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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay in Akron, OH and Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians is $67,400 per year in Akron, OH. It is $106,250 per year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. Akron, OH is 36.6% below Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3023 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 170 wage and salary jobs in Akron, OH and 250 in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, 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