.6×$51k
Georgia1,1320.21.1×$49k~
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Wisconsin1,0820.41.8×$53k~
Washington9900.31.4×$59k
Tennessee9610.31.4×$49k~
Alabama7910.41.9×$48k~
Colorado7900.31.4×$52k
Minnesota7370.21.2×$58k~
Missouri7130.21.2×$52k~
Kentucky6620.31.6×$52k~
South Carolina6570.31.4×$51k~
New Jersey6350.10.7×$51k~
Virginia6020.10.7×$51k~
Iowa5220.31.6×$53k~
Kansas4300.31.5×$53k~
Louisiana3750.21.0×$55k~
Oklahoma3690.21.1×$50k~
Mississippi3610.31.5×$45k~
Pennsylvania3400.10.3×$46k
Maine3200.52.5×$47k
Michigan2700.10.3×$51k~
Nebraska2700.31.3×$53k~
Nevada2050.10.7×$37k~
Florida1900.00.1×$62k
Idaho1860.21.1×$51k~
New Hampshire1300.20.9×$48k
West Virginia1260.20.9×$51k~
Maryland1200.00.2×$48k
Utah1200.10.3×$41k
South Dakota1150.31.2×$51k~
New Mexico1060.10.6×$48k~
Rhode Island1010.21.0×$54k~
North Dakota880.21.0×$56k~
Delaware700.10.7×$44k~
Montana650.10.6×$53k~
North Carolina600.00.1×$56k
Vermont570.20.9×$54k~
Connecticut500.00.1×$47k
Hawaii500.10.4×$53k~
Wyoming480.20.8×$65k~
Arkansas400.00.1×$41k
Alaska340.10.5×$60k~
Washington DC180.00.1×$65k~

Top metro areas

  1. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA7,290 jobs · $63k median
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,190 jobs · $38k median
  3. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ2,260 jobs · $79k median
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA2,130 jobs · $51k median
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,080 jobs · $41k median
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA680 jobs · $46k median
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH560 jobs · $59k median
  8. Portland-South Portland, ME320 jobs · $47k 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.