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Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians pay in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians is $88,410 per year in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. It is $125,160 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 29.4% below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 70 wage and salary jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and 1,570 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings