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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians pay in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and Roanoke, VA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians is $106,250 per year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. It is $77,740 per year in Roanoke, VA. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is 36.7% above Roanoke, VA 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 250 wage and salary jobs in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and 120 in Roanoke, VA. 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